Tom Alexander (businessman)
Thomas Simon Alexander (born 10 July 1959)[1] is a British businessman, and a former Chief Executive of Orange (UK).
Early life
He attended Millfield, the independent school, as a day scholar from 1971-75.[2]
Career
He worked for BT Cellnet from 1992-98.
Virgin Mobile
He set up and founded Virgin Mobile, which was launched in November 1999 with his colleague from BT Cellnet, Jo Steel .[3] Virgin Mobile was a joint venture between One2One and Virgin Group. He became Chief Executive of Virgin Mobile. Virgin Mobile was floated on the stock exchange in 2004 for £500m, then sold to NTL in 2006 for £1bn.
He left Virgin Mobile in 2006.
Orange
He became Chief Executive of Orange UK in January 2008.
EE
In September 2009, T-Mobile decided to merge its UK operations with Orange UK to become EE Limited. He became the first Chief Executive in 2010.[4] EE at the time had 28m customers. EE is headquartered in Hertfordshire. Richard Moat, the former Chief Executive of T-Mobile UK, became Chief Operation Officer of EE.
Personal life
He is married with two children.
References
| Business positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by New company |
Chief Executive of EE Ltd July 2010 - July 2011 |
Succeeded by Olaf Swantee |
| Preceded by Bernard Ghillebaert |
Chief Executive of Orange UK June 2008 - June 2010 |
Succeeded by Company merged with T-Mobile UK |
| Preceded by New company |
Chief Executive of Virgin Mobile 1999 - 2006 |
Succeeded by |
