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Thomas Simon Alexander (born March 1959)[1] is a British businessman and former chief executive of Orange and T-Mobile.[2]

Early life

Alexander attended Millfield, the independent school, as a day scholar from 1971-75.

Career

Virgin Mobile

Alexander set up and founded Virgin Mobile, which was launched in November 1999 with his colleague from BT Cellnet, Jo Steel. He left Virgin Mobile in 2006.[2]

EE

In 2007 Alexander became CEO of Orange UK and in September 2009 he was informed by his parent company of a plan (in which he was not initially involved) to merge Orange UK and T-Mobile UK to form EE Limited. He became the first Chief Executive of EE.[3]

References

  1. ^ Companies House
  2. ^ a b "Everything Everywhere boss Tom Alexander quits". the Guardian. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. ^ Cave, Andrew (13 September 2009). "Orange chief Tom Alexander looks to a bright future after T-Mobile merger". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
Business positions Preceded byNew company Chief Executive of EE Ltd July 2010 - July 2011 Succeeded byOlaf Swantee Preceded byBernard Ghillebaert Chief Executive of Orange UK June 2008 - June 2010 Succeeded byCompany merged with T-Mobile UK Preceded byNew company Chief Executive of Virgin Mobile 1999 - 2006 Succeeded by
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