Thomas Simon Alexander (born March 1959)[1] is a British businessman and former chief executive of Orange and T-Mobile.[2]
Early life
editAlexander attended Millfield, the independent school, as a day scholar from 1971-75.
Career
editVirgin Mobile
editAlexander 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
editIn 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
edit- ^ Companies House
- ^ a b "Everything Everywhere boss Tom Alexander quits". the Guardian. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ Cave, Andrew (13 September 2009). "Orange chief Tom Alexander looks to a bright future after T-Mobile merger". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 May 2022.