Tom Alexander (businessman)

Thomas Simon Alexander (born 10 March 1959)^[1] is a British businessman and former chief executive of Orange and T-Mobile.^[2]

Early life

Alexander attended Millfield,^[1] 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]

Personal life

Alexander is twice married and has two children.^[1]