Virgin Media has appointed Tony Hanway as CEO of its Irish operations.
Hanway has held a number of roles with Telefonica across Europe, including CEO of O2 in Ireland, Consumer Director of O2 in the Czech Republic and, latterly, Chief Commercial Officer of O2 in Germany. Prior to joining O2, Tony held senior roles at AOL Europe including Managing Director AOL Europe Operations Ltd and Vice President AOL UK.
He was Chairman of the Irish Telecom and Internet Federation between 2013 and 2014.
He’ll joins on Monday 19 October allowing for a handover period Magnus Ternsjo, who’s leaving to run UPC Hungary.