Peter Erskine. Non-Executive Director (57)

Profile

Peter Erskine was appointed to the Board in 2001 as Chief Executive Officer. He joined the Company from BT where, since March 1993, he held a number of senior positions including Director of BT Mobile, President and Chief Executive of Concert, and, from 1998, Managing Director of BT Cellnet. Prior to joining BT he was European Vice President of Sales and Customer Service for Mars and Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing for UNITEL. Mr Erskine is also a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Reading Business School.

Following Telefónica’s acquisition of O2, Mr. Erskine became Chairman and Chief Executive of O2 and also joined the Board of Telefónica, S.A. as an Executive Director.

Mr. Erskine stepped down as Chairman and CEO on 1 January 2008 and re-joined the board on 1 February 2008 as a Non-Executive Director.

Mr. Erskine took up the appointment of Non-Executive Director at Ladbrokes plc on 1 January 2009 and will take over as Chairman following the AGM.