Mike Quigley (businessman)
Mike Quigley | |
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Born |
Michael P. Quigley 1953 (age 63–64) Chatham, Kent, England |
Citizenship | Australian |
Alma mater | University of New South Wales |
Employer | Alcatel, NBN Co |
Title | Chief Executive Officer (NBN Co Limited) |
Term |
NBN Co 24 July 2009 to 3 October 2013 |
Predecessor | New position |
Successor | Ziggy Switkowski |
Michael (Mike) Quigley (born 1953) was the first Chief Executive Officer of NBN Co.[1][2]
Career
Trained as an electrical engineer Quigley worked as an engineer and executive:
- 1971 to 2007 Alcatel,[1] including the position of COO for the company's American arm[2]
- Alcatel Australia
- responsible for Alcatel’s business in Australia and New Zealand
- early focus on research and development and technical management
- Alcatel USA
- Chief Operating Officer USA
- President and Chief Executive Officer of.
- Alcatel’s Fixed Communications Group in Paris
- President responsible for infrastructure products, including network switches and optical communications systems
- Alcatel
- Chief Operating Officer
- Alcatel Australia
- 24 July 2009 to 3 October 2013 Chief Executive Officer NBN Co Limited
Board member of Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS)
NBN
Mike Quigley was appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of NBN Co on 25 July 2009.[3][4][5][6][7] In June 2010 he would donate $2 million [8] to Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), which will use the NBN to deliver remote rehabilitation therapy to stroke patients via the Nintendo Wii game console. Two million dollars is approximately equivalent to the NBN CEO's first year salary.
Mike Quigley announced in July 2013 that he would retire from NBN Co, staying on until a new CEO was found.[9] He departed on 3 October 2013, replaced by former Telstra CEO Ziggy Switkowski as Executive Chairman (and Interim CEO) with immediate effect.[10]
In 2015 Quigley, as past CEO of NBN Co, publicly attacked the NBN and the MTM, noting cost blowouts and delays that he said were the fault of changes made by the Coalition government to the rollout plan.[11][12][13][14][15][16]
Education
University of New South Wales
- Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Engineering (Hons 1)
Community
Director of the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute.
References
- 1 2 Caitlin Fitzsimmons, (12 July 2013), Mike Quigley quits as NBN Co chief executive, "AFR Weekend. Retrieved 11 February 1017
- 1 2 Michael Quigley: Executive Profile & Biography (Member of Advisory Board, Innovation Capital), Bloomberg
- ↑ Corner, Stuart (25 July 2009), Mike Quigley to be CEO of NBN Co, iTWire, retrieved 1 June 2011
- ↑ LeMay, Renai (25 July 2009), Alcatel's Quigley wins NBN chair, ZDNet, retrieved 1 June 2011
- ↑ Renai LeMay & Liam Tung (29 July 2009), Mike Quigley: The background check, ZDNet, retrieved 1 June 2011
- ↑ Kohler, Alan (28 July 2009), Quigley's job is straightforward, ZDNet, retrieved 1 June 2011
- ↑ Grubb, Ben (28 June 2010), Quigley rejected lucrative job for NBN, ZDNet, retrieved 1 June 2011
- ↑ "Heat up again on 'right' NBN salaries, costs". TechWorld. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ↑ "NBN chief Mike Quigley Quits". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ↑ "Ziggy Switkowski confirmed as chairman of NBN Co by Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull". ABC News. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ↑ Mike Quigley, (September 2015) Exploding Malcolm Turnbull’s Myths, ABC Retrieved 10 March 2016
- ↑ "Ex-NBN boss pins cost blowout on Coalition". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 November 2015.
- ↑ "Former nbn CEO Mike Quigley ends his silence, unloads on government". The Register. 2 November 2015.
- ↑ "Turnbull’s NBN blowout caused by MTM, says Quigley". Delimiter.com.au. 2 November 2015.
- ↑ "Go back to retirement, NBN PR chief tells Quigley". Delimiter.com.au. 2 November 2015.
- ↑ Renai LeMay, (5 November 2015), Quigley releases detailed evidence showing MTM NBN cost blowout, Delimiter Retrieved 11 March 2013
Business positions | ||
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New title | Chief Executive of nbn™ 24 July 2009 – 3 October 2013 |
Succeeded by Ziggy Switkowski |