Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 19, 2000

Tony Farmer – Convergent Communications Plc (cvg.l)

TONY FARMER is the Chief Executive of JWE Telecom Plc. He joined JWE as a Non-Executive Finance Director in November 1995. He was appointed Executive Finance Director in April 1997, in January 1988 he was appointed Joint Managing Director, and in January 1999 he was appointed Chief Executive. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Spicer and Pelger (subsequently Deloitte & Touche) and became a partner in that firm in 1995. He left Touche Ross (as it was then known) in 1991 to undertake a number of Non-Executive and corporate advisory roles. Profile
TWST: Lets start with the strategic refocus. Youve been repositioning the group out of mobile phone retailing into new business; can you describe the new areas?



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