Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 12, 2000

Tony Farmer – Jwe Telecom Plc (jwe.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: Can you begin with a brief overview of the company, a little bit

of history and then bring us up to date as to what you see as the

business and your company today?

Mr. Farmer: JWE was