Marc David Allera (born 5 April 1972) is the CEO of BT's Consumer brands:
EE,
BT and
Plusnet
Plusnet plc is a British triple play internet service provider (ISP); providing broadband, landline and mobile services. The company was founded in 1997 in Sheffield, England, and became a public limited company (plc) in July 2004 when it was f ...
.
Early life
He was born in
Howden
Howden () is a market and minster town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies in the Vale of York to the north of the M62, on the A614 road about south-east of York and north of Goole, which lies across the ...
in 1972, then in the
East Riding of Yorkshire (pre-1974). He is of Italian descent. He attended France Hill School (now called
Kings International College
Kings International College is a secondary school in Camberley, Surrey near junction 4 of the M3 Motorway. The college has around 680 students, with 50 teaching staff and 30 associate staff. Opened in 2001 on the site of France Hill School; t ...
) in Camberley.
He graduated in International Business Studies from
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The university is based on two sites; the City Campus is located in the city centre near Sheffield railway station, while the Collegiate ...
(Sheffield Business School) in 1995, where he started in 1991.
Career
Sega
From 1997 until 2001 he was UK General Manager of video game company
Sega Corporation.
Three
He joined
Three UK
Hutchison 3G UK Ltd is a British telecommunications and internet service provider currently based in Reading, England. It is a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings, operating under the global Three brand. Three is the fourth-largest mobile n ...
in March 2001. The company was launched in March 2003.
EE
He joined EE in December 2011 from
Three UK
Hutchison 3G UK Ltd is a British telecommunications and internet service provider currently based in Reading, England. It is a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings, operating under the global Three brand. Three is the fourth-largest mobile n ...
.
He became Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of EE on 29 January 2016. On 1 September 2017, EE joined BT Consumer and Marc was promoted to CEO of BT's Consumer Group. EE is headquartered in
Hertfordshire whereas BT is headquartered in
London
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. In 2018 and 2019, Marc won the Power 50 Person of the Year, a mobile industry award.
See also
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David Dyson, Chief Executive since July 2011 of Three UK
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Nick Jeffery, Chief Executive since September 2016 of Vodafone UK
References
External links
EE
1972 births
Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University
British people of Italian descent
British Telecom people
British telecommunications industry businesspeople
People from Camberley
People from Howden
Living people
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