Tony Rice

Biographical Information
"Tony Rice was appointed as Chief Executive of Cable & Wireless Communications on 25 January 2010 having previously served as CEO of the Cable & Wireless Communications part of Cable and Wireless plc from his appointment on 11 November 2008. Prior to this, Tony served as the Cable and Wireless plc Finance Director and Joint Group Managing Director for the Central operations of the Cable & Wireless Group from March 2006, having been a Non-executive Director of Cable and Wireless plc since January 2003.

"Tony was chief executive of Tunstall Holdings Ltd from March 2002 until its sale in September 2005 and he continued as a non-executive director of that company until April 2008. Tony was previously group treasurer and then group managing director, commercial aircraft of British Aerospace plc. Tony is a non-executive director of Punch Taverns plc and was appointed as chairman of Alexander Mann Solutions on 28 July 2008, subsequently reverting to a non-executive role on 1 September 2009. He was a trustee of Help the Aged until 1 April 2009."

Affiliations

 * Director, Commonwealth Business Council