Simon Beresford-Wylie (born May 18, 1958 in the United Kingdom) is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia Siemens Networks. He has been a member of the Group Executive Board of Nokia Corporation since February 1, 2005, and the Board of Directors of the Vitec Group since March 1, 2006. Simon Beresford-Wylie joined Nokia in 1998.

Beresford-Wylie is a dual UK-Australian citizen, is married and has two children, Edward and Guy. He enjoys traveling, philately and collecting art and antiques in his spare time.

Career

Before becoming Chief Executive Officer of Nokia Siemens Networks in 2007, Simon Beresford-Wylie was the Executive Vice President and General Manager for Nokia Networks. Before that, he held several positions in Nokia in Asia and Europe before becoming the head Nokia’s infrastructure business group in February 2005.

Before joining Nokia in 1998, he was the Chief Executive Officer of an Indian mobile operator Modi Telstra since 1995 (a joint venture between Australia’s Telstra Corporation and Modicorp of India). Prior to that he held various management positions within Telstra’s Corporate and Government Business Unit.

From 1982 until 1989, before entering the private sector, Beresford-Wylie worked for Australian government agencies responsible for taxation and for industry policy.

Education

Simon holds degrees in economic geography and history from the Australian National University. He is a graduate of the Executive Development Program of Stanford University / National University of Singapore.

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