Virgin Media has appointed former O2 Ireland chief executive Tony Hanway to lead its Irish operations .
He replaces Magnus Ternsjo, who is moving to become the head of UPC Hungary.
Mr Hanway, a former chairman of the Irish Telecom and Internet Federation, has held a number of roles with Telefonica across Europe, the most recent of which was as chief commercial officer of O2 in Germany. Prior to this he was chief executive of O2’s Irish operations from 2005 to 2010 before taking over as managing director of the group’s consumer division in the Czech Republic.
