Former Telstra & Intelsat exec John Stanton to head People Telecom

Stuart Corner
Tuesday, 11 July 2006 11:56

IT People - People

John Stanton, a former Telstra executive who has spent the past six years overseas in senior roles at Intelsat, will be the new CEO and a director of People Telecom, replacing co-founder Ryan O'Hare who will remain a non-executive director.
Stanton was most recently president of Intelsat Global Sales & Marketing Ltd and president of Intelsat’s data, carrier & internet business unit. He was also chairman of numerous subsidiaries within the Intelsat group and is a former chairman of the Intelsat board of governors.

His telecommunications career began in 1990 at OTC. Following the creation of Telstra he held a succession of senior roles responsible for corporate relations, international carrier relations and satellite and cable investments. He was managing director of Telstra Payphones & Card Services prior to his departure to Intelsat in 1999. He will commence at People Telecom on 7 August 2006.