Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
In August 2003, the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer invited Sir Peter to lead a major review of efficiency across the whole UK Public Sector (excluding Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) to identify significant resources which could be reallocated in the 2004 Spending Review to front line services over the period 05/06 – 07/08.
By July 2004 the review had secured agreement to, and developed initial plans for the delivery of, a programme leading to over £20 billion of savings in 07/08 (the actual savings to end December 07 have exceeded £23 billion).
After more than four years of public service Gershon returned to the private sector in autumn 2004 and is now Chairman of the General Healthcare Group, Premier Farnell plc, Symbian Ltd. and Vertex Data Science Limited. His other current appointments include non-executive directorship of HM Treasury (until 31 March 2008), membership of the council of Imperial College and membership of the UK Defence Academy’s advisory board. In 2005/6 he headed an independent review of Ministerial and Royal Air Travel at the request of the Prime Minister and The Palace.
He was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2000 for services to industry and knighted in 2004 for his work on public procurement.
Gershon is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institution of Electrical Engineers, the British Computer Society, the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply and the Royal Aeronautical Society; a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. He has an Honorary Doctorate in Technology from Kingston University and is an Honorary Fellow of Cardiff University.
Aged 61, Gershon is married with three grown up children, and enjoys skiing, swimming, reading, travel and the theatre.
Gershon has asked that the Australian Government make a donation to a charity in lieu of any remuneration.
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