After months of research and deliberation, we are delighted to confirm the first ten members of 2025 Power 50.
Being part of the Mobiles Industry Awards 2025, the Power 50 highlights the most important and most influential figures in the British mobile industry in the past year.
Techradar Pro Will reveal ten nominated each week, while we count in the revelation of our person 50 of the year 2025 at the mobiles of the mobile industry awards on Thursday, September 18.
Congratulations to:
41. Nick Porter, vice-president of MX Product, Strategy & Commercial, Europe, Samsung
42. Peter Carnall, CEO, Ege
43. Paul O’Sullivan, director of Wholesale Mobile, Virgin Media O2
44. Phil Lander, VP Mobile Experience, B2B, Samsung Electronics UK
45. Andy Silcock, co-founder, Kid-A
46. Ed Connolly, Commercial Director, Currys
47. Annika Bizon, VP Product and Marketing, Samsung UK & I
48. Ravi Navaratnam, director, GKT Esim
49. David Copstake, head of business commerce / business development, ege
50 Brendan Arndt, principal director of devices, Vodafonethree
Christian McBride, director of innovation and strategy, authentic solutions
- For more information on our Power 50 or to get more involved in mobile industry prices, please contact [email protected]
The winner is selected following in -depth interviews with main keys in industry, operators and retailers to manufacturers and distributors.
It rewards people who inspire their companies with their values, but also have an influence beyond existing roles, serving as inspiration for the rest of the profession.
To make the Power 50 list, a frame must be daring in its leadership and vision, and has exceeded expectations in the different categories we have chosen.
Previous winners of the Power 50 Person of the year:
- 2024: Marc Allira, CEO – EE and consumer division in the BT group
- 2023: Ahmed Essam, CEO, Vodafone Uk
- 2022: Lutz Schüler, CEO, Virgin Media O2
- 2021: Marc Allira, CEO, EE and BT Consumption
- 2020: Nick Jeffery, CEO, Vodafone
- 2019: Marc Allira, CEO, EE and BT Consumption
- 2018: Marc Allira, CEO, EE and BT Consumption
- 2017: David Dyson, CEO three United Kingdom
- 2016: Sebastian James, CEO of the group, Dixons Carphone
- 2015: Sebastian James, CEO of the group, Dixons Carphone
- 2014: Andrew Harrison, CEO of Carphone Warehouse
- 2013: Olaf Swantee, CEO, EE
- 2012: Simon Stanford, vice-president of the British telecommunications and networks division and Ireland, Samsung UK
- 2011: Guy Laurence, CEO, Vodafone UK
- 2010: Tom Alexander, CEO, everything everywhere
- 2009: Andrew Harrison, CEO of Carphone Warehouse
- 2008: Kevin Russell, CEO, three United Kingdom
