Richard Frank Moat
Chairman of Vantiva SA
Assumed office
27 September 2022
Preceded byAnne Bouverot
Personal details
Born (1954-09-08) 8 September 1954
Nuneaton, United Kingdom
SpouseMary
Children2
Alma materSt Catharine's College, Cambridge

Richard Frank Moat (born 8 September 1954) is the Chairman of Vantiva SA.

Early life

He went to King Edward VI Grammar School in Nuneaton.[1] He has an MA Honours degree in Law from St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[1] He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, and has a Diploma in Corporate Finance and Accounting from the London Business School.[1]

Career

Moat worked in the Lloyd’s insurance market from 1977 to 1978, and as an analyst at Sedgwick from 1979 to 1980.[2] From 1980 to 1992, Moat worked at the USX/Marathon Group.[1][2] From 1992 to 1998, he was corporate finance director at Orange plc.[1][2] From 1998 to 2000, he was the international group director of finance at Orange.[1] From 2000 to 2002, he was the chief executive of Orange Thailand.[1] He was then chief executive of Orange Denmark A/S from 2002 to 2004.[1] In 2004, he became chief executive of Orange Romania.[1]

In 2009, he became the Managing Director of T-Mobile UK Ltd.[2][3]

In 2010, he became Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer of Everything Everywhere Ltd, the leading mobile operator in the UK.[4]

In August 2012, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Eir (telecommunications).[5] In November 2014, he became the Chief Executive Officer Eir and served in this role until April 2018.[5][6] From April 2018 to April 2021 he was a Non Executive Director of Eir.[7]

In 2019, Moat was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Technicolor SA following the resignation of Frederic Rose.[8]

In September 2022, Technicolor Creative Studios SA was spun off from Technicolor SA to create a separate public limited company. The remaining Technicolor SA business was renamed Vantiva SA. Moat stood down as CEO, and has become Chairman of Vantiva SA.

From July 2012 to April 2021, Moat was a non executive director of International Personal Finance plc, becoming Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee.

Personal life

Richard is married to Mary.[1][2] They each have two children from former marriages.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Wray, Richard (6 August 2009). "Future isn't Orange, says man tasked with T-Mobile UK turnaround". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Clark, Nick (11 February 2010). "Richard Moat: 'I wanted to bring more focus to T-Mobile, and come". The Independent. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "T-Mobile boss Richard Moat is ready for a juicy role at Orange". The Daily Telegraph. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "CFO Moat is Everything Everywhere". Finance Week. 18 May 2010. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  5. 1 2 Reddan, Fiona. "Richard Moat formally appointed CEO at Eircom". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  6. ↑ Paul, Mark. "Eir's Richard Moat to stay in Ireland, seek new opportunities". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Technicolor appoints Richard Moat as CEO, confirms H2 outlook". telecompaper. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Technicolor annonce la nomination de Richard MOAT en tant que Directeur général". Boursorama (in French). 5 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.


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