Stewart Sherriff
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Stewart Sherriff was appointed CEO of New Zealand mobile challenger 2degrees in August 2013, having served as the company’s Chairman for the previous 4 years, and interim CEO since April 1st, a position he held until he retired in June 2019. He remains on the Board of 2degrees as a non-executive Director.
Born in Scotland, Stewart began his 44-year career in telecommunications with British Telecom. He left the UK in 1984 to progress an international career, working in 20 countries for various Telcos. Stewart has learned mobile from the ground up, starting as a technician, progressing to a system specialist, field services manager, BSS specialist and senior engineer before entering senior management as Head of Operations for Hong Kong Operator Smartone.
In 1997 he became CTO at mobile pioneer Western Wireless International, with responsibility for IT, Engineering, Marketing, Customer Care and Technical operations. Six years later, Stewart was seconded as CEO of Meteor, Ireland’s third entrant mobile operator. Under his leadership, Meteor became a successful third player challenging Vodafone and O2.
In 2006 he rejoined Western Wireless founders John Stanton and Brad Horwitz at Trilogy International Partners. As CTO he oversaw Trilogy’s operations in Bolivia, Haiti, Dominican Republic and New Zealand.
Prior to chairing 2degrees, Stewart Chaired Vega Slovenia was Vice Chairman of Telering Austria and served on the boards of Vipnet Croatia, Voila Haiti, Neuvatel Bolivia and jNetX USA.