68: Ronan Dunne, Chairman, CEO, Board Strategic Advisor and independent non-executive director

About this episode

Aidan Donnelly interviews Ronan Dunne, discussing his extensive experience in telecommunications and leadership roles.

It’s the first podcast of 2026 and as they say, go big or go home. We are only a few weeks away from the start of the 6 Nations, and joining me is Ronan Dunne - a Chairman, CEO, Board Strategic Advisor and independent non-executive director. Between 2016 and 2022, he served at Verizon, as President and CEO of Verizon Wireless, Verizon Consumer Group and most recently as strategic advisor to the CEO. At Verizon Consumer Group, he led the teams responsible for delivering wireline, wireless and television products and services to more than 100 million consumers. Prior to Verizon, he was CEO of leading UK mobile operator, Telefonica UK (O2) for almost a decade. He has held other industry roles that speak to his leadership and expertise in the telecom world. Today, he serves as Chair of Six Nations Rugby, the organizing body of the Six Nations Championships and Autumn Nations Series and Chair of Kore Labs, the RegTech and product intelligence platform. Ronan also serves as a non-executive director of British multinational retailer, Marks & Spencer and Balance in Business and is a strategic advisor to a number of companies in the telecom & technology sector. Ronan’s charitable…

People in this episode

Host: Aidan Donnelly

Guest: Ronan Dunne

Topics covered

• telecommunications
• leadership
• sports management
• business strategy
• charity work

Keywords

• Ronan Dunne
• telecommunications
• leadership
• Six Nations Rugby
• Verizon
• O2
• business strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Verizon, Verizon Wireless, Verizon Consumer Group, Telefonica UK (O2), Six Nations Rugby, Kore Labs, Marks & Spencer, Balance in Business

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