Hans Snook Executive of a wireless paging business (which subsequently became part of the Hutchison Whampoa Group). In 1992 Snook was despatched to the UK and closed Hutchison's Rabbit phone system; and instead turned efforts to developing the UK's fourth mobile phone network. On April 28, 1994 Orange was launched. Within five years Orange had developed an enviable reputation as well as a growing international presence. Mannesmann of Germany purchased Orange Plc, in a failed attempt to challenge Vodafone as the World's leading mobile phone company. This set off a chain of events which resulted in France Télécom taking ownership of Orange,
Tony Wood (British businessman) Tony Wood (British businessman) Antony Wood (born April 1966) is a British businessman, and the CEO of Meggitt PLC since January 2018, when he succeeded Stephen Young, having previously been chief operating officer (COO). Wood earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from the Open University, and an MBA from INSEAD. Wood spent 16 years working for the French company Messier-Dowty, now part of the Safran Group. From May 2013 to January 2016, Wood was president of the aerospace division of Rolls-Royce Holdings. According to the "Evening Standard", Wood's departure from Rolls-Royce following a restructuring "seemed an abrupt end to a