Michael Quigley (born 1953) is an Australian telecommunication business executive. He was the first Chief Executive Officer of

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.Caitlin Fitzsimmons, (12 July 2013), Mike Quigley quits as NBN Co chief executive
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Career

He studied at the

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where he received a

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and

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(Hons 1). From 1971 to 2007 he worked for

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, including the position of

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for the company's American arm. At Alcatel Australia he was responsible for Alcatel’s business in Australia and New Zealand and established an early focus on research and development and technical management. At Alcatel USA he was Chief Operating Officer in USA, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel’s Fixed Communications Group in Paris. He was President responsible for infrastructure products, including network switches and optical communications systems. He was Alcatel's Chief Operating Officer. From 24 July 2009 to 3 October 2013 he was

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of NBN Co Limited. He was a board member of

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(ATIS).

NBN

Mike Quigley was appointed

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(CEO) of NBN Co on . In June 2010 he would donate $2 million to Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), which will use the NBN to deliver remote rehabilitation therapy to stroke patients via the Nintendo Wii game console. Two million dollars is approximately equivalent to the NBN CEO's first year salary. Mike Quigley announced in July 2013 that he would retire from NBN Co, staying on until a new CEO was found. He departed on 3 October 2013, replaced by former OPTUS & Telstra CEO

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as Executive Chairman (and Interim CEO) with immediate effect. In December 2013, Telsoc (formerly ATUG), the Australian Society for Telecommunications & Digital Communications, awarded their "Charles Todd Medal" for Excellence in Telecommunications to Michael Malone and Mike Quigley. Quigley's acceptance speech at Telsoc. In 2015 Quigley, as past CEO of NBN Co, publicly attacked the NBN and the MTM, noting cost blowouts and delays that he said were the fault of changes made by the Coalition government to the rollout plan.Renai LeMay, (5 November 2015), Quigley releases detailed evidence showing MTM NBN cost blowout, ''Delimiter''
Retrieved 11 March 2013

Other roles

Quigley is director of the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute.

Honours

In 2022, Quigley was appointed

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in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for "significant service to the telecommunications sector, and to education".

References

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