Richard Frank Moat (born 8 September 1954) is the
Chairman
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of
Vantiva SA.
Early life
He went to King Edward VI Grammar School in Nuneaton.
He has an MA Honours degree in Law from
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
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.
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
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.
Career
Moat worked in the Lloyd’s insurance market from 1977 to 1978, and as an analyst at Sedgwick from 1979 to 1980.
From 1980 to 1992, Moat worked at the
USX/Marathon Group.
From 1992 to 1998, he was corporate finance director at
Orange plc.
From 1998 to 2000, he was the international group director of finance at Orange.
From 2000 to 2002, he was the chief executive of Orange Thailand.
He was then chief executive of
Orange Denmark A/S from 2002 to 2004.
In 2004, he became chief executive of
Orange Romania
Orange România is a broadband Internet service provider and mobile provider in Romania. It is Romania's largest GSM network operator which is majority owned by Orange S.A., the biggest initial investor, who gradually increased its ownership.
Be ...
.
In 2009, he became the Managing Director of
T-Mobile
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UK Ltd.
In 2010, he became Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer of
Everything Everywhere Ltd, the leading mobile operator in the
UK.
In August 2012, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of
Eir (telecommunications)
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.
In November 2014, he became the Chief Executive Officer Eir and served in this role until April 2018.
From April 2018 to April 2021 he was a Non Executive Director of Eir.
In 2019, Moat was appointed Chief Executive Officer of
Technicolor SA
Vantiva SA, formerly Technicolor SA, Thomson SARL, and Thomson Multimedia, is a French multinational corporation that provides creative services and technology products for the communication, media and entertainment industries. Vantiva's headq ...
following the resignation of Frederic Rose.
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.
They each have two children from former marriages.
References
External links
Living people
Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Alumni of London Business School
British technology chief executives
British telecommunications industry businesspeople
Chief financial officers
Deutsche Telekom
English chief executives
Orange S.A.
People from Nuneaton
1954 births
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