Mobile Power 50

Every year the mobile industry adapts, develops and grows in amazing ways. But these things don't happen on their own. Here we reveal the influential people driving, leading and inspiring change in 10 key areas of the industry. You can see the full list in alphabetical order below, or you can browse by category using the menu to the left.

The list has been compiled after extensive interviews with CEOs, directors and industry leaders. We want your opinions too - please add your comments on the individuals' profile pages. We will be unveiling a shortlist on the Power 50 and the overall winner of Person of the Year at the mobile industry awards on June 5.

	Alastair Curtis, chief designer, Nokia Mancunian Alastair Curtis took charge of Nokia’s handset design with a brief from the powers that be to ‘take it to the next level’. After intense lob ... View
	Andrew Harrison, UK CEO, Carphone Warehouse Andrew ‘Stat’ Harrison is the man at the centre of the new retail venture with Best Buy.A creative deal-maker with a natural grasp of retail, operator ... View
	Andy Rubin, director of mobile platforms, Google Technology pioneer, Andy Rubin is one of the people working to bring the Google experience onto mobile. Google bought his company, Android, in 2005, w ... View
	Anssi Vanjoki, Executive VP for markets, Nokia As Nokia seeks to reinvent itself as a mobile internet and services company, no-one encapsulates that vision more than Vanjoki. Crucial to Nokia’s Ovi ... View
	Ben Dowd, Business Sales Director, O2 uk Ben Dowd has nailed his colours to the convergence mast at O2 and has won a voice for business at board level. With his drive, O2 has increased its sh ... View
	Cath Keers, Non-executive director, O2 telefonica Keers has been a power behind the throne throughout the heady years of O2’s rise in the UK. She has shaped the operator’s brand and its customer strat ... View
	Chang Ma, VP for marketing strategy, LG Mobile Chang Ma has done more than anyone to show that LG can become a major mobile brand. Ma and European director Simon Hahm were behind the move to untie ... View
	Charles Dunstone, CEO, Carphone Warehouse Dunstone was ahead of the curve when it came to mobile companies embracing broadband and paved the way for operators to follow. He has been a champion ... View
	Charmaine Eggberry, VP and MD, RIM EMEA BlackBerry has long been a powerful brand in the corporate market, but Eggberry has thrown her weight behind the bid to bring it out of its pinstriped ... View
	Chris Edwards, director of device management, Vodafone Of all the operators, Vodafone has been the most consistent in using its purchasing power to shape what handset manufacturers bring to the market. In ... View
	Constantine Polychronopoulos, founder and CTO, Bytemobile As the mobile broadband revolution gathers pace, networks are coming under greater strain due to the hockey stick increase in traffic. Constantine Pol ... View
	David Perlmutter, executive VP and general manager of Mobility group, Intel corporation As features on devices become more advanced, they need more powerful processors to handle them. Intel has been at the forefront of developing faster, ... View
	David Plumb, Head of indirect partners, O2 For someone still climbing through the ranks, David Plumb’s name often comes up in conversation. A rising star in the fast track within O2, he has cha ... View
	Ed Richards, Chief executive, Ofcom Ed Richards has exerted influence on the mobile industry like never before. Ofcom was once an organisation with little relevance to most people in the ... View
	George McPherson, MD, Data Select McPherson has seen the distribution game from both sides, both as a handset manufacturer and now as head of Data Select. The company is of course the ... View
	Jean-Pascal Van Overbeke, VP mobile and Convergence, Orange Orange has carried out an aggressive assault on the market over the last 12 months, especially in the run-up to Christmas. Van Overbeke is credited wi ... View
	Jim Hyde, MD, T-mobile UK Faced with bigger rivals and a controlling and cash-demanding parent company in Bonn, Jim Hyde has had to be creative and clever in formulating a stra ... View
	Jim Slater, Marketing Director,Phones 4u Slater was instrumental in establishing Phones 4u’s brand position in the coveted 18-35 year-old market, ensuring that Phones 4u has strong relevance ... View
	John George, founder, JAG Communications While other medium-sized retailers have withered in the heat of consolidation, south west-based JAG Communications has thrived. After snapping up Go M ... View
	John Harber, UK managing director, Sony Ericsson Buyers at operators and retailers have welcomed John Harber at Sony Ericsson since he took the UK MD job two-and-a-half years ago. The Sony veteran gr ... View
	John Penberthy-Smith, Marketing Director, 3 UK Penberthy-Smith is another marketeer who has shaken up his company’s image. The former Vodafone man has ditched the quirky jellyfish ads and fluffy cl ... View
	Jonathan Ive, senior VP of industrial design, Apple The man from Chingford is revered within Apple for saving the company from the brink with his iconic design for the colourful iMacs in 1998. He has be ... View
	Kevin Russell, CEO, 3 UK When Russell was drafted in 18 months ago, 3 was in crisis; the business was leaking customers and had no clear or compelling strategy. Since then Rus ... View
	Lysa Hardy, European head of internet on mobile and entertainment, T-Mobile European head of internet on mobile and entertainment, T-mobile Last year T-Mobile stole a huge march on its rivals by launching open internet access ... View
	Marc Allera, sales director, 3 UK Allera was influential on a number of counts last year. He caused dealers to sense the draught by giving the go-ahead to increase 3’s retail footprint ... View
	Marcelo Claure, president, CEO, chairman, Brightstar Claure is a man who by all accounts rarely sleeps, such is his energy and penchant for meetings that run deep into the night to pursue his latest bold ... View
	Marco Boerries, Executive VP of connected life, Yahoo! With a reputation as a strong character and a key influencer of Yahoo!’s mobile internet strategy, Boerries was the driving force behind the company’s ... View
	Mark Bond, interim head of enterprise unit, Vodafone Uk Bond edges just ahead of predecessor Kyle Whitehill, who is now COO of Vodafone India, and whose influence was waning as he was being groomed for the ... View
	Mark Mitchinson, VP, Samsung Mobile UK ‘Marathon Mitch’ is one of the most well-known characters in the UK mobile industry. He has stamped his personality firmly on the company, and assembl ... View
	Mark Stansfeld, non-executive director, O2 UK Mark Stansfeld was arguably the most influential sales director in the industry before he quit to become a non executive director in January. His triu ... View
	Minhyouk Lee, senior mobile device designer, Samsung A former car designer, Minhyouk Lee has made a huge impact on Samsung since joining the company. He has transferred his design skills to a much smalle ... View
	Nick Read, CEO, vodafone UK Read continues to be one of the most prominent leaders in the industry, and is even earmarked as a potential future CEO of the whole group. He is seen ... View
	Nikesh Arora, VP of European operations, Google One-time T-Mobile group marketing director, Arora is now in charge of Google’s mobile internet strategy in Europe, helping to position it as a key con ... View
	Phil Chapman, Director of Marketing, T-Mobile Chapman is the man who has rejuvenated the T-Mobile brand in the UK, corralling Ogilvy and Mather into a bold mix of brand and proposition advertising ... View
	Rebecca Hughes, Mobile Buyer, Woolworths Hughes has reshaped Woolworths’ approach to mobile phones as a category, and greatly improved the quality of business. Gone are the cheap deals belove ... View
	Rikko Sakaguchi, Senior VP and Head of Portfolio & Proposition, Sony Ericsson Sony Ericsson’s current success is due to its easy and intuitive user interface. Sakaguchi is the inspiration and the driving force behind Sony Ericss ... View
	Rob Lewis, MD, Omnifone Starting out with only an idea, Rob Lewis persuaded first the music industry then the mobile industry to change the way they approach music on mobiles ... View
	Roger Godsiff, MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath Cashback stormed onto the mobile industry’s agenda last autumn, and with it did Midlands’ MP, Roger Godsiff. Several of Godsiff’s constituents were af ... View
	Simon Ainslie, MD, Nokia UK Ainslie’s influence can be seen from top to bottom within Nokia UK. He has rebuilt the management team, restructured the company and relocated operati ... View
	Stefan Öberg, VP of telecoms, Skype The lack of a clear money-making model at Skype has stood out since eBay’s $2.6bn acquisition of the internet phone brand. But Skype’s deal with 3 has ... View
	Stephen Nuttall, Director of commercial group, BSkyB For someone outside the major networks, retailers and manufacturers, Nuttall is held in remarkable esteem by senior figures in the mobile industry. It ... View
	Steve Andrews, MD of Convergence and mobility, BT Steve Andrews’ role at BT is to drive the development of innovative fixed, mobile and convergent products. The telecom giant is trying hard to integra ... View
	Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple Steve Jobs may not be based in the UK, but his company has exerted more influence over operators’ decisions than any of the established manufacturers ... View
	Tanny Price, MD, Avenir Telecom UK When the mobile gravy train hit the buffers last year, airtime distribution was a tough place to be. Price was quicker than most to sense the change t ... View
	Tim Whiting, CEO, Phones 4U Whiting is one of the shrewdest and most respected people in the industry. He has steered Phones 4u through challenge after challenge. On his watc ... View
	Tom Alexander, CEO, Orange UK Internal morale and external expectations were sent skyward with the news that the ‘Crazy Gang’ were coming to Orange. Confidence grew immediately upo ... View
	Viviane Reding, EU commissioner for information society and media Roaming used to be the pot of gold that provided operators with hundreds of millions of pounds every year – until Reding took the bull by the horns an ... View
	Will Franks, CTO and co-founder, Ubiquisys Inspired by his frustration with poor indoor mobile coverage, Franks has been at the forefront of femtocell technology since 2004. He has become the k ... View
	Woo-Young Kwak, head of Mobile Handset R&D, LG The man who famously once labelled Apple’s iPhone a ‘copycat’ of LG’s Prada handset, Kwak runs LG’s mobile development house in Korea. Under his watch ... View
	Zohar Levkovitz, CEO, Amobee Levkovitz is a driving force behind advertising on mobile phones. His company, Amobee, has been working on advertising capabilities across a number of ... View