Education
Simon holds a degree in economic geography and history from the Australian National University. He is a graduate of the Executive Development Program of Stanford University/National University of Singapore.
Simon holds a degree in economic geography and history from the Australian National University. He is a graduate of the Executive Development Program of Stanford University/National University of Singapore.
Beresford-Wylie is a dual United Kingdom-Australian citizen, is married and has two children, Edward and Guy. Beresford-Wylie worked for Australian government agencies responsible for taxation and for industry policy from 1982 until 1989, before entering the private sector. Since 1989, Beresford-Wylie held various management positions within Australia’s Telstra Corporation’s Corporate and Government Business Unit.
In 1995, he became the Chief Executive Officer of an Indian mobile operator Modi Telstra (a joint venture between Telstra Corporation and ModiCorp of India).
Beresford-Wylie joined Nokia in 1998. He held several positions in Nokia in Asia and Europe before becoming the head Nokia’s infrastructure business group in February 2005.
He was the Executive Vice President and General Manager for Nokia Networks, before becoming Chief Executive Officer of Nokia Siemens Networks in 2007. Beresford-Wylie left his position as Chief Executive Officer of Nokia Siemens Networks on 30 September 2009.
He was succeeded by Rajeev Suri.
On 4 November 2009, Beresford-Wylie became the Chief Executive Officer of Elster Group, a technology and innovation driven provider of smart metering and smart grid systems and solutions to the gas, electricity and water industries. Elster Group was acquired by Melrose Public Limited Company in August 2012. Beresford-Wylie was Chief Executive of Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited (DMSL), also known as at800, from 14 January 2013 until 30 November 2013.
DMSL, a United Kingdom based Company, has responsibility for mitigating potential interference issues arising from the coexistence of digital terrestrial television (DTT) and 4G mobile services in the 800 MHz band.
On 1 December 2013, Beresford-Wylie was appointed Global Executive Advisor (Executive Vice President) to the Networks Business of Samsung Electronics. He is based in Suwon, of Korea.
On 22 June 2015 United Kingdom broadcasting and communications infrastructure and services provider Arqiva named Simon Beresford-Wylie as its new Chief Executive Officer, replacing John Cresswell.
He was a member of the Group Executive Board of Nokia Corporation from 1 February 2005 until 31 October 2009. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Vitec Group from 1 March 2006 until 30 November 2013.
