Paul O'Sullivan

Paul O’Sullivan has been Chairman of Optus since October 2014.

Paul was previously CEO of Singtel Group Consumer from 2012 -2014, where he was responsible for the wholly owned operations in Singapore and Australia, as well as Singtel's investments in Thailand, India, Africa, the Philippines and Indonesia.

Paul was CEO of Optus from September 2004 to March 2012, during which time Optus experienced strong growth including 18 quarters in a row of EBITDA growth and 7 consecutive half years of mobile revenue share gain.

Paul previously held senior positions within Optus including Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of Optus Mobile, and has also worked in various international management roles at the Colonial Group and the Royal Dutch Shell Group in Canada, the Middle East, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Paul is a member of the Board of Commissioners of Telkomsel – Indonesia’s largest mobile communications company with over 130 million customers. He is a former Board Director of Bharti Airtel: India’s mobile market leader.

Paul is Chairman of the Western Sydney Airport Company (WSA Co), a significant national infrastructure project to build a new Airport which the Australian Government will own and operate.

Paul is a Director of: ANZ, a multinational banking and financial services company; and Coca-Cola Amatil Limited, one of the largest bottlers of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages in the Asia-Pacific region.

Paul is a Board Member of The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), an independent statutory agency which supports a better life for Australians with a significant and permanent disability; and a Board Member of The St George and Sutherland Medical Research Foundation.