Michael Tobin

Michael Tobin is a highly successful and well-recognized technology entrepreneur and pioneer with over 30 years’ experience in the telecommunications and technology sector. He was honored in 2014 with the Order of British Empire (OBE) medal for services to the digital economy.

Notably, Mr. Tobin led Telecity Group, plc., a leading FTSE250 technology company from 2002 to 2014. During his tenure, he took the company private, led its business transformation by growing organically and through acquisition, and successfully re-listed it. His recognitions at Telecity include the London Business Awards for Business Turnaround of the Year (2005), UK Innovation Awards IPO of the Year and techMARK Personality of the Year (2008). Prior to joining Telecity, Mr. Tobin headed up Fujitsu’s eCommerce operations in Germany. He also ran ICL’s Danish outsourcing subsidiary out of Denmark, among other leadership roles.

Mr. Tobin’s expertise is highly sought, and he serves as an advisor and independent director on several boards. Among his many additional accolades, Ernst & Young named him UK IT Services Entrepreneur of the Year (2009, 2010, 2011), PWC Tech CEO of the Year in 2007, Outstanding Contribution to the Data Centre Industry at the Data Centre Europe awards (2008), Outstanding Non-Executive Director of the Year in the Best of Business Awards and the Global Business Excellence Awards, Chairman of the Year by the Stevie Awards (2016), Datacentre and Cloud Influencer of the Decade at the Broadgroup Industry Awards, and Smith and Williamson’s Top 25 Power Individuals of Industry (2017).

In addition to his many business and technology recognitions, he is well known and respected for his charitable work, which has primarily focused on the education, welfare and empowerment of young people and children around the world.