Mr O'Connell was most recently CEO and Managing Director of amaysim, which he co-founded in 2010, having previously held Management and board roles at Optus Communications, BellSouth, Commander Communications Eircom (Ireland's national carrier) and Meteor (an Irish mobile operator). He is the founder of Hargrave Consultants, an advisory firm for the Technology and Telecommunications sector, and was previously a commercial law partner at Australian law firms Minter Ellison and Gilbert & Tobin. Peter is a director and co-founder of Tiger and Bear advisory group that is in the telecommunications, technology and energy sectors as well as acting in mergers and acquisitions. Peter was a member of the team responsible for the formation of Optus, has served on a number of boards for private and public companies in the energy, telecommunications and technology verticals and is also the Chair of Australian fintech company, Padua, Solutions.
