Ten Industry Personality of the Year Candidates named

Winner will be crowned after live text vote at Mobile News Awards.

The Mobile News Awards Industry Personality of the Year shortlist of 10 has been announced.

The 10 candidates, voted by public online vote from a list of original 30 names, are:

• Conor Pierce (Nokia)
• Gerry O’Keeffe (Exteris Micro-P)
• Simon Stanford (Samsung)
• Mark Mitchinson (Huawei)
• Stuart Joce (A1 Comms)
• Andy Tow (Avenir)
• Bob Sweetlove (Carphone Warehouse Business)
• Alexandra Zagury (BlackBerry)
• Olaf Swantee (EE)
• Ratheesh Yoganathan (Lebara Mobile)

The winner will be decided by a live text message vote from around 800 guests at the Mobile News Awards dinner at the Hilton on Park Lane on March 13.