Peter Erskine

Peter Anthony Erskine (born 10 November 1951) is a businessman and a former Chief Executive of O2 (which he helped to create in 2001). Early life Erskine was born in south-west Essex. His father worked for Tate & Lyle. Erskine attended Bancroft's School in north-east London. He studied Psychology at the University of Liverpool, graduating in 1973. Career In 1990 he joined Unitel (now known as Allstream Inc.). BT Cellnet In 1998 he became Managing Director of BT Cellnet, the fledgling mobile phone network company of BT Group.