Peter Stephens

Bio

Peter is a Partner in the Telecoms & Media Investments Team and has over 15 years’ experience working closely with global media and telecom companies at various stages of development. He is responsible for creating new business ventures for Virgin and guiding their initial development, with a particular focus on building out Virgin’s interests in the T&M sector, including businesses in the US, the Middle East and Africa. He is also on the Board of Virgin Mobile South Africa. Prior to joining Virgin in 2009, Peter was Managing Director of Global Corporate and Investment Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London, where he worked extensively with leading European T&M companies, including Liberty Global, KPN, ONO Cable, Reliance Communications, Central European Media, WPP, Publicis, ProSieben, and Pages Jaunes on business strategy and fundraising initiatives. He also previously worked in Media & Telecom Investment Banking at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette/CSFB in London as well as at Salomon Brothers in New York and London. He has an MBA from Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.