Thomas Mockridge was born on July 1955 in New Zealand and was the chief executive of Virgin Media until June 2019.
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Tom Mockridge began his career in his native New Zealand; starting in 1977 as a reporter for the New Plymouth-based Taranaki Daily News in the small central North Island town of Taumarunui.
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Tom Mockridge moved to Australia in 1980, working first for the Sydney Morning Herald as economics correspondent, then as an adviser for the Australian Treasurer Paul Keating.
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Tom Mockridge joined News Limited in January 1991, where he was assistant CEO to Ken Cowley until 1996.
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Tom Mockridge then became CEO of Foxtel, a post which he held for three years.
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In 2002, Tom Mockridge led the merger between Stream TV and Tele+, which resulted in the creation of Sky Italia.
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In 2008 Tom Mockridge was appointed Managing Director of European Television, reporting to James Murdoch.
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Tom Mockridge was later appointed to the board of British Sky Broadcasting, a position he still holds.
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Tom Mockridge was head of Sky Italia when he replaced Rebekah Brooks as chief executive of News International after she had resigned on 15 July 2011.
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Tom Mockridge eventually backed Lord Justice Brian Leveson's recommendation that the UK set up a regulatory system for reining in the British media's worst excesses.
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