2degrees
Mark Callander has had an extensive career in the telecommunications industry. Mark is currently the Chief Executive of 2degrees since May 2022. Prior to that, they held various roles at Vocus Communications, including Chief Executive New Zealand and Chief Executive Wholesale Australia from July 2018 to May 2022, and Chief Executive New Zealand from February 2016 to May 2022. Before joining Vocus Communications, Mark served as the Chief Executive of M2 Group Ltd, where they oversaw the company's telecommunications and utility services from July 2015 to February 2016. Prior to that, they held leadership positions at CallPlus Services Limited, including CEO from March 2010 to June 2015 and General Manager from 2007 to 2010. Mark also worked as the Marketing Director at Slingshot from 2004 to 2007 and owned and directed Pillar Marketing from 2002 to 2003. Mark's career in the telecommunications industry began at Telecom New Zealand, where they served as an Acquisition Manager (Xtra) from 1999 to 2002.
Mark Callander completed a Leadership for Senior Executives program at Harvard Business School in 2013. Prior to that, they obtained a BMS degree in Marketing and International Management from The University of Waikato between 1992 and 1995.
2degrees
2degrees is a full service telecommunications provider. We launched in 2009, significantly lowering the cost of mobile for Kiwis, but we've actually been around a little while longer. Back in the 90s a visionary group of Maori challenged the crown through the Treaty of Waitangi and won the rights to 3G spectrum. Despite financial and regulatory adversity a Maori Trust (Hautaki) was established with the challenge of launching New Zealand’s third mobile network. Since then, we’ve been busy. We have built a brand new mobile network, helping us to cover 98.5% of the places Kiwis live and work. In March 2015 we also acquired NZ's fourth largest ISP (Snap), and now offer internet services as well as mobile to Kiwis across the country. We all really believe in what we are trying to accomplish for our customers and New Zealand. We’ve even been lucky enough to be recognised for it along the way, with a number of awards for our customer service over the years.