PATRICIA COBIAN

Appointed to the Board July 2026 as Chief Financial Officer Designate. Patricia is a member of the Executive Committee. 

Patricia was CFO of Virgin Media O2 from its launch in 2021 until 2025. Prior to that she was CFO of O2 UK since 2016 and served on the Supervisory Board of Telefónica Deutschland from 2012 to 2020. She had joined O2 in 2006, holding senior roles as Chief of Staff, as Director of Business Development and as Director Strategy & Transformation, having been appointed to the Telefonica Europe Executive Committee in 2011. Earlier in her career she spent seven years at McKinsey & Company across Madrid, New York and London with a focus on TMT and Corporate Finance.

Patricia brings deep industry experience from a distinguished career across the UK and European telecoms sector.

Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Joint Audit Committee of Guardian Media Group.