Bill Morrow (born 1959) is the former CEO of NBN Co, a government-owned corporation responsible for installation and implementation of the National Broadband Network across Australia. His departure was announced in April 2018 and became effective on 1 September 2018."NBN Co names new CEO to replace Bill Morrow" 22 August 2018 10:04. Retrieved 5 January 2019 He became CEO of DirecTV in February, 2021.
Career From 1980 to 1995, Morrow was Director of Network Data Products at Pacific Bell. He then worked as CEO of the European division at Vodafone Group PLC from 1996 to July 24, 2006.Fildes, Nic (2006). "Blow to Sarin as boardroom ally quits." The Independent. 25 July.
Morrow was President and CEO of Pacific Gas and Electric Company from 2006 to 2008. He then migrated to become CEO of Clearwire in March 2009, where he served in that position until March 1o, 2011.
He went back to Vodafone in 2012, this time working at its Australia (VHA) division as CEO. Morrow left Vodafone in March 2014 and became CEO of NBN Co. He remained in that position until September 2018.
From October 2019 to February 2021, Morrow was special adviser and managing director of process service and cost optimization at AT&T. On February 25, 2021, AT&T announced that it would spin-off DirecTV into a separate entity, selling a 30% stake to TPG Inc., while retaining a 70% stake in the new standalone company. The deal closed on August 2, 2021, with Morrow acting as CEO of DirecTV.
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