From overhauling the books at Melbourne Storm to war gaming the impact of COVID-19 on the NBN, Stephen Rue is a solutions guy. Optus is his next big challenge.
hen reports of a pandemic in Italy began emerging in early 2020, NBN Co’s then-boss, Stephen Rue, prepared his team for the worst-case scenario in Australia.
Former communications minister Paul Fletcher recalls: “They did phone conferences with the management team of Telecom Italia to ask: ‘OK, tell us what’s happening to your network with the outbreak of COVID in Milan and northern Italy.’ They war gamed it, they prepared it.”
Source: https://www.afr.com/companies/telecommunications/optus-has-had-some-horror-years-but-its-new-ceo-is-taking-on-telstra-20250128-p5l7q9