Wildanet is celebrating a double-milestone in its £77m rollout of full fibre broadband in Cornwall as part of Project Gigabit, and has now connected a total of 10,000 premises in the first two phases across the south west and central parts of the region.
Wed, 18/01/2023 - 15:24
Openreach’s MD for Strategic Infrastructure and Development, Kim Mears OBE, will retire from the role in March. Katie Milligan will widen her remit to become Chief Commercial Officer.
Mears joined Openreach in 2006 and has been a member of the Openreach leadership team for the last ten years. Her services to the comms industry saw her awarded an OBE in 2020. She will remain in the capacity of Executive adviser and Chair of Welsh Board.
Milligan will now expand her role to include Infrastructure Development, working closely with housebuilders, local and national governments to deliver commercial and publicly subsidised projects.
She already leads Openreach’s commercial relationships with customers including BT, SKY, TalkTalk, Vodafone and Zen, and is accountable for the company's revenue. She also continues to steer the business’ delivery in Northern Ireland.
