Digital Secretary Nadine Dorries has chosen Simon Blagden CBE to Chair Building Digital UK (BDUK), placing him at the help of Project Gigabit, backed with £5bn to connect hard-to-reach areas as well as the £1bn Shared Rural Network which will dial up 4G phone signal rural areas.
Steve Leighton has been appointed as the new Chair of ISPA Council, taking over the reins from Andrew Glover.
Following a year of investment into network growth and expansion, Neos Networks has appointed Tim Passingham as Non-Executive Chair of the board to ramp up its connectivity rollout.
Vicky Higgin will assume responsibility for CityFibre’s long-term IT strategy and roadmap after being hired into the newly created role of Chief Digital and Information Officer.
Alncom has detailed plans to connect a further 25,000 rural premises in Northumberland to full fibre, making three Directorial hires to spur this growth.
KCOM has appointed Johan Dennelind as Chairman of its Board of Directors, as a part of his relationship with Macquarie Asset Management as an industry advisor.
G.Network has appointed ex-Openreach exec Kevin Murphy as CEO to spur its next phase of growth.
Quickline Communications has appointed ex-Voneus ace Sue Barnes as CCO.
Fibrus has filled out its leadership team with the appointments of Colin Hutchinson as CFO, Mark Woolner as Director of Sales and Amie McNiece as Director of Marketing.
Lightning Fibre has added two new senior telecommunications and infrastructure executives to its board.