Fibre Faces

SWS Broadband has taken on 16 members of staff and moved to a new office location in Shrewsbury.

Zen founder and Chairman Richard Tang is to reprise his role as CEO following the retirement of Paul Stobart later this month. 

Sharon McDermott, the Founder and MD of Trenches Law, has been appointed as a non-exec on the advisory board of the Wireless Internet Service Providers’ Association. 

Magrathea has added comms industry veteran Simon Burckhardt to its board as he takes the title of non-executive director.

4th Utility has named Steve Wilson as CEO of its new consumer business unit as it looks to treble its customer base over the next 15 months.

VX Fiber has appointed Eric Hargrave to the newly created role of City Manager for its operations in Bristol and the south west. He will report into UK Country Manager Richard Watts.

Truespeed has appointed Robert Purdy as CIO to enhance its internal systems and aid its scale-up.

John Browett has joined Vorboss as the company’s new Chairman. He joins the board of Vorboss-backer Fern Trading Group, as Paul Latham retires from his position as CEO.

Hyperoptic has hired ex-Vodafone Consumer Chief Lutfu Kitapci as Chief Customer Officer to lead the company’s consumer strategy, brand, marketing, sales, and customer experience and service.

Broadway Partners has appointed Steve Haines as CEO as it looks to connect 250,000 premises across Wales and Scotland in the next five years.