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Freedom Fibre, a number one UK various fibre community supplier, is happy to announce the appointment of Nathan Vautier as its new Chief Govt Officer
New CEO Nathan Vautier
Nathan succeeds founder Neil McArthur, who will transition right into a strategic function whereas persevering with to serve on the corporate’s board, making certain his ongoing involvement in Freedom Fibre’s development and imaginative and prescient.
Because the founder and CEO of the enterprise, Neil McArthur has been instrumental in securing the long-term wholesale contracts with nationwide ISP TalkTalk, and rising Freedom Fibre to the place it’s at this time. Neil is an trade veteran having been just lately Elected as Honorary Fellow on the Royal Academy of Engineering for his contribution to the sector. His management, trade know-how and experience has been, and can stay, a crucial a part of Freedom Fibre’s technique.
Neil, reflecting on the transition, stated, “After almost 30 years within the telecoms sector it’s time I stepped down from the entrance line. I wish to welcome Nathan Vautier to Freedom Fibre and want him each success driving the corporate ahead.
My transfer into telecoms began with deregulation in 1996 at Opal Telecom, which teamed up with Carphone Warehouse to type TalkTalk. I’ve had a splendid profession at a extremely attention-grabbing time within the trade’s historical past, and the chance to arrange Freedom Fibre was too thrilling to withstand. Being concerned at the beginning of deregulation and broadband, and now having the ability to step down as fibre reaches nicely over 50% of the UK has been my luck.
It’s time to let another person take the reins. I look ahead to proceed working in a diminished capability with the nice group at Freedom Fibre as the corporate enters its subsequent section of development.”
With over 25 years of trade expertise incoming CEO Nathan has held varied senior management roles within the telecoms sector, beginning in infrastructure with Ericsson, then Sony Ericsson, EE, and Brightstar Company earlier than transferring into PE backed companies. He’s acknowledged for his relentless concentrate on key worth drivers and talent to ship sustainable development.
Most just lately in his profession, following Group Fibre’s acquisition of Field Broadband, Nathan was appointed CEO of Field Broadband with a mandate to guide the corporate’s enterprise transformation, rising buyer penetration, operational effectivity, and finally the combination into Group Fibre, accomplished efficiently earlier this yr.
Nathan acknowledged,
“I’m honored to be becoming a member of Freedom Fibre at such an vital stage of its journey. It is a vital time within the trade and for the continued improvement of this crucial UK infrastructure and Neil’s imaginative and prescient has laid a powerful basis. I look ahead to working with the group to drive continued development, construct on the achievements thus far, and improve the worth we ship to our prospects.”
Nathan’s appointment highlights Freedom Fibre’s dedication to long-term success, customer-centric innovation, and operational excellence. His management will concentrate on rising the enterprise as the corporate embarks on its subsequent section of enlargement, together with accelerating commercialization of Freedom Fibre’s community by leveraging the corporate’s present wholesale partnership with TalkTalk and driving direct gross sales via its personal ISP, LilaConnect.
Backed by infrastructure buyers InfraBridge (a division of DigitalBridge), Equitix and nationwide ISP TalkTalk, Freedom Fibre is well-positioned for future development following its latest merger with VX Fiber’s UK operations.