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Freedom Fibre, a number one UK different 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 position whereas persevering with to serve on the corporate’s board, making certain his ongoing involvement in Freedom Fibre’s progress 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 in the present day. Neil is an business veteran having been lately Elected as Honorary Fellow on the Royal Academy of Engineering for his contribution to the sector. His management, business know-how and experience has been, and can stay, a crucial a part of Freedom Fibre’s technique.
Neil, reflecting on the transition, mentioned, “After practically 30 years within the telecoms sector it’s time I stepped down from the entrance line. I need 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 kind TalkTalk. I’ve had a splendid profession at a extremely attention-grabbing time within the business’s historical past, and the chance to arrange Freedom Fibre was too thrilling to withstand. Being concerned initially of deregulation and broadband, and now having the ability to step down as fibre reaches properly over 50% of the UK has been my success.
It’s time to let another person take the reins. I sit up for proceed working in a lowered capability with the good group at Freedom Fibre as the corporate enters its subsequent part of progress.”
With over 25 years of business expertise incoming CEO Nathan has held numerous 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 deal with key worth drivers and talent to ship sustainable progress.
Most 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, growing buyer penetration, operational effectivity, and finally the combination into Group Fibre, accomplished efficiently earlier this 12 months.
Nathan said,
“I’m honored to be becoming a member of Freedom Fibre at such an essential stage of its journey. It is a crucial time within the business and for the continued improvement of this crucial UK infrastructure and Neil’s imaginative and prescient has laid a powerful basis. I sit up for working with the group to drive continued progress, construct on the achievements to this point, and improve the worth we ship to our clients.”
Nathan’s appointment highlights Freedom Fibre’s dedication to long-term success, customer-centric innovation, and operational excellence. His management will deal with rising the enterprise as the corporate embarks on its subsequent part of growth, together with accelerating commercialization of Freedom Fibre’s community by leveraging the corporate’s current wholesale partnership with TalkTalk and driving direct gross sales by its personal ISP, LilaConnect.
Backed by infrastructure traders InfraBridge (a division of DigitalBridge), Equitix and nationwide ISP TalkTalk, Freedom Fibre is well-positioned for future progress following its current merger with VX Fiber’s UK operations.
