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BYTES... CityFibre names Elsa Chen as Chief Customer Offi cer
HORN
IntraLAN has confi rmed the
appointment of Andy Horn as CEO to
drive the continued growth of the
business within its key markets.
IntraLAN is based in Epsom, Surrey
and provides a range of IT, Security,
Telecoms and Internet solutions to UK
wide businesses.
NEW ENERGY DIRECTOR
AT COLT DCS
COLT DATA CENTRE Services
(DCS) today announced
the appointment of its
Global Energy Director,
Norbert Szalay (pictured).
This announcement
comes as Colt DCS rapidly
expands its data centre
footprint across the
globe while heightening
its commitment to
energy effi ciency and
sustainability programmes
across its portfolio.
“I’m looking forward
to joining the Colt DCS
team and driving its global
energy and sustainability
strategy as it rapidly
expands its hyperscale
data centre portfolio”
said Norbert. “The team’s
commitment to the highest
standards of operations,
sustainability alongside its
global expansion plans was
a key factor in my decision
to join the company and
I am keen to leverage
my previous experience
to support the business
achieve its goals.”
COMMUNICATIONS
The VAR’s Preferred Distributor
CITYFIBRE HAS APPOINTED Elsa Chen, (pictured) Chief Executive at Entanet,
CityFibre’s wholesale business, to a new role of Chief Customer Offi cer for
the CityFibre Group. In this capacity, Elsa will be responsible for CityFibre’s
end-to-end customer experience strategy across all market verticals.
Speaking of her new role, Elsa said “The scale of opportunity that
CityFibre has created in the UK market is one that we haven’t seen in this
industry for a long time. I look forward to helping to realise this exciting
opportunity for our customers by bringing focus on what really
matters to them. By applying a customer lens from infrastructure
delivery to product innovation, we can deliver truly innovative and
differentiated insight-led solutions and services to our partners.
“We have already begun to align our sales operations,
account management, marketing, product management and
service operations teams that support our partners across all
markets we serve. This is not only about streamlining how we
work with partners but also, more importantly, ensuring a unifi ed
customer experience that delivers the CityFibre brand values
that we care deeply and passionately about.”
Offifi KINI TAKES ON TTB MD ROLE
TALKTALK BUSINESS HAS
appointed Jonathan Kini (pictured)
as its new Managing Director,
following the departure of Kristine
Olsen-Chapman. Kini will report
to TalkTalk’s CEO Tristia Harrison
and will be responsible for leading
and shaping the growth of one
of the UK’s largest B2B providers
of broadband, fi bre and ethernet
data services.
Kini has held senior roles in
Virgin Media and Vodafone across
both B2C and B2B, most recently
working for Drax Plc as CEO of
the Customer Business. Kini
also works as an advisor to the
Bank of England. Kini who is from
Manchester, will be based full
time at the Soapworks, TalkTalk
Business’ HQ in Salford Quays.
Jonathan Kini, MD, TalkTalk
Business said “TalkTalk Business
is truly at the forefront of the
UK’s telecoms industry and has
immense scope for continued
growth. I’m joining at an incredibly
exciting time as the business
steams ahead with its investment
and commitment to a full fi bre
future. I look forward to driving
this movement while keeping our
partners fi rmly at the heart of
every decision we make.”
Lee Fletcher joins snom
SNOM HAS APPOINTED Lee Fletcher (pictured) as
channel manager for the UK and Ireland. Fletcher will
be responsible for the management of Snom’s UK
distributors. He is the latest addition to Snom’s growing
UK channel team following the appointment of Lee
Underwood, also UK channel manager, earlier this year.
“I’m extremely excited to be working as one of
Snom’s channel managers in the UK and Ireland, says
Fletcher. “Snom has always been a key player in the
industry and has an exceptional portfolio of products.
From hardware to services, Snom is able to meet the
needs of its customers. I’ve really enjoyed meeting
some of our partners, distributors and resellers
and can’t wait to see what the future holds with the
business.”
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