LightSpeed Broadband Appoints New CCO to Support Full Fibre Build

Lincolnshire-based UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which is rolling out a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 200,000 premises across the East of England (rising to 1 million by the end of 2025), has appointed Jason Coward to be its new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) as it continues with a shake-up of senior management.

The provider, which has been going through somewhat of a management reshuffle of late, was originally backed by a £55m investment from AtmosClear Investments, Kompass Kapital and Thesaurium, which was recently boosted by £60m from the Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund (here). LightSpeed’s original investment also included the “opportunity” to raise their funding up to £300 million as work progresses (here).

The new CCO, Jason, brings with him plenty of board-level, leadership and senior sales and marketing experience across the media, publishing, and telecoms sectors, including roles as Chief Marketing Officer of Sky Italia, Director of Marketing & Development at Sony and CEO of Team TalkTalk for The&Partnership.

Jason Coward, CCO of LightSpeed Broadband, said:

“I am really thrilled to be joining the LightSpeed team at such an exciting time for the business. I have witnessed the roll-out speed and building of such a technologically advanced full-fibre network at pace, and I am very impressed with what LightSpeed has achieved. Now, we will be building on this to rapidly develop the customer experience, marketing and sales to further strengthen its position as a leading regional player in the market as we bring Gigabit broadband to more underserved communities across the East of England.”

LightSpeed, which employs 120 people, is currently providing service to residents including Boston, Bourne, Braintree, Clacton-on-Sea, Dereham, Downham Market, Fakenham, Holbeach, Hunstanton, King’s Lynn, Long Sutton, Market Deeping, Skegness, Sleaford, Spalding, Stamford, Stowmarket and Thetford, with its network expanding across further towns along the coast of the East of England.