Full Fibre UK Broadband ISP Connexin Appoints New CFO

Alternative broadband ISP Connexin, which is currently aiming to deploy a new 10Gbps capable full fibre (FTTP) network across 500,000 premises in East Yorkshire and beyond (England), has today announced the appointment of Shameel Ahmed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Prior to Connexin, Shameel was at London focused altnet CommunityFibre, where he oversaw the network rollout of 1.3m homes across much of London. Shameel also played a key role in the acquisition of CommunityFibre by Warburg Pincus and Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners.

The new CFO is also a qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) from PwC and holds a Masters in Financial Strategy from Said Business School (University of Oxford), as well as an Executive MBA from London Business School.

Furqan Alamgir, Co-Founder and CEO of Connexin, said:

“We are delighted to welcome Shameel to Connexin as our new Chief Financial Officer. Shameel has a significant track record of fundraising, having raised over £1.5bn across multiple debt and equity rounds as well as the execution and integration of successful M&A activity, his experience will turbocharge business growth.”