{"id":17709,"date":"2019-01-03T13:26:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T13:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=17709"},"modified":"2019-01-03T14:16:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T14:16:37","slug":"nextgenaccess-appoint-former-gamma-ceo-as-non-executive-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/01\/nextgenaccess-appoint-former-gamma-ceo-as-non-executive-director.html","title":{"rendered":"Nextgenaccess Appoint Former Gamma CEO as Non-Executive Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Network builder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nextgenaccess.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nextgenaccess<\/a>, which recently secured \u00a322m from the UK National Digital Infrastructure Fund (NDIF) to help spread its 10Gbps fibre optic broadband to businesses in South Wales and South West England (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/10\/nextgenaccess-get-22m-for-10gbps-bristol-to-newport-fibre-link.html\">here<\/a>), has appointed the former CEO of ISP Gamma (Bob Falconer) to be its new Non-Executive Director.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The operator said that Bob&#8217;s appointment is &#8220;<em>in line with the company&#8217;s aggressive growth strategy as it ramps up the expansion of its core fibre network and the roll out of affordable full fibre services to businesses and the public sector<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bob Falconer previously led Gamma Telecom for 15 years and in October 2014 he oversaw a successful IPO of the business on AIM, which saw their share price growing by a factor of four to May 2018 and a market cap of approximately \u00a3700 million. Gamma subsequently won the AIM &#8220;<em>Company of the Year<\/em>&#8221; award for 2017\/18.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Bob Falconer said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a very exciting time to keep involved in the telecoms industry. The reality of fibre to the premises and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> is driving unprecedented change and with this Nextgenaccess has a compelling and differentiated full fibre offering.<\/p>\n<p>I relish helping the company\u2019s excellent senior management team maximise the substantial market opportunities and growth potential on offer. I hope my industry and management experience can bring value and help ensure Nextgenaccess achieves its business goals. 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