{"id":44980,"date":"2026-03-10T08:14:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=44980"},"modified":"2026-03-10T08:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:14:32","slug":"openreach-appoints-lauren-mcgaughey-as-northern-ireland-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/openreach-appoints-lauren-mcgaughey-as-northern-ireland-director.html","title":{"rendered":"Openreach Appoints Lauren McGaughey as Northern Ireland Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National UK broadband operator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>) has announced that their current Acting Director for Northern Ireland, Lauren McGaughey, has formally been appointed to the role on a permanent basis. She replaces Garret Kavanagh in the role, who recently became their MD for Complex Engineering.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Lauren first joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> in 2013 and, over the past year, has been leading the Northern Ireland business and helping to oversee the regional roll-out of <strong>Fibre-to-the-Premises<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>) broadband technology, which is now available to 92% of premises (estimated c.850,000) in Northern Ireland (up from 90% in May 2025).<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> are investing \u00a315bn to build <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> across 25 million UK premises by December 2026 (currently c.22m), before potentially reaching up to 30m premises by 2030 &#8211; the exact expansion plan for 2026-30 remains somewhat subject to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>\u2019s imminent market review.<\/div>\n<p>Lauren McGaughey said: \u201c<em>Openreach\u2019s investment and delivery has already secured Northern Ireland\u2019s place as the most digitally connected region in the UK, and I\u2019m excited to build on that momentum by connecting even more homes and businesses to faster, reliable broadband. 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