Founder and Boss of Major UK Broadband Altnet CityFibre to Step Down UPDATE

Greg Mesch is kicked upstairs, COO Holden becomes CEO at CityFibre - Mobile Europe

Mesch built the firm into the UK’s largest altnet full fibre platform over the last 15 years and now becomes now Vice Chair CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent full fibre platform, announced that its founder and Chief Executive Officer, Greg Mesch (pictured above), has been appointed Vice Chair today. Simon Holden, formerly CityFibre’s Group Chief Operating Officer, has stepped into Mesch’s shoes immediately. Mesch led CityFibre since its in…

CityFibre founder and CEO to leave company

CityFibre has confirmed that its founder and chief executive officer, Greg Mesch, is to step down for personal reasons. The company has announced he will be replaced as CEO by the current Chief Operating Officer Simon Holden. Mesch has led CityFibre for 15 years during which time the alternative broadband network has grown to reach over 4.5 million premises and 700,000 customers. He will now take up a new role as vice chairman. CityFibre is also…

Founder and Boss of Major UK Broadband Altnet CityFibre to Step Down UPDATE

Greg Mesch, the original founder and current CEO of the UK’s largest alternative full fibre (FTTP) broadband network for ISPs, CityFibre, is reportedly to step down after setting the Openreach competitor up some 14 years ago in January 2011. The move comes shortly after the operator secured a crucial UK funding agreement worth £2.3bn (here). CityFibre has so far deployed their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to cover around 4.5 million prem…