MLL Telecom has appointed James Withers as chief financial officer and Matt Baker as strategic client director (South).
Withers’s career in finance started at HP, followed by senior posts at Computer Sciences Corporation, BT and EE. His tenure at BT included financial director and VP finance roles for the company’s enterprise transformation, Emergency Services Networks, global services and global banking divisions. At EE he was VP finance of emergency services.
“From my time at BT and EE I was well aware of MLL and their strong reputation,” said Withers. “The opportunity to join the company came at the right time as I was looking for a new challenge where I could leverage my experience to help a successful and established SME maximise its potential. With its investment in a state-of-the-art core network, proven engineering and service competences, MLL is well placed to increase penetration of key markets such as local government, healthcare and education, aided by the government’s new public sector procurement rules which will ensure SMEs like MLL can compete more effectively against the major players.”
Baker has more than 20 years in sales and business development in the ICT sector, including senior strategic public sector account roles at KCOM and heading up sales at altnet providers Jurassic Fibre and Full Fibre. He now has key account responsibility for MLL’s public sector client portfolio in the South of England. These include local government, NHS, blue light and education customers which rely on MLL’s leading edge solutions for meeting their connectivity requirements.
“I am very excited by the opportunity of serving MLL’s public sector clients across the South,” said Baker. “I believe my previous experience in managing and developing public sector accounts as well as leading corporate sales at two fast-growing altnets makes MLL an ideal fit for me. The company’s strong commitment to service and support and proven connectivity credentials, including its leadership in SD-WAN, will undoubtedly result in further partnership opportunities in the region.”
Shaun Ledgerwood, CEO, MLL Telecom, said, “I am delighted to have two proven leaders in their fields joining the business as we storm into an exciting new period of development for MLL. James’s experience of MLL, both as a provider to the mobile network operators and the UK public sector, has enabled him hit to the ground running and he is already driving improvements to our processes and bottom line. Matt’s enthusiasm was clear from the outset, and I know he will work tirelessly to support and grow our critical client account base in the region.”