Quickline expands leadership team to support growth

EXPANSION: From left, Dan Hague, Julian Burton, Sean Royce and Julia Dettmar

By Rick Lyon, Co-Editor

Rural broadband provider Quickline Communications has expanded its senior leadership team.

The appointment of three experienced executives supports the company’s recent successes in securing four Government contracts under the Project Gigabit programme.

Valued at approximately £300m of public funding, the contracts will bring full fibre broadband to almost 170,000 premises and 360,000 rural homes and businesses in need of improved connectivity.

The network expansion across Yorkshire and the majority of Lincolnshire is well underway, with customers already being taken out of broadband poverty and getting connected to the new full fibre network being built in rural communities.

To support the acquisition, connection and retention of customers, a new chief revenue officer (CRO) role has been created to ensure end-to-end accountability across these areas.

Julian Burton takes up this position, overseeing all sales activities, customer appointments and management of customer support and retention. With 24 years’ experience in the telecoms and technology sectors, Julian has held senior commercial and sales roles at companies such as Digicel, O2, Tesco, CPW and Vodafone.

Julia Dettmar has been appointed as general counsel and company secretary, and will lead corporate governance and legal affairs. A qualified solicitor with more than 20 years’ experience, Julia has held senior positions within in-house legal teams, including more than a decade at Cable & Wireless and Vodafone UK. She brings extensive experience in advising on complex and strategic contracts.

Dan Hague takes up the position of project gigabit delivery director. Having played a key role in submitting the bids for the Government contracts, and is now responsible for overseeing them. Dan has a wealth of experience and a comprehensive background in fibre and telecoms, having held senior positions at GoFibre, Hyperoptic, Cityfibre and BT Openreach.

Quickline CEO Sean Royce said: “As we continue to scale up the business, it’s imperative we have the right team in place to lead the way through our next chapter of growth.

“These appointments of highly experienced executives, which were made ahead of our Project Gigabit wins, position us well for the future.

“I’m delighted to have Julian, Julia and Dan on board to help steer Quickline through the next exciting part of our journey.”