CityFibre Infrastructure appoints Chris Stone to its Board of Directors as Non-Executive Chairman

– UK, London – CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings Plc (AIM:CITY), a leading designer, builder, owner, and operator of fibre optic infrastructure in UK towns and cities, is pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher (“Chris”) Stone as the Company’s Non-Executive Chairman with immediate effect.

Mr Stone is a technology and services industry veteran with a strong track record of building successful, global businesses in the sector. Most notably he was responsible for leading the transformation of Northgate Information Solutions (then called McDonnell Douglas Information Systems) between 1999 to 2011 to become the world’s second largest specialist HR technology and services business and the leading provider of software and services to the UK public sector.

Chris is currently a Non-Executive Director (formerly Chief Executive Officer) of Radius Worldwide, an expansion services company offering accounting, HR, legal, tax and compliance support to companies’ international operations. He led the business during its successful acquisition by private equity firm, HG Capital, in August 2013.

Chris has also previously held senior roles at Accenture, Electronic Data Systems, Digital Equipment Company, Fitness First and CSR, where he served as Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

Greg Mesch, CEO of CityFibre, commented: “We’re delighted to welcome Chris as Non-Executive Chairman of CityFibre. He brings to the Board extensive experience as a Non-Executive Director across a wide range of companies and sectors, and we look forward to his perspective and guidance as CityFibre continues its rapid growth and development in the dynamic and evolving UK communications infrastructure market.”

About CityFibre

CityFibre is the national builder of Gigabit Cities, as the UK’s largest alternative provider of wholesale fibre network infrastructure. It has major metro duct and fibre footprints in 42 cities across the UK and a national long distance network that connects these cities to major data-centres across the UK and to key peering points in London.

The company has an extensive customer base spanning service integrators, enterprise and consumer service providers and mobile operators. Providing a portfolio of active and dark fibre services, CityFibre’s networks address 28,000 public sites, 7,800 mobile masts, 280,000 businesses and 4 million homes.

CityFibre is based in London, United Kingdom, and its shares trade on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange (AIM: CITY).

For more information : http://www.cityfibre.com

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