CityFibre founder Mesch steps down, COO succeeds him as CEO

LONDON: British fibre broadband network CityFibre’s founder Greg Mesch has stepped down as chief executive and has been succeeded by chief operating officer Simon Holden with immediate effect, the company said on Tuesday.

Mesch, who has led the company since it was founded in 2011, has been appointed vice chairman, it said.

Mesch said it was an obvious time to make the change given that he was 65 and had been relentlessly working on CityFibre 24/7 for 15 years, culminating in signing its biggest customer, Sky last year.