Colin Sempill

Managing Director

As Managing Director, Colin is responsible for accelerating the very significant rate of progress achieved in recent years, including the Project Edge investment. In his previous role as Group Strategy and Transformation Director at SSE and during his time in several other senior positions within the Group, Colin has led the way as a proven leader of high growth, rapidly transforming businesses. Before SSE Colin worked for firms including Ernst & Young and Arthur Anderson.

Dave Eddy

Chief Operating Officer

As Chief Operating Officer for SSE Enterprise Telecoms, Dave is responsible for the smooth running of the company’s business and customer operations, particularly as the company extends its network reach and product portfolio. Dave will ensure the end-to-end processes of the business run smoothly so we can maintain an NPS score of +60%, on average. Prior to joining SSE Enterprise Telecoms, Dave had a number of senior roles in the telecoms sector, including working at Radianz, Nortel Networks and 186k. Most recently, Dave was the Director of Business Operations at Virgin Media Business.

Ian Taylor

Business Development Director

Ian joins us as Business Development Director, responsible for all business development, sales and marketing activity. He has extensive experience within the telecoms sector with BT and Cable & Wireless, and in a variety of senior commercial roles with Siemens. Ian sees SSE Enterprise Telecoms as having a good balance of scale and agility, with the energy and mentality of a start-up. He is looking forward to the challenge of leading the next stage in the company’s planned growth, and building on the existing reputation as the telecoms provider of choice. Ian’s vision for the future of SSE Enterprise Telecoms is a company that is consistently recognised for the quality and value of its services.

John Chester

Commercial Director

John Chester joins the team after a twenty year senior commercial career in a number of private equity and PLC businesses. He is tasked with ensuring that SSE Enterprise Telecoms continues to build on its reputation of service excellence, securing our position as the networking provider of choice. John’s key vision over the coming years is to drive SSE Enterprise Telecoms’ exploration of new and innovative routes to expand reach, services and its customer base to continue to grow sustainably in a highly competitive market.

Paul Clark

Sector Director for Energy & Utilities

As Sector Director for Energy and Utilities, Paul is responsible for developing our strategy in line with the growing needs of the Energy and Utilities markets, particularly as Distribution Network Operators will be investing to become Distribution System Operators and their reliance on telecoms and networks becomes more important than ever before. Paul benefits from a wide breadth of experience as SSE Enterprise Telecoms supports SSE Group’s IT estate across the UK. Prior to joining SSE Enterprise Telecoms Paul had a 16 year tenure at Virgin Media during which he led a number of management centres and field and project management teams.

Conrad Mallon

Chief Network Architect

With over 30 years’ experience in the telecoms industry, Conrad brings a wealth of knowledge to his role as Chief Network Architect having previously held several senior roles at Level 3, which included overseeing many large-scale network enhancements and significantly expanding their European network reach. In his current role, Conrad will be responsible for defining, delivering and maintaining the technical architectures that will support our existing portfolio, as well as new ground-breaking technologies. He is determined to see the innovative, appropriate application of advanced technology both maintain and improve those relationships with our customers as the business grows.

Mike Magee

Sector Director for Transport

Appointed as Sector Director for Transport, Mike is responsible for guiding and developing our strategic partnerships within this sector to enable the Transport sector to achieve their vision of becoming market leaders by investing in their digital capability. Mike’s extensive experience and success across a variety of senior roles during a 30 year career within telecommunications will be invaluable.