30 April, Reading – Ronan Kelly, Managing Director of AllPoints Fibre (APFN) will be leaving at the end of May to pursue a new opportunity, having led the business through the successful launch and growth of aquila over the last year. He commented:
“We have made significant progress as a business, strengthened our position in the wholesale market, developed a strong and growing pipeline of partners and continued to deliver new capabilities at an unmatched pace. This is something we are all proud of, and I want to thank every member of the APFN team for the role they played in getting us here.
I have real confidence in the people taking APFN into this next stage of growth, including the commercialisation of the Aquila platform. The strategy remains unchanged; in a market that requires stability, scale, simplicity and a fibre-first plan, APFN is absolutely the right choice for connectivity service providers.”
Continuity and leadership
Nisreen El-kaloush and Nigel Sudell remain in post as Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Operating Officer respectively, and Adam Dunlop remains as Executive Chairman.
Mark Walker joins as Chief Executive Officer, formally in role from 1st June, following a handover with Ronan. Mark brings more than 25 years’ experience across reseller and wholesale channels — including building key functions at Virtual1 through to its sale to TalkTalk, Commercial Director of TalkTalk’s B2B Wholesale business, and founding Chief Commercial Officer at PXC. He joined Fern in 2025 as MD for Commercial Strategy & Performance, supporting APFN and Vorboss.
James Hickman joins as Chief Technology and Information Officer from 18th May. James brings extensive telecoms experience in senior technology and product roles, most recently consulting across the Fern group since November 2025.
Mark Walker, incoming CEO, said: “I’m excited to be joining APFN at this pivotal point in its journey. I’d like to thank Ronan and his team for their stewardship of APFN to date; the platform is seriously impressive, delivering a fibre-first, legacy- free choice to partners across multiple networks. aquila delivers stability and optionality through one single API interface. The opportunity ahead is significant. I am looking forward to working with the new leadership team and taking APFN through its next phase of growth.”
As APFN continues to transition and accelerate its commercialisation plan, this leadership team is structured for the next phase of business growth.
-ENDS-
About AllPoints Fibre
AllPoints Fibre (APFN) is a UK wholesale connectivity provider building a modern route to market for business and broadband services. Through its aquila platform, APFN brings together multiple leading fibre and Ethernet networks into a single, easy-to-use marketplace for the channel.
aquila gives partners access to national FTTP and Ethernet coverage through one platform, with automated ordering, real-time service visibility, API-driven workflows, and transparent commercials built in as standard. Designed to remove friction, aquila helps ISPs, MSPs, resellers, and wholesalers scale faster without the complexity of managing multiple networks, integrations, or contracts.
Backed by long-term investment and focused on simplicity, performance, and partner experience, AllPoints Fibre Networks is helping the channel compete, grow, and adapt as the UK connectivity market continues to evolve.
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