Hyperoptic appoints CFO and Chief People Officer

Peter White

During May 2019, Hyperoptic, UK’s gigabit broadband provider, has appointed two new members to its executive team as it embarks on its growth plan. Peter White has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Naleena Gururani has been recruited into the role of Chief People Officer (CPO). Both report into Dana Tobak, Hyperoptic’s Co-founder & CEO

Hyperoptic’s accelerated growth plan will see it invest in its infrastructure to pass two million homes with its full fibre network by 2021 and five million homes by 2024. Its 1000+ workforce will increase during this growth period to enable the company to successfully scale its operations to become the UK’s leading full fibre network provider.

Peter joins Hyperoptic from Workshare, a leading SaaS provider where he was also CFO. Previously he also held CFO positions at Lumata, a business to business mobile marketing technology services group, as well as at České Radiokomunikace a.s., a provider of broadcasting, tower infrastructure and telecommunications services in the Czech Republic. Earlier in his career Peter was Corporate Finance Director at mobile network operator 3, having joined when it was a start-up, he helped grow it to revenues of over £1.5bn with four million customers.

Naleena joins Hyperoptic from telecoms provider, Lebara where she worked for ten years in a range of senior HR roles, most recently as Global HR Director. Prior to that she was Head of International Recruitment at Infosys, a global leader in digital services and consulting. She also advises innovation-led start-ups in building people strategies around change management and growth. At Hyperoptic, Naleena will lead a 30+ HR team across Hyperoptic’s UK and Belgrade offices. She will be taking a strategic lead in developing and implementing transformational programmes to build a strong culture, centred around a people-focused operating model and positive employee experience.

Dana Tobak, CEO, Hyperoptic stated, “UK consumers are receiving some of the worst broadband connections in the world, this has led to an unprecedented demand for our gigabit full fibre connections. As part of our ambition to reach 5 million homes, we are building an executive team to deliver and disrupt at scale. I am delighted to welcome Peter and Naleena who have demonstrated expertise in driving exponential growth against inertial incumbents.”

Peter White, CFO, Hyperoptic said, “Hyperoptic is one of the UK’s most exciting technology scale-ups. I am delighted to be joining the company’s executive leadership team at such a pivotal time in its growth and using my experience in developing streamlined financial functions that will support the company as it scales.”

Naleena Gururani, CPO, Hyperoptic commented, “Hyperoptic’s growth to date has been centred around nurturing its entrepreneurial roots and empowering its people, who remain the heart and soul of the business. Our people are a key enabler of our ambitious growth plans and we want to become an employer of choice for smart, talented people who like a sense of adventure and want to create a legacy. We will focus on employee experience being our USP as we deliver great value to our customers.”

Pictured: Peter White, CFO, Hyperoptic