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Board of Directors
Meriel Lenfestey Chair
Meriel has experience driving and enabling a shift to customer centricity with forward-looking companies across a wide range of business sectors. After receiving her MA from the Royal College of Art, and after spells working at Microsoft in Seattle and the BBC in London, in 1997 she founded a London-based customer experience company and grew it to become the UK market leader and highly respected globally. Her work has included tactical and strategic engagements with clients, embracing digital transformation across many sectors including Financial Services, Consumer Electronics & Software, Telecoms, Media, Retail, Transport, Energy and Public Sector.
Other Business Interests:
• Non-Executive Director for Aurigny Air Services (resigned 2 March 2023) (Transport)
• Chair of Gemserv Ltd (resigned 24 January 2023) (Low carbon energy)
• Non-Executive Director of the Bluefield Solar Income Fund (Renewables)
• Non-Executive Director of International Public Partnerships Ltd (Infrastructure)
• Non-Executive Director of Ikigai (ESG)
• Non-Executive Director of Boku (Global digital payments)
• Member of IoD Guernsey Committee
• Non-Executive Director of Art for Guernsey (Charity)
Joe Moynihan
Non-Executive Director, Senior Independent Director, Chair of the Remuneration Committee
Joe Moynihan is an experienced international financial services executive with senior level commercial and public sector experience. He has held a wide range of board level positions in Jersey and international businesses during a career that has spanned over 30 years. This includes being President of the Jersey Bankers Association, Chief Officer/Director of Financial Services for the States of Jersey and consultant to a number of financial services projects in Jersey and internationally. Joe has an MBA from the CASS Business School, University of London, is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a graduate of the Irish Institute of Bankers.
Other Business Interests:
• Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Jersey Finance Limited
Mark Shuttleworth
Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee
Mark, a Chartered Accountant and certified INSEAD Director, is an experienced Non-Executive Director and has held various Non-Executive positions focusing on Chairing of the Audit and Risk Committees. Prior to this, Mark’s executive experience included extensive public limited company exposure within the international TMT sector, including telecommunications and technology manufacturing with scale. He finished his executive career as CFO of FTSE 250 company Pace Plc. Prior to that, Mark was the CFO of Emirates Integrated Telecommunication Company PJSC (“du”), based in the UAE, and the former Group CFO of Qatar Telecom plc (“Qtel” now known as “Ooredoo”).
Other Business Interests:
• None
Angus Flett
Non-Executive Director
Angus has been the CEO of Smart Data Communications Company (DCC) since 2017. He has an extensive telecoms background, including roles in product management, marketing and service operations. As a Managing Director at BT, he was instrumental in the company achieving a world number one ranking for agent technical expertise and number two for agent responsiveness. He was also responsible for BT’s ISPco division, the fifth biggest white-label Internet Service Provider in the UK, running end-to-end services for EE, Vodafone, Post Office and SSE. As Senior Vice President of Vodafone’s Global Enterprise Products, Angus developed the company’s enterprise connectivity strategy and launched its global connectivity portfolio targeting SME and corporates, achieving revenue growth of 6% above market rates. Angus has a master’s degree in Business Management from the Henley Management College at the University of Reading and is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Other Business Interests:
• Chief Executive Officer of Smart DCC Limited
Louise Easterbrook Non-Executive Director
Louise is a senior financial professional with over 25 years’ experience in the telecoms industry, including board roles in both commercial and not-for-profit organisations. She has been the Chief Financial Officer of GSMA since 2014, where she is responsible for the business and financial performance of the Association, which represents mobile network operators globally and hosts the world’s largest and most influential connectivity event, MWC. Louise is also the Treasurer of GSMA’s Mobile for Development Foundation Board, set up to oversee a wide range of activities where mobile technology can provide solutions to development challenges for underserved communities.
Her career has included several senior roles at Vodafone and Cable & Wireless, including Regional Financial Controller, Africa at Vodafone and Group Director, Investor Relations at Cable & Wireless. Louise is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from the University of Birmingham.
Other Business Interests:
• Chief Financial Officer of GSMA
Daragh McDermott
Chief Executive Officer
(appointed 20 April 2022)
Daragh joined JT from PwC Consulting’s London office, where he specialised in the provision of strategic, economic and regulatory policy advice to clients in the telecommunications sector. Prior to that, Daragh spent 5 years with KPMG’s Dublin office, working in its technology, media and telecommunications division.
Daragh is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (“FCA”), a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (“FCIS”), a Fellow of the Institute of Directors (“FIoD”) and a Chartered Director (“CDir”). He holds an honours degree in Business Studies from Dublin City University, a Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors, and a Graduate Diploma in Law from the College of Law, Guildford.
Outside of his role in JT, Daragh is a Non-Executive Director of Jersey Water and Chair of La Moye Golf Club in Jersey.
Other Business Interests:
• Non-executive director of Jersey Water
• Chair of La Moye Golf Club
• Trustee of Autism Jersey (resigned 31 December 2022)
Hélène Narcy Chief Financial Officer and Director of Corporate Services
Having joined JT in July 2019, Hélène was appointed as Chief Financial Officer in April 2020 and, more recently, as Director of Corporate Services. A graduate of the French business school ESCP, she also holds the French accounting diploma DECF. Hélène brings more than 25 years’ experience, having held various senior finance positions across different industry types. She started her career with Gemalto (now part of Thales Group) and, more recently, spent ten years with UBS. Hélène has worked in different countries including the UAE, France, Jersey and the USA. Representing Finance in senior management committees, she led a number of finance transformation projects with a positive impact to the business.
Other Business Interests:
• None
Phil Male Chair
(resigned on 1 October 2022)
John Diamond Interim CEO
(resigned on 20 April 2022)