- Quietly leaves the Group, leaving management a shared, interim responsibility of Khatter and Stewart.
Openreach lost a member of its top brass in Olly Kunc, Managing Director for Service Delivery, who quietly exited in mid‑January.
On his departure, Openreach Chief Executive Clive Selley said Kunc’s decision to leave was his own, having spent “four brilliant years at the helm” of the business’ Service Delivery team. Kunc is yet to confirm his next step, and did not respond to a request for comment.
The Service Delivery team covers Openreach’s largest group of engineers — some 21,000 — working to deploy and maintain phone and broadband lines.
Kunc has spent time at his fair share of British institutions. He first joined Openreach in 2017 from roadside recovery and insurance association AA, where he was Operations Director. Prior to that, he led the Installations division at British Gas, having previously lead strategy at Barclaycard.
An Openreach spokesperson confirmed to TelcoTitans that Kunc has been replaced on an interim basis by Surinder Khatter and Peter Stewart, who each picked up a co‑Managing Director title. The pair now sit on the executive team in Kunc’s place.
Khatter joined Openreach in 2018 from Vodafone to become Director of Fibre‑to‑the‑Premises Service Delivery, Strategy & Transformation, a role which saw her report directly to Kunc.
Stewart, in a similar capacity, has been Director of UK Service Delivery since 2013 when he pivoted from BT Global.
Executive | Role |
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Source: Openreach. | |
Clive Selley |
Chief Executive |
Matt Davies |
Chief Finance Officer |
Richard Allwood |
Chief Strategy Officer |
Colin Lees |
Chief Technology & Information Officer |
Katie Milligan |
MD, Customer, Commercial, Propositions & Northern Ireland |
Kim Mears |
MD, Strategic Infrastructure & Development |
Matt Hemmings |
MD, Fibre & Network Delivery |
Catherine Colloms |
MD, Corporate Affairs & Brand |
Kevin Brady |
Director, Human Resources |
Sophie Bouckaert |
General Counsel & Secretary |
Andy Whale |
Chief Engineer |
Mark Shurmer |
MD, Regulatory Affairs |
Surinder Khatter and Peter Stewart |
Co‑MD, Service Delivery (ad interim) |