UKFast Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

UKFast has recently appointed a new Chief Financial Officer after an investment from a private equity firm inflexion.

Catherine Greening, who joined the Manchester-based cloud hosting firm five years ago as M&A Director, played a key role in the recent deal, which saw the company valued at £405 million.

The company is now starting to embark on its ambitious five-year plan.

Greening said:

“As M&A director, I was more focussed on one-off projects designed to add value, such as the acquisition of S-IA. The move to CFO sees me far more involved in the day-to-day operations of UKFast, working more closely with the other directors to drive business performance.

“The timing wasn’t right at the end of 2018 for an IPO. However, with Inflexion as business partners that still remains a viable option for the future. I’m also excited to see how ClearCloud and Public Sector develop throughout 2019, with both having incredibly strong pipelines.”

The CEO of UKFast, Lawrence Jones MBE said:

“Since setting up UKFast nearly 20 years ago, there have been some clear areas of investment and growth. The past few years our focus has been very much around expanding our R&D team, building products and investing in infrastructure for the future.

“Our plan for 2019 and beyond is to look at ways to capitalise on our investment. Catherine and her team are well placed to help us accelerate our growth. I am hugely excited by the future, particularly the wealth of opportunities we uncovered during our due diligence.”

UKFast has a customer base of 5,500 UK SME clients and 200 mid-sized companies, who are served by their 350 strong employee’s spread across Manchester, London and data centres.