Spilling the Connectivi-Tea

In our final instalment from Season 1, we’re talking to Mat Preston, our Head of Presales, to take a look into future demand in the era of AI, and what we need to be thinking of next in the changing world of wholesale connectivity. 

This episode’s a big one: we’re going all in on partner trust as we’re joined by Stacey Ellwood, our Head of Partner Success. We’ll discuss why trust it’s important, how to build it, and the impact your internal culture has on external perception.

While the debate centres on where data is stored, how it moves is equally critical. In this episode, we join forces with our partners at Ciena to explore why the network layer is the missing piece of the sovereignty conversation, what sovereign networks look like in practice, and why the rise of AI is bringing new urgency to these discussions. We examine the impact of AI on data movement, infrastructure and compliance requirements, and discuss what UK organisations need to do now to ensure their networks are fit for an increasingly data-intensive and sovereignty-conscious future — before any gaps become costly to fix.

In this episode we sit down with Karen for an honest conversation about what it's really like as a woman in telco. We're covering her career path, the culture she's navigated, and her take on whether the industry is making genuine progress on gender diversity, or just going through the motions.

Projects (especially multisite ones) are where connectivity gets put to the test.

In this episode, we’re joined by Raza Baloch, our Head of Business Partners, to get into what it really takes to deliver projects well. From single-site deployments to the complexity of multisite rollouts, we’re covering the planning, the pitfalls, and the process from that initial RFP.

Whether you're scoping your first project or your fifty-first, there's something here for you. 

We kick off the podcast by getting to know Executive Director of Fixed Wholesale, Diego Tedesco – both on a personal level, and as a business leader. 

In this episode, we get into the next phase of Virgin Media Business Wholesale and Diego’s vision for what’s next. But we also get personal: the career moments that mattered, the lessons learned along the way, and what leadership actually looks like day to day.

What does it take to build and lead a business that sits at the heart of the next phase of the UK’s tech chapter? 

And what does the man behind it all think of it all?