Speaker Profile

Matthew is the founder and Chief Executive of Full Fibre operator Zzoomm plc.  Zzoomm builds and operates new Full Fibre communications networks in market towns across the UK.  As of March 2023, Zzoomm provides its brilliant broadband service to over 130,000 homes and businesses with over 11,000 customers. 

Matthew founded Zzoomm at the end of 2018, following the sale of rural Full Fibre operator Gigaclear to Infracapital in May 2018, a company he had founded in 2010.  Matthew was involved in network, wireless, data and telephony businesses including Vodafone, Millicom, Orange UK, Liberty Communications, ts.com and Community Internet Group. 

In 2018, Matthew was awarded an OBE for services to Broadband provision in the UK, was selected by the FTTH Council as European Fibre Executive of the year and was awarded UK Internet Services Executive of the year by ISPA.