The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire November 2014 | Page 5
BUSINESS NEWS
Excalibur introduces a new
Chief Commercial Officer to
drive business growth
Local communications and IT for business firm
Excalibur Communications has appointed a new
chief commercial officer, Andy Tow, to drive business
development and company growth.
This new role within the company comes at a time
when Swindon based Excalibur is set to announce its
most successful year of trading ever, with an increase
in turnover expected to be almost £2M.
Andy joins Excalibur from his position
as managing director of Chess Partner
Services in London. Andy is a mobile and
wireless industry expert and has nearly 30
years experience in the sector specialising
in strategy and business growth.
Andy is a perfect match for the company
as he has 16 years experience working
as head of indirect sales for Vodafone.
Excalibur work exclusively with network
provider Vodafone and hold Platinum
Partner and Solutions Specialist status
with Vodafone, having been recognised
by Vodafone as one of the best telecoms
companies in the UK.
Andy said: “It is an exciting time to join
the business. We have ambitious growth
plans over the next three to five years
looking to increase profits by 25% each
year. There is an achievable strategic plan
in place and I’m going to work closely with
the team to ensure we are ‘sticking to our
the company’s ongoing success story.”
Excalibur’s CEO James Phipps
commented: “Andy is a highly regarded
business leader who will never be short
of top quality job offers. We are very
pleased to have secured his services
and are confident that his enthusiasm
for our company ethos, especially in
delivering exceptional customer service,
will play a pivotal role in our continuing
development.”
knitting’ and hitting our targets. We are
looking to organically grow our IT and
support services business, whilst increasing
our Vodafone business too.
“Excalibur is on track this year (ending
January 2015) to be touching on a £9M
turnover from £7M the year before.
Our ambition is to grow this to a £25M
business, this won’t happen overnight,
but I’m looking forward to help steer the
business in this direction and be a part of
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