Chris began his career in retail where he had a variety of differing management roles. He took the dreaded step into the telecoms market when he joined Interoute in 1999 where he played a key role in developing the emerging wholesale business. Chris joined WaveCrest in 2003 to become European Sales Director where his responsibilities spanned Continental Europe, including breaking into the more recently liberalised Eastern European locations. Chris’ role broadened in May 2005 when he took responsibility for all commercial functions within the wholesale division. In July 2006 he accepted the opportunity to become Chief Executive Officer, and was instrumental in closing the deal with Sistema. He holds an Honours degree in Business Studies. Outside of work Chris spends most of his time watching Peppa Pig. On the rare occasion he has control of the TV he enjoys watching his team Liverpool FC with a welcome beer or two, and to off-set the beers he enjoys taking part in distance running events.

Joe heads up the Commercial Operations department at WaveCrest comprising the Billing, Traffic Management and Customer Services elements and linking the Sales and Technical teams. Joe began working in the telecommunications industry in 1996 in the reseller business, running the provisioning, customer care and order management departments of a corporate, residential and calling card reseller. He moved to Storm Telecommunications in 1998 as senior billing executive, becoming the department manager and implementing the processes and procedures of the billing department, which became a feature of the company. He has been running the Commercial Operations team at WaveCrest since 2001. Joe has initiated and managed major projects on revenue assurance, data validation, system integration and fraud prevention. Joe has an honours degree in Philosophy and would still one day like to go back to playing guitar for a living.

Being the holder of a degree in environmental science, Tim's background is very far from telecoms. However, rest assured, since then he has managed to accrue 16 years of experience in Telecommunications and IT. At the heart of it is a love of technology and innovation which means he enjoys the challenge of running the IT and Engineering teams here at WaveCrest. Designing new customer solutions, building state-of-the-art network and delivering creative IT Systems ensures that he has plently to keep him busy. When not tinkering with new technology, he does still occasionally find time to spend with his family and even hug the odd tree.

Tariq began his career in the telecommunication industry in 1999 as part of the Interoute Sales team. He moved to iBasis in 2002 and was instrumental in their expansion across Europe and helping build key relationships with many European carriers. Tariq joined WaveCrest in 2005 as part of the UK sales team, but in 2007 decided on a change of direction and moved into the Buying area where he was soon made the Global Buying Director. Tariq still, after all these years of disappointment, supports Arsenal.

One of the original founders of WaveCrest, Rhys has more than 20 years of experience working in the telecom sector. Rhys spent the first part of his career with GEC-Marconi working in various roles from embedded software design through to large scale mobile radio network design based on technologies such as MPT1327 and TETRA. A series of wireless and VoIP based start-ups between 1998 and 2000 finally resulted in the birth of WaveCrest which brought (and continues to bring) a whole new set of challenges. Rhys is a keen cook and enjoys nothing more than spending time with his wife and daughter – it’s just a shame they don’t share his enthusiasm for Rugby.

John has twenty years experience in finance with leading blue chip container shipping firm P&O Nedlloyd involving all aspects of finance including major capital investment appraisal and detailed evaluation of tenders leading to ship orders. He was Far East regional Financial Controller overseeing finance for both profit and cost divisions with turnover in excess of US$700m. He also served as Group Corporate Finance Project Manager leading business systems implementation of Hyperion and bespoke integrated commercial and financial systems. He moved into the telecoms industry in 2001 as Finance Director of Interoute Telecommunications (UK) Ltd. and, when the wholesale business was acquired by WaveCrest, led the system implementation and integration of the new group.

Graham has been with WaveCrest since its inception. Graham has over thirty years communications industry experience both in the UK and overseas in various business development and management roles. When asked about a typical day at work his response was “draft, re-draft, write, rewrite, bang head on wall, edit, re-edit...". When not doing that for WaveCrest Graham spends time annoying his family by attempting home improvements beyond his capabilities, disappearing down to his garage to tinker with his motorbike, or building unmanned flying machines that he enjoys crashing at every opportunity.

Peter started working in the Telecommunications industry in 1997 at Interoute and joined WaveCrest in 2002 following the acquisition of the Interoute wholesale voice business. He now manages the sales teams in both the UK and USA. Peter's unsurpassed knowledge and passion for the telecommunications industry makes him a key asset for WaveCrest and its customers alike. Throughout his time at WaveCrest, Peter has helped to bring on and develop key accounts which continue to flourish today. Peter has an MSc in International Business Studies, and his hobbies include marathon running, drumming and exhibitionism.

Fabian was born in Germany and grew up in the US. He moved back to Europe after his education and started his working career in Eastern Europe. He entered the Telecoms sector in 2002 as a Carrier Account Manager with Primus in Frankfurt and joined WaveCrest in 2005 as Buying Manager for the German and East European markets. In 2011 Fabian was promoted to Regional Sales Director. Since then he has successfully lead a multi-cultural sales team in WaveCrest's Frankfurt, Paris, Milan and Dubai offices. Fabian holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Maryland and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Calgary. Outside of work he is an enthusiastic snowboarder and soccer player. He also enjoys travelling and spending time with his family.