New Look Wholesale Channel at Chess

Following the acquisition of Shaftesbury Systems in late 2010, Chess Telecom
has dramatically grown their Wholesale Channel team. Barney Phillips, who
formally managed Chess’ Wholesale Channel has been promoted to Wholesale
Channel Director and has brought Matt Duck into the team as an additional
field-based Wholesale Channel Manager.

Both Barney and Matt have been at Chess for over five years and worked in
field-based channel roles during that time. Barney brings a wealth of
telecoms experience to his new role and was previously with Gemini
Telecom as Reseller Channel Manager before joining Chess. Barney will be
reporting to Group Sales Director Warren Pryer.

The ever-expanding Wholesale Support team has also brought in two new
experienced members, Tim Moore and Katy Garrood, to work with new and
existing resellers. Barney commented “The new-look Wholesale team has
delivered a fantastic start to 2011. We are committed to offering
world-class service to our resellers and the additional strength we have
added to our team is testament to our ambition.”