New Chief Financial Officer Bolsters the Aerelink Leadership Line-Up 

Award-winning network solutions provider Aerelink has appointed Steve Leicester as chief finance officer to help bolster the company’s senior management and leadership team.

Leicester brings 15 years’ experience as a finance director to Aerelink and his extensive knowledge of handling mergers and acquisitions will assist in further consolidating Aerelink’s acquisition of Rapier Systems, which completed earlier this year. Leicester joins Aerelink from several high-profile positions in the SME market and he will work with the Widnes-based company to develop its strategic and commercial objectives as it continues to expand in 2011.

“Aerelink has undergone a period of intense growth over the last 18 months and we believe that we truly have the team to take the business to the next level. I look forward to helping the team consolidate this success and continue along the same trajectory. The company has an exceptional track record in a complex industry and I’m certain we can only continue to excel going forward,” says Leicester.

Steve Swift, managing director of Aerelink, says: “Steve strengthens our already adept and accomplished leadership team and will bring a different dynamic to the boardroom table. His expertise in commercial finance and his hands-on management approach make him the perfect fit for Aerelink.”

“This appointment brings the Aerelink management team into a real ‘go to market’ stance as they position to be the UK’s dominant ‘through the air’ provider. It is clear now that the acquisition of Rapier earlier this year was simply the first step. With key market presence in both the UK public sector and with major European mobile operators and now with a 360-degree board structure Aerelink is now very much in a growth position,” adds Steve Smith, ICT industry director at Liverpool.