Cornerstone consolidates Leadership Team with appointment of Jamie Hayes as Chief Sales and Commercial Officer

Cornerstone consolidates Leadership Team with appointment of Jamie Hayes as Chief Sales and Commercial Officer

Tuesday, 02 April 2024

Cornerstone, a leading UK digital infrastructure provider, proudly announces the appointment of Jamie Hayes as its new Chief Sales and Commercial Officer. Bringing a wealth of experience in strategy, transformation, and commercial growth, Jamie joins Cornerstone from Boldyn Networks, where he held a senior executive position responsible for developing new capabilities, notably in the public sector business domain.

Prior to his tenure at Boldyn Networks, Jamie played pivotal roles at BT’s Enterprise Business, driving technology innovation and spearheading the Wholesale mobile network operators’ segment, managing a substantial P&L of £500m. His leadership philosophy centres on customer-centricity and operational excellence.

Jamie’s career journey spans leadership roles across Europe and the Middle East with Ericsson, and earlier career roles at Hutchison Whampoa’s Three UK business.

Beyond his professional achievements, Jamie is a dedicated family man and father to two young girls. Outside of work, Jamie is actively engaged in mentoring and coaching initiatives including ‘Be the Business’ and ‘One Million Mentors’, along with volunteering efforts for ‘Young Minds’, a prominent mental health charity.

In his new role at Cornerstone, Jamie will oversee and lead the commercial relationships with its customers, including its anchor tenants, Vodafone and VMO2. His extensive experience is poised to drive Cornerstone’s channel presence and cultivate new relationships for future growth.

Cornerstone’s CEO, Pat Coxen commented, “I’m delighted that Jamie has decided to join our leadership team. His vast experience, coupled with a perfect alignment to our corporate values, ensures he will be hugely successful in building our industry presence and forging future digital connectivity infrastructure growth. This move reinforces our ambition to be the number one digital infrastructure partner of choice in the UK”.

With Jamie on board, Cornerstone looks forward to further strengthening its position in the market and delivering a more extensive product and service portfolio creating value for Customers and stakeholders.