Our Senior Leadership Team

Rich Hale

Managing Director

Rich joined Avonline Networks in 1993 and has undertaken a variety of management positions within the business before being appointed as Managing Director in February 2018. 

Trevor Thomas

Operations Director

Trevor joined Avonline Networks in 2002 after undertaking management roles within Telewest (Virgin Media) and BT.  Trevor has over 30 years’ experience of operations and management within the telecommunications sector.

Matt Hicks

Commercial Director

Matt joined Avonline Networks in 2020 as Commercial Director having previously held senior management positions in European Construction and Civil Engineering businesses. 

Matt has spent over 20 years’ managing project delivery and organisational strategy to successful outcomes.

Anthony Vincent

Director Network Services

Anthony was appointed Director of Network Services in 2021 and is responsible for Residential and Business connections for our VMO2 Morpheus contract. Prior to joining Avonline, he had amassed 21 years experience working in Openreach, leading an electic mix of large and complex multi-disciplinary delivery teams through to partner management, business development and programme strategy roles.

Gary Dunleavy

Senior Director, Support Services

Having held executive positions at another contracting organisation, Gary joined the Avonline team in 2019.

Gary is a results focused utilities professional, with over 30 years’ experience in the telecoms sector.