Onecom Group, the UK's leading business communications technology and cloud communications provider, has announced the appointment of Helena Marston as Chief Operating Officer (COO) to the Executive Leadership Team, reporting to Martin Flick Group CEO.
Helena steps into the COO role with a distinguished track record in executive management positions across both private equity-backed and public listed companies. Her extensive experience spans notable organisations such as Vodafone Group, Jaguar Land Rover, Kuwait Energy, Virgin Media-Liberty Global, and recently as COO and then CEO of Purplebricks PLC. Helena’s wide-ranging experience is a perfect fit to contribute significantly to Onecom’s ongoing growth and market leadership.
Martin Flick, CEO of Onecom Group, expressed his enthusiasm about Helena’s appointment, stating: "With a heritage spanning twenty-two years evolving from a start-up to a £200m enterprise, Onecom has achieved remarkable organic growth, complemented by eleven highly accretive acquisitions since our partnership with LDC began nearly four years ago. Our strategic plan for further organic and inorganic expansion, coupled with the ongoing development of our proposition, will directly benefit our customers and strategic partners alike. Helena’s vast experience, expertise, and energy will perfectly broaden the strength of our vastly experienced leadership team and help propel us into the next growth phase. Helena’s appointment is a testament to our commitment to leadership excellence.”
On her appointment, Helena commented, “I am delighted to be joining Onecom at this incredibly exciting time for the business. I share Martin’s high aspirations and future ambitions and look forward to working closely with him, the Executive Leadership Team and all teams across Onecom to achieve this. Together, we will continue to drive growth organically and through incremental M&A, delivering enhanced benefits to our customers, new opportunities for our strategic partners and development opportunities for our expanding team while ensuring the highest levels of quality throughout.”
Following her appointment, Helena will work closely with Martin and the Executive Leadership Team to continue developing and executing Onecom’s strategic plan – with a strong focus on customer experience and operational excellence underpinned by market-leading partnerships and propositions.