Everyone Connected
The Aqua Comms team consists of some of the industry’s most experienced executives, all of whom are focused on developing and delivering state-of-the art subsea network solutions
Our Team
At Aqua Comms we are always striving to be better. Delivering against our promise means we continually review our people, skills, competencies, processes, security and operational systems. We have a strong focus on our investment in new projects to ensure optimum customer experience, improved availability and system augmentation to drive cohesive and best in class operations. We have a highly efficient operating model which we are taking round the world where we invest in delivering high capacity, cost-effective and reliable global subsea connectivity.
Executive Team
Jim Fagan
Chief Executive Officer
Jim Fagan,
Chief Executive Officer
Jim Fagan, CEO of Aqua Comms is a telecoms and technology veteran with more than 25 years’ experience at organisations varying from small private/public to private equity owned and large publicly traded multi-nationals across the US, EMEA and APAC regions.
During his career Jim has held various cross functional executive roles leveraging his strong financial background coupled with deep technical product, operational, sales and general management expertise.
Prior to joining Aqua Comms, Jim was the Chief Revenue Officer for Global Cloud Xchange, with previous roles including Executive responsible for Global Connectivity & Platforms at Telstra, President of Managed Services, Pacnet and Managing Director APAC at Rackspace.
Andy Hudson
Chief Network Officer
Andy Hudson,
Chief Network Officer
Andy is Chief Network Officer at Aqua Comms. He was appointed to this position in June 2017 and since joining has made a massive impact, leading all aspects of Aqua Comms’ global operations and engineering. Most recently, Andy held the position of COO at Bermuda Telephone Company (BTC) where he held operational responsibility for network planning, field operations, NMC, SOC, and IT, along with customer care, Sales and Marketing. Andy has more than three decades of experience in the national and international arena, optimising mobile, fixed and subsea operations. Prior to his role at BTC, he was Managing Director of Network Rail Telecom. Under Andy’s leadership he developed services for both critical national infrastructure and the commercialisation of the network, developing a single, unified telecoms organisation focused on improving service availability and customer satisfaction, among other activities. Andy has held other positions, such as Global Vice President, Field Operations, and Infrastructure Engineering at Interoute Communications, as well as Senior Operational responsibilities at BTC where he oversaw operations of the incumbent driving transformation and digitisation of the network. He also spent considerable time as a senior leader at Ebone/GTS and BT. A telecommunications industry veteran, throughout his career he has sustained full operational and managerial responsibility.
Sandra Delany
General Counsel
Sandra Delany,
General Counsel
Sandra is General Counsel and ESG Officer at Aqua Comms and is responsible for all of the company’s legal, compliance, regulatory and environmental sustainability, social and corporate governance matters.
Sandra brings a wide range of experience working with both indigenous and multinational companies on global technology, engineering and telecommunications projects. Sandra has held previous international roles as Group Legal Director at global engineering solutions company, Actavo Group, and at BAE Systems as Head of Legal – Applied Intelligence NetReveal. Sandra is a qualified solicitor and has an LL.B from Trinity College Dublin, and an LL.M (Computers and Law) from Queens University Belfast.
Chris Bayly
Chief Commercial Officer
Chris Bayly,
Chief Commercial Officer
Chris is Chief Commercial Officer at Aqua Comms. Chris has more than 25 years’ experience in the Telecoms sector. Previously, he was Director, Global Wholesale Solutions at Colt where he focused on large infrastructure opportunities as well as supporting Colt’s customers in delivering cost-effective, world class solutions. Prior to joining Colt, Chris worked predominantly in the submarine cable business as well as with service providers, network and component manufacturers and most recently with a major global terrestrial network operator. His experience covers both working internationally including running the Middle East and Africa business for Global Cloud Xchange (formerly FLAG Telecom and Reliance Globalcom) and successfully working in senior management roles across multiple functions including Sales, Marketing, Pricing, Finance and Business Development. As an experienced member of executive leadership teams and as a Chartered Management Accountant, Chris has successfully delivered on complex and varied business plans in both mature and emerging markets.
Kevin Foley
Chief Financial Officer
Kevin Foley,
Chief Financial Officer
Kevin is Chief Financial Officer at Aqua Comms and is responsible for managing all financial operations as well as tax and treasury. Kevin joined the company in April 2017, having previously acted as CFO for Cable & Wireless Barbados (trading as Flow Barbados), a Liberty Global Company. He has worked extensively in the telecommunications industry and his wealth of experience extends to Fixed Voice, Carrier/Interconnect, Mobile, Internet and Television. Since 2014, he has held various roles at Cable & Wireless, including CFO, Barbados, CFO Cayman Islands, and Finance Director, Carrier Services. Kevin also served as a Board Member for CWC Insurance Ltd. Between 2009 and 2013, he was based in Luxembourg at the inception of Vodafone’s centralised roaming hub, with responsibility for finance operations, and commercial finance. This was following his role at Digicel Group Jamaica as Financial Reporting Manager. Kevin began his career at Deloitte on the graduate recruitment programme. He is a fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland (ICAI) and holds a B.Comm. from University College Dublin (UCD), and an M.Acc. from the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business. He also holds a diploma in Corporate Finance and is a certified PRINCE 2 project manager. Kevin has extensive experience in all aspects financial planning, systems and processes.
Amit Vyas
CEO, Aqua Comms India
Amit Vyas,
CEO, Aqua Comms India
Amit is the CEO of Aqua Comms India having joined Aqua Comms in 2022 when it acquired Openbyte Infrastructure.
Amit has more that 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. He started his career as head of mergers and acquisitions for Bharti Airtel and then as head of subsea investments for Airtel where he was responsible for their entire international network. During his career he has managed multiple large subsea projects across India and in 2012 founded Saltwater Cables, a company focussed on providing technical, commercial and operational solutions to global telcos and suppliers.
In 2019 Amit founded Openbyte Infrastructure and acquired a Unified Telecom license in India. He has particular experience in regulatory matters relating to wholesale and enterprise business with a focus on enabling large transactions relating to open access cable landings, spectrum allocation, managed fibre pair sales to carriers and OTT’s.
Amit is based in India.
Board Members
Alan Harper
Alan Harper
Alan was appointed to the Aqua Comms board in November 2020 and appointed as Chairperson in August 2021. Alan is an operating partner at Digital 9 Infrastructure PLC. Previously he was strategy director for Vodafone Group PLC from 1995 until 2007 when he founded Eaton Towers which was sold to American Tower for $1.9BN in 2019. Alan was also an independent board director of MTN from 2010 to 2019.
Ed McCormack
Ed McCormack
Ed was appointed to the Aqua Comms board in February 2019 and holds a seat on the Remuneration Committee, he is currently also a senior adviser to Ciena, a telecoms equipment supplier with market capitalisation of over $8bn. Prior to his current positions, Ed spent 12 years at FLAG Telecom including as CEO where he led the development of c.52,000km global portfolio of subsea fibre.
Jim Fagan
Jim Fagan,
Chief Executive Officer
Jim Fagan, CEO of Aqua Comms is a telecoms and technology veteran with more than 25 years’ experience at organisations varying from small private/public to private equity owned and large publicly traded multi-nationals across the US, EMEA and APAC regions.
During his career Jim has held various cross functional executive roles leveraging his strong financial background coupled with deep technical product, operational, sales and general management expertise.
Prior to joining Aqua Comms, Jim was the Chief Revenue Officer for Global Cloud Xchange, with previous roles including Executive responsible for Global Connectivity & Platforms at Telstra, President of Managed Services, Pacnet and Managing Director APAC at Rackspace.
Arnaud Jaguin
Arnaud Jaguin,
Arnaud was appointed to the Aqua Comms board in November 2022 and is currently Investment Director at Digital 9 Infrastructure. He has over 15 years’ experience in telecoms and digital infrastructure, with a strong focus on fibre and wireless networks. He leads the D9 team on investment analysis, portfolio management and strategy, and engages actively with investors. Arnaud also sits on the Boards of Verne Global, Host Ireland and Arqiva.
Justin Hubble
Justin Hubble
Justin was appointed to the Aqua Comms board in April 2021 and is currently Partner, General Counsel and Compliance Officer at Triple Point. Justin has over 25 years’ experience as a lawyer in both contentious and non-contentious legal matters and is responsible for management of Triple Point’s legal, compliance, company secretarial and heat networks investment teams. Justin holds a Master of Laws (LLM) from UCL specialised in intellectual property, technology transfer and internet law.
Johnny Shine
Johnny Shine
Johnny joined the Board of Aqua Comms in May 2021. Johnny is the former Deputy Chief Executive of ESB, Ireland’s largest electricity utility and was Managing Director of eir Networks from 2013 to 2016. He has extensive experience in large scale infrastructure development across the energy and telecoms sectors and currently serves on the Board of Greenlink, a 500 MW DC Interconnector Project under construction between the UK and Ireland. He is an Adjunct Professor with UCD’s Energy Institute, a leading research organisation focused on driving the transition to a decarbonised energy system.
