IFSC Names New Managing Director

Ireland-France Subsea Cable (IFSC) has appointed Fergus Innes as managing director effective September 01, 2017. 

Innes will have responsibility for business development activities on the IFC-1 cable system which is scheduled to come into service during the second quarter of 2019.

“We are excited to recruit a talented individual with such directly-relevant experience,” said Mike Cunningham, chairman of Ireland-France Subsea Cable. “Fergus was an integral member of the Hibernia Networks leadership team. He was instrumental in establishing the Hibernia brand in Europe and leading the revenue generation efforts for Hibernia’s submarine assets until its sale to GTT earlier this year.”

During his eight years with Hibernia Networks, Innes served in several positions including vice president, Europe Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Hibernia Networks, Innes spent eight years with COLT Telecom.

He has also held senior positions at Cable & Wireless, Telia Sonera and IT&T Communications. Innes holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Information Systems and a Diploma in Business Studies from the University of Hull.

“Over the years, I have come to know and respect the team behind the Ireland-France project and I am now delighted to join them in this crucial period to bring this integral network to completion,” said Fergus Innes. “It is readily apparent to me that there is pent-up customer demand for high capacity, geographically diverse bandwidth solutions which directly connect Ireland’s data centres to continental Europe and points beyond.”

The IFC-1 cable is being financed in partnership with Tiger Infrastructure Partners and will consist of a six-fibre pair repeatered cable between Ireland and France with a theoretical capacity of in excess of 280 terabits. Marine surveys will be undertaken in early 2018.