Meet the FluidOne Team

Paul Kahn is Chief Executive Officer of FluidOne. He has a proven record of leading global technology and engineering organisations through complex transformation and sustainable growth. Before joining FluidOne he served as President of Government Solutions International at KBR, overseeing operations in defence, critical national infrastructure, sustainable energy and technical consulting across UK, EMEA, Asia, and Australia. Prior to this, he was President of Communications and Connectivity at Cobham plc, following an operational turnaround that culminated in the successful publictoprivate transaction by Advent International. Earlier in his career Paul was CEO of Airbus Group UK and held senior leadership roles at Thales.

A Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Paul holds an MBA from London Business School and is a King’s Ambassador for the Industrial Cadets.

At FluidOne, Paul is working closely with the senior leadership team to refine and drive the strategy for the next phase of sustainable growth. Paul is focused on prioritising customer excellence and scaling the Connected Cloud portfolio across secure connectivity, IT managed services, cyber security, unified communications and AI.

One of the founders of FluidOne, Chris has been instrumental to FluidOne’s dramatic expansion. Starting the company with his school friend Piers Daniel in 2006, Chris helped develop the business and direct the roll-out of its new cutting-edge network.

Chris led the design and build of Platform One, where our products and services sit, which holds the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation. Chris is responsible for the strategy and direction of our core network, R&D, software, products, supplier relationships, commercial contracts and IT systems. With strong relationships with many of FluidOne’s long-standing customers and partners, alongside in-depth knowledge and expertise of the connectivity market, Chris has become a key trusted advisor.

Chris lives on the outskirts of London with his wife and three children and often braves the 14-mile cycle into work. Living close to Twickenham stadium, he enjoys catching a good game of rugby whenever possible.

Joining FluidOne in January 2025, Graham brings over 20 years of financial leadership experience. In his position as CFO, Graham supports CEO Paul Kahn and CIO Chris Rogers in developing and actioning FluidOne’s ambitious growth strategy, through his enhancement of the company’s strategic financial planning and operations.

Graham has accumulated extensive experience in driving change and creating value in both private equity-backed and multi-billion dollar listed global organisations in his capacity as a CFO since 2006. Working in multinational businesses with revenues of upwards of £100m, he has successfully led projects centred on raising finance, improving profitability, and commercially supporting sales teams with pricing strategies. He brings comprehensive leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills and a wealth of knowledge in working through large-scale restructuring and refinancing projects.

Graham graduated from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh with a BA (Hons) in Accountancy and Finance and has accountancy qualifications in both the UK and Canada.

Hemant is a qualified accountant with many years of experience within the Telecoms industry. Working across several dynamic functions within finance, previous companies Hemant worked for include Cable & Wireless, Vodafone, Azzurri and Maintel, before he found his role at FluidOne.

Working alongside CFO, Graham Dickie, Hemant is an integral part of the finance team, applying his experience and expert knowledge to drive forward the vision for FluidOne and company goals. He has a track record for delivering transformational programmes across organisations to identify commercial improvement and deliver strong financial control.

Hemant is married with two children and is such an enthusiastic DIYer that he would have been a carpenter in another life.

Bringing his wealth of experience to FluidOne, James is responsible for all aspects of Customer Service and Billing. His core role is to ensure that the customer experience is at the heart of FluidOne’s planning and decision making. James makes sure FluidOne’s service, customer delivery and provisioning remain of the highest quality and continue to lead the market. With a proven track record of improving NPS, James has been instrumental in integrating billing and operations for more than 15 acquisitions over as many years in high growth environments. His responsibilities have covered the full range of IT, Unified Communications, Connectivity and Mobile products.

James lives on the south coast with his partner and their dog and spends most of his spare time walking around the countryside with said dog and treasure hunting in local charity shops. He would love to spend more time than he does making music as well as other artistic projects.

Ash has over 22 years with FluidOne and has worked his way through the ranks to Group Commercial Sales Director. His role entails being executive sponsor to clients, shaping our go-to-market propositions, and supporting the growth across our centres of excellence. Ash has a passion for taking customer challenges and turning them into bespoke solutions which reflects his belief that we should be a trusted partner to our customers.

Ash’s leadership in multi-pillar bids, combining our Secure Networking, Cyber, and Telecoms solutions, has significantly contributed to the business's substantial growth since the MBO in 2016, when he joined the MBO team.

Ash lives in Surrey with his wife and two sons. His weekends are generally filled with Coaching U11’s football, or taking his son to watch Crystal Palace. As a former Masterchef contestant he still spends time in the kitchen cooking for friends and family, where he shows that he can multi task tasting wines whilst cooking to see which will be the best pairing.

Responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction for IT and networking across all FluidOne group companies. It involves overseeing internal IT operations, digital transformation efforts and internal group cybersecurity for FluidOne staff, as well as our MPLS and datacentre infrastructure.

Dan has a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Bath and joined FluidOne during a rapid growth phase in 2007, which allowed him to become an integral part of FluidOne’s success. He has been heavily involved in many parts of the business, including the roll-out and management of the existing core networks, as well as the design and implementation of several upgrades and enhancements.

Dan lives in London with his wife and daughter. Outside of work, he still finds time to play football and run the occasional ultramarathon!