Leigh R. Fox

Leigh Fox is the President and Chief Executive Officer of altafiber, a networking and technology company based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Fox has been CEO since May 2017. Prior to becoming CEO, Mr. Fox served as COO, CFO and has held various finance and operations positions since starting with the company in 2001.

Under Mr. Fox’s leadership, altafiber manages two distinct businesses: a network unit doing business under the brands altafiber and Hawaiian Telcom, and a technology services unit doing business under the brands CBTS and OnX Canada. With Gross Revenue and EBITDA of approximately $2.4 billion and $440 million respectively, the company continues to grow as it invests in fiber network deployment and enterprise business solutions.

In September 2021, the company completed an 18-month take-private transaction with Macquarie Asset Management (MAM). The company has begun an aggressive fiber infrastructure expansion project that will include investing more than $1 billion into its fiber network to provide Fiber-to-the-Premises (“FTTP”) connectivity to 100 percent of all home and business addresses in its Greater Cincinnati and Hawaiian footprints and beyond.

A native of Cincinnati, Mr. Fox holds a bachelor's degree from Miami University and an MBA from the University of Cincinnati. He is the Chair of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber (through 2022), is Vice Chair (incoming chair 2022) of the UC Foundation, and a member of the UC Lindner School of Business Executive Cabinet. Mr. Fox is on the boards of American Red Cross Greater Cincinnati, the Anthony Munoz Foundation, Ohio Business Roundtable, and the Queen City Club. He is a member of the board executive committee of ArtsWave and the incoming chair (October 2022) of that organization. Mr. Fox is also a member of the Cincinnati Business Committee.