Colin Lees

Colin joined Openreach in June 2018. He’s working to define and implement the future technology strategy for their products in the UK.

Previously Colin was the chief technology innovation officer at BT Business and Public Sector. He specialised in technology transformation and launching new products and platforms. He has 20 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry and has held various senior roles in both the IT and network domains.

Colin joined the software engineering division of BT in 2001. He worked on the BT Yahoo systems, developing experience across the engineering lifecycle, applying agile development techniques and leading large software development teams. He continued to apply the same engineering skills and disciplines to the design and launch of new BT voice services, as they move from network to software-based solutions.