About
We help businesses within the telecoms and related industries to innovate, grow, and stay ahead of the competition in the face of widespread and rapid technological change.
STL Partners exists to bring positive and sustainable change to telcos and their partners.
We believe that to succeed, telecoms operators need to adapt and evolve their business model—rethinking what they offer their customers, how they serve them and how they profit as a result. This inevitably influences how vendors and other adjacent organisations must operate.
Our team
Dalia Adib
Director, Consulting
Ahmed Ali
Senior Analyst
Matt Bamforth
Senior Consultant
Chris Barraclough
CEO
Dean Bubley
Associate Director
Emma Buckland
Senior Analyst Quantitative Analysis
Amy Cameron
Director, Research
Andrew Collinson
Partner and Research Director
Tim Cook
Director, Strategic Accounts
Grace Donnelly
Senior Consultant
Tilly Gilbert
Principal Consultant & Edge Practice Lead
Miran Gilmore
Senior Consultant
David Gordon
Senior Consultant
Ani Keshishyan
Consultant
Philip Laidler
Partner and Consulting Director
Yesmean Luk
Principal Consultant
David Martin
Senior Analyst
Liam Mimnagh
Senior Analyst
Tim Otto
Senior Consultant
Aman Pattar
Account Director
Nicola Pinkney
Account Director
David Pringle
Associate Senior Analyst
Jonathan Savage
Head of Marketing
Darius Singh
Principal Consultant & Private Networks Lead
Kuba Smolorz
Consultant
Nicola Warren
Senior Analyst
Muhammad Zeidan
Sales & Marketing Support Administrator
Dalia Adib
Director, Consulting
Dalia has led numerous projects on edge computing in recent years, working closely with Tier-1 operators to identify strategic opportunities. She has also been leading projects on 5G, blockchain and IoT. Prior to STL Partners, she worked at a start-up and has a BSc in Government and Economics from LSE.
Ahmed Ali
Senior Analyst
Ahmed is Senior Analyst and a member of STL Partners research team. His areas of focus include edge computing, IoT and private networks within the Growing Enterprise and the Network Futures research services. Ahmed holds an MSc in Communications Electronics and Computer Engineering from the University of Nottingham.
Matt Bamforth
Senior Consultant
Matt is a Senior Consultant at STL and has experience in consulting projects across a wide range of topics. These span areas such as 5G, private networks, telco cloud, and edge computing. Matt has previous experience in strategy consulting, as well as in the Fintech sector. He holds a BSc in Economics from University College London.
Chris Barraclough
CEO
Chris is a key contributor to both consulting and research activities at STL Partners, and leads the Telco 2.0 Transformation stream. He has over 25 years’ experience in strategy and business — 18 of which are in the TMT sector working for operators such as Verizon Business and Orange. Chris has particular interests in strategic analysis, proposition development and the use of financial and operational metrics to manage and govern change. Chris holds a MA in English Language and Literature from Oxford University.
Dean Bubley
Associate Director
Dean leads the Network Futures research stream. He is also the founder of analyst and futurist firm Disruptive Analysis and was previously a director and chief analyst at Datamonitor. Dean holds a BA in Physics from Keble College, Oxford.
Emma Buckland
Senior Analyst Quantitative Analysis
Emma has worked in the TMT sector since the end of the 1990s. In the past ten years her role has focused on quantitative analysis (market sizing and forecast). Since joining STL Partners, she had developed forecast models for digital health, telco cloud, including Open RAN, and edge computing. She holds an MSc Engineering from Ecole Centrale de Lyon.
Amy Cameron
Director, Research
Amy works with world-leading operators and tech companies to define opportunities and strategies in the B2B and AI fields. She leads STL Partners’ research into application of AI in telecoms, as well as the Growing Enterprise Revenues research stream. Before joining STL in 2017, she was Head of ICT Research at Fitch Solutions. Amy speaks French and Mandarin and holds an MSc in Chinese Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Andrew Collinson
Partner and Research Director
Andrew leads STL Partners’ research business and has over 25 years’ experience working in telecoms, holding senior business and strategic roles the within mobile, fixed line, VOIP and internet services sectors. Andrew has particular interests in how organisations and people change, AI, and neuroscience. Andrew holds a BSc in Medical Physics from Exeter and an MBA from Warwick.
Tim Cook
Director, Strategic Accounts
Tim has led key account relationships for STL since our inception in 2006, working with major technology and telco clients globally. He draws on previous business development leadership roles in the US, Europe, and Australia in the technology and events sectors.
Grace Donnelly
Senior Consultant
Grace works across the spectrum of consulting engagements at STL Partners, working with clients to evaluate opportunities in edge computing, telco cloud, private networks and 5G. Prior to joining STL, she worked for KPMG, helping clients to solve business critical issues. Grace holds a BA in Human, Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge.
Tilly Gilbert
Principal Consultant & Edge Practice Lead
Tilly is a Principal Consultant at STL Partners and has led consulting projects with both operators and technology companies across a number of domains including network automation, edge computing and 5G B2B strategies. She has authored research reports including “Building telco edge infrastructure: MEC, Private networks & vRAN” and “Recovering from COVID: 5G to stimulate growth and drive productivity”. Tilly holds a BA from University of Oxford and an MA from University of Pennsylvania.
Miran Gilmore
Senior Consultant
Miran is a Senior Consultant at STL Partners and has been involved in several consulting engagements focussed on digital transformation, including evaluating the edge computing opportunity within Industry 4.0 and exploring the role of 5G in various industries. She has also worked on projects including cloud native, private networks and automation. She holds an MEng in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Cambridge.
David Gordon
Senior Consultant
David is a Senior Consultant at STL Partners and brings with him a background in strategy and programme management consulting where he worked primarily with clients in the blockchain industry. Since joining STL Partners, David has worked on a range of topics, including private networks, telco cloud, B2B market analysis, and the impact of 5G across industry verticals. David holds a first-class BSc (Hons) in Philosophy, Logic, and Scientific Method from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Ani Keshishyan
Consultant
Ani is a consultant at STL Partners and has been working on a diverse range of projects, mainly in the areas of 5G, automation, and edge computing. She has worked on consulting engagements aimed at helping clients define strategic opportunities, carry out competitor evaluations, develop go-to-market strategies and more. Prior to joining STL Partners, Ani worked with the UN Development Programme on evidence-based policy-making initiatives. Ani holds an MS in Management from London Business School.
Philip Laidler
Partner and Consulting Director
Phil specialises in strategic planning, corporate development and strategic marketing consulting for our clients. He brings over 20 years’ experience in TMT both as a consultant and business leader, having held senior roles with Verizon Enterprise for eight years. A fluent French and Italian speaker, Phil holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and a MA from Cambridge.
Yesmean Luk
Principal Consultant
Yesmean is a Senior Consultant at STL Partners and has led and managed client projects with both operators and technology companies across a number of domains, including private networks, telco cloud, network slicing, edge computing and IoT. Before joining STL, she held various consulting roles at Deloitte and IBM. She holds a Global MSc in Management from the London School of Economics, specialising in strategy and international business.
David Martin
Senior Analyst
David Martin has specialised on telco cloud at STL Partners since 2016, writing numerous strategic reports on different aspects of the topic. He also originated STL’s Telco Cloud Deployment Tracker: a major database of commercial telco cloud deployments by leading telcos worldwide. He is a telecoms analyst of around 25 years’ experience. David obtained a First Class degree in French and German at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he also pursued doctoral studies in French.
Liam Mimnagh
Senior Analyst
Liam has been working in telecoms industry research for over 15 years and has spent most of that time covering consumer, strategy and operational activities of telecom operators globally. His primary interest lies in areas of consumer innovation and product development activities of MNOs. Liam holds a BSc (Hons) in Marketing from Technological University Dublin and an MSc in e-commerce from Dublin City University.
Tim Otto
Senior Consultant
Tim is a Senior Consultant at STL Partners and has worked on a range of projects focused on growing telcos’ consumer business, with a particular focus on private networks and the growing trends within enterprise networking. Alongside this, he is currently working within the Telco Cloud practice. He holds a BA in English from Cambridge University.
Aman Pattar
Account Director
Aman focuses on key account management, business development and new customer acquisition. He has worked in sales for over seven years and joined STL Partners in 2014 having previously worked as a sales manager in conferencing and events. Aman is fluent in Punjabi and holds a BA in Politics and a MA in Journalism.
Nicola Pinkney
Account Director
Nicola is responsible for leading relationships with key accounts and new clients to drive business development across STL’s portfolio of services. She has been with STL for eight years, and has 20 years’ experience in business development within strategic marketing, events, publishing, and recruitment. Nicola holds a BA in Politics from Nottingham University.
David Pringle
Associate Senior Analyst
David Pringle runs the (Re)Connecting with Consumers research stream. He spent five years as the European tech and telecoms correspondent for the Wall Street Journal and provides editorial and analytical services to a range of organisations in the tech, media and telecoms industries, as well moderating panel discussions at industry conferences, webinars and on Mobile World Live TV. David has a BA in English and Politics from York University.
Jonathan Savage
Head of Marketing
Jonathan heads marketing at STL Partners, promoting the STL brand and providing strategic marketing services for our clients. Jonathan has over ten years of experience leading digital marketing initiatives in a diverse range of B2B sectors. On the agency side he has worked with Fortune 500 companies including Coca-Cola and Adecco. Jonathan holds a BCom in Finance and a BA in Philosophy from the University of Auckland.
Darius Singh
Principal Consultant & Private Networks Lead
Darius is a Principal Consultant at STL Partners. He has led a range of client projects within edge computing, 5G, and data analytics. His primary focus is on looking to unravel how these technologies can help support the transformation of the healthcare industry and a drive towards digital health. Darius holds a BSc in Biochemistry from Imperial College London.
Kuba Smolorz
Consultant
Kuba is a Consultant at STL partners and has worked on a range of projects including private networks, 5G and telco B2B market strategies. Alongside this, he works within the Digital Health Practice. Kuba holds a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Bristol.
Nicola Warren
Senior Analyst
Nicola has worked across the payments and telecoms sectors and brings over 15 years’ experience as a researcher and analyst to her role at STL. Her recent areas of focus include consumer propositions, ecosystem business models and business strategies. She studied business at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Muhammad Zeidan
Sales & Marketing Support Administrator
Muhammad is STL’s Sales and Marketing Support Administrator assisting both sales and marketing teams with all operations. He has worked in numerous industries from automotive, tech and start-ups working across various departments assisting to redefine structures and workflow. Muhammad has 8 years experience in business development and studied Electronic Engineering at University of Westminster.
The STL difference
Future-focused
We are committed to seeking out and identifying future strategic themes, trends, opportunities and threats before they happen, to give our clients an advantage.
Creative and challenging
We’re creative thinkers, looking beyond the obvious to find new ways for our clients to harness, implement and benefit from new and disruptive technologies.
Results-oriented
We save our clients time and money with an insight-led and agile approach to implementing strategic initiatives – ensuring highly effective, measurable and sustainable results.
Connected
With our strong community of subscribers, clients and collaborators, we bridge telecoms and adjacent industries to bring about new partnerships and previously unforeseen opportunities for collaboration.
Telecoms industry specialists
We are committed to telecoms: our experts are at the forefront of industry developments, continuously working with clients to anticipate new opportunities and threats.
Accessible
We’re straight-talking, flexible and results-oriented, bringing the same integrity to assignments with international operators as to collaborations with start-ups or smaller firms.
Our clients
Since 2003, we have helped a diverse range of clients including:
