About
We help telcos, technology and digital infrastructure companies 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 in the technology and telecoms space.
We believe that regulatory and market forces are forcing digital infrastructure companies of all sorts to adapt and evolve. Telecoms operators, data centres, platform players, and ISVs are all being forced to rethink their business models to ensure they remain relevant and provide value to customers – profitably and sustainably.
Our team
Chris Barraclough
CEO
Yanitsa Boyadzhieva
Content Editor and Publication Manager
Dean Bubley
Associate Director
Emma Buckland
Principal Analyst
Amy Cameron
Director, Research
Gabija Cepurnaite
Senior Consultant
Rosalind Craven
Principal Analyst
Ela Eren
Consultant
Michael Gell
Senior Advisor
Tilly Gilbert
Director, Consulting and Edge Practice Lead
George Glanville
Analyst
David Gordon
Senior Consultant
Jack Hurley
Consultant
Joe Hurman
Principal Consultant
Kat Isles
Head of HR
Marina Koytcheva
Director, Research
Philip Laidler
Director, Consulting
Reva Latkar
Senior Marketing Manager
David Martin
Senior Analyst & Telco Cloud Lead
Yannick Mayaud
Senior Consultant
Ben Moore
Account Manager
Kerina Naran
Analyst
Henry Osborne
Senior Consultant
Aman Pattar
Account Director
Nicola Pinkney
Account Director
David Pringle
Associate Senior Analyst
Miriam Sabapathy
Senior Consultant
Jonathan Savage
Head of Marketing
Darius Singh
Director, Consulting & Enterprise Platforms Lead
Kuba Smolorz
Senior Consultant
Harine Tharmarajah
Consultant
Jonas Topp-Mugglestone
Consultant
Nicola Warren
Senior Analyst
Muhammad Zeidan
Sales & Marketing Administrator
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.
Yanitsa Boyadzhieva
Content Editor and Publication Manager
Yanitsa oversees the editorial and the publication processes for STL Partners’ content in every area of exploration for the company. With more than five years of experience as a telecom journalist for UK-based media outlets and an extensive background in political and business journalism in her home country of Bulgaria, she also contributes to the company’s public relations and online presence strategies with her knowledge in these fields. She holds a BA in Journalism from Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski.
Dean Bubley
Associate Director
Dean produces research on private networks, policy and network innovation. 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
Principal Analyst
Emma has worked in the TMT sector since the end of the 1990s, first at operators in France and the UK and later as a consultant and analyst. In her day to day job at STL Partners, she gets involved in quantitative analysis and is part of our network innovation practice. Since 2022, she has been the lead analyst of the Network innovation insights service and is a frequent contributor to its tools and reports, including on open RAN and cloud-native transformation. Emma holds an MSc. Engineering from Ecole Centrale de Lyon.
Amy Cameron
Director, Research
Amy specialises in business model and technology innovation in the telecom industry. As the Director of STL Partners’ research team, she challenges and supports telecom companies to break out of traditional operating models and become more customer-centric and technology-savvy. She has over 12 years experience in telecom strategy, including as Head of ICT Research at Fitch Solutions prior to joining STL Partners. Amy speaks fluent French and ice-breaking Mandarin and holds an MSc in Chinese Politics from the School of Oriental and Africa Studies.
Gabija Cepurnaite
Senior Consultant
Gabija is a senior consultant at STL Partners working across a range of projects focusing on 5G/MEC APIs and private networks. Alongside this, she works within our edge computing practice. Gabija holds a first-class BSc (Hons) in Economics and Management from King’s College London.
Rosalind Craven
Principal Analyst
During 16 years as a telecoms analyst, Rosalind Craven has covered a wide range of topics including consumer services, customer experience, telecoms IT, strategy and transformation and telecoms market sizing. As a senior analyst at STL, Rosalind manages the Executive Briefing Service and the strategy research agenda. Her previous experience includes global research firm IDC, investment advice service Business Monitor International, and niche tariff specialist Tarifica.
Ela Eren
Consultant
Ela is a consultant at STL Partners working across a range of projects focusing on Telco cloud and Edge Computing. Alongside this, she works in our sustainability practice. Ela holds an LLB in Law from University of Bristol.
Michael Gell
Senior Advisor
Michael has over 30 years’ experience in commercial due diligence (CDD) and strategy consulting, including leading hundreds of CDD assignments for both private equity and corporate clients. As well as running his own strategy consultancy (Hullbrook Ltd.) for the last 15 years, he was previously a partner at Deloitte in both Consulting and Corporate Finance. Before this he co-founded Burlington Consultants, where he led the CDD practice and also ran major strategy projects for clients like Microsoft in Europe and the USA. He started his consulting career with LEK Consultants in London, Boston and Sydney. He has an MA in History from Cambridge University.
Tilly Gilbert
Director, Consulting and Edge Practice Lead
As a Director in STL’s consulting business Tilly has more than five years of experience leading growth projects for technology and telecoms firms. She heads up our research and consulting practice focused on edge and cloud computing and was nominated for Edge Computing Woman of the Year in 2022. Tilly has a BA from Oxford University and an MA from the University of Pennsylvania.
George Glanville
Analyst
George is an analyst at STL Partners, with experience working across a diverse range of topic areas, including 5G, open RAN, digital identity and smart home. He specialises in consumer services and network innovation, contributing to reports, articles and tools within both of these practice areas. George joined STL Partners after obtaining a BSc in Economics from Bristol University.
David Gordon
Senior Consultant
David is a Senior Consultant at STL Partners and brings with him a background in strategy and programme management consulting in the TMT industry. Since joining STL Partners, David has worked on a range of topics, including private networks, edge, B2B market analysis and has focussed on the impact of 5G in key industry verticals. David holds a first-class BSc (Hons) in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Jack Hurley
Consultant
Jack is a Consultant at STL Partners. He holds an MSc in Finance and Investment and BSc in Economics from Loughborough University. Upon joining STL, Jack has been focussing on investigating strategic partnerships that telecoms can build in diverse topic areas, coupled with being a member of STL’s Edge practice. In his spare time, he regularly plays football and has a lofty ambition of visiting every state in America.
Joe Hurman
Principal Consultant
Joe is a Principal Consultant at STL Partners, having joined last year from a background in technology and operations consulting. Since joining STL Partners, he has worked with telcos and their partners on strategic engagements across a variety of topics, ranging from enterprise service development across edge and IoT to network innovation, including cloudification, automation and API exposure. Joe holds a BA in Economics from Durham University.
Kat Isles
Head of HR
Kat is the Head of HR at STL Partners and is responsible for supporting the business with recruitment, employee engagement, learning and development, rewards and benefits and helping STL and its people develop and grow. She has worked in HR for over 17 years and has varied experience within the creative, not for profit and commercial sectors. Kat holds a BA in Sociology from the University of Sheffield.
Marina Koytcheva
Director, Research
Marina works across STL Partners’ research portfolio, with a specific focus on the Executive Briefing Service, consumer services and sustainability. She joined STL Partners in 2023 with 18 years of experience as a market analyst, first at Nokia, and then at CCS Insight where she led the market forecasting practice across all technology areas and modelled the impact of major global disruptions. She has wide expertise across telecoms, hyperscalers, device markets, consumer behaviour, and the impact of macroeconomic factors on the tech industry. Marina holds an MSc in Finance and Economics, and an MBA.
Philip Laidler
Director, Consulting
Phil specialises in strategic planning, innovation and marketing consulting. He brings over 25 years’ experience in TMT, both as a consultant and business leader with Verizon Enterprise for eight years. Over the past 15 years, he has led over 200 STL assignments most recently focusing on Telco Cloud, Sustainability, Transformation and Growth. Philip is a fluent French and Italian speaker. He holds an MSc in Information Systems (LSE) and a BA in Engineering (Cambridge).
Reva Latkar
Senior Marketing Manager
Reva is a part of the marketing team at STL Partners, specializing in branding and content strategy while also overseeing events & partnerships. Drawing on her expertise in brand building and data analysis, she has made significant contributions to the success of art galleries across Asia and sustainability start-ups in previous roles. Her academic background includes a Bachelor’s in Media Communication and an MSc in International Marketing from Kings College London.
David Martin
Senior Analyst & Telco Cloud Lead
David Martin has specialised in 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 operators worldwide. He is a telecoms analyst of around 25 years’ experience, having also worked for leading analyst firms including the now Analysys Mason and Omdia. David obtained a First Class degree in French and German at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he also pursued doctoral studies in French.
Yannick Mayaud
Senior Consultant
Yannick has worked across STL’s consulting practice on projects looking at growth opportunities for the telecoms sector in 5G, edge computing and new technologies. Recently, he has worked on projects exploring 5G’s impact on industry verticals through specific use cases and intersections with trends in digital twins and satellite technology. A graduate of the University of Cambridge, he is a French national and bilingual English/French.
Ben Moore
Account Manager
Ben is responsible for managing accounts, driving business development, and fostering key client relationships within the telecoms, data center, and cybersecurity sectors. He joined STL Partners with over three years of sales experience, specialising in partner and account management within the cybersecurity industry.
Kerina Naran
Analyst
Kerina is a research analyst at STL Partners and is now applying her advanced research and analytical skills from an extensive background in biomedical sciences to the dynamic telecoms and technology market. Kerina joined STL Partners after obtaining a PhD in Virology and Immunology from Imperial College London.
Henry Osborne
Senior Consultant
Henry is a Senior Consultant at STL Partners and brings with him a background in internal strategy in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) industry. Since joining STL Partners, he has worked on a variety of topics including private networks, edge computing and B2B growth opportunities for operators. Henry holds a BA in Geography from the University of Cambridge.
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.
Miriam Sabapathy
Senior Consultant
Miriam is a Consultant at STL Partners working across a range of projects focusing on private networks, the impact of 5G across industry verticals and B2B growth strategies. Alongside this, she works within our private networks practice. Miriam holds a BA in Classics & Philosophy from Durham 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
Director, Consulting & Enterprise Platforms Lead
Darius is a Director at STL Partners and leads STL’s work in Enterprise Platforms. Since 2018, his focus has been on understanding how the role out of next generation connectivity – leveraging 5G and private networking, edge and cloud computing, automation and AI – can drive growth in the B2B(2X) space for the telecoms industry. He has led projects with major tier-1 operators and vendors, quantifying the ROI and developing the GTM strategy across these technology areas. Darius holds a BSc in Biochemistry from Imperial College London.
Kuba Smolorz
Senior Consultant
Kuba is a Senior Consultant at STL Partners, specialising in AI while bringing broad expertise across next-generation connectivity and infrastructure to assess its impact on telco operations and B2B revenue growth. He has led projects for a diverse range of companies, from major Tier-1 operators to technology startups, delivering market forecasting to prioritise opportunities, shaping product and GTM strategies, and facilitating customer workshops. Kuba holds a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Bristol.
Harine Tharmarajah
Consultant
Harine is a Consultant at STL Partners, who joined after completing her undergraduate studies. She earned a First class honours degree in BSc Economics from University College London. Since joining STL Partners, Harine has worked with telecoms and technology companies on strategic engagements in network transformation, but also works within STL’s Edge practice.
Jonas Topp-Mugglestone
Consultant
Jonas is a consultant at STL partners sitting within the data centre practice. He has worked across a broad range of global strategy projects across digital infrastructure, consumer markets, telco transformation and network strategy. Outside of work he enjoys kayaking and reading historical fiction. Jonas holds a BA in History from the University of Oxford.
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 Administrator
Muhammad is STL’s Sales and Marketing 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, workflow and automations. 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:
