The Exponential-e Group has announced the largest expansion of its EXPO.e Networks platform since its inception in 2021, providing public and private sectors businesses south of the Thames with direct connections to its self-owned, UK-sovereign network and full solution portfolio. This will both fulfil London business' evolving requirements around the resilience, availability, and security of critical applications and AI platforms, and support true UK sovereignty for critical data.
Having already deployed self-owned fibre under the streets of key locations - covering all buildings from Bishopsgate across to Paddington and from the Thames to Euston Road, this phase of EXPO.e Networks' evolution applies the same principles to locations south of the river, providing organisations based in these areas with the access to the same best-in-class connections and integrated solution wraps via an additional 8km of fibre, deployed under the city's streets.
Initial deployments have covered the area spanning Waterloo, London Bridge, and down to Elephant & Castle, with more planned for the future.
Andrew Chant, Director of Infrastructure at the Exponential-e Group, commented:
Connectivity has always been the bedrock of the Exponential-e Group's solution portfolio, and the first EXPO.e Networks deployments are a logical extension of that model. The concept has already proven its worth at locations like Somerset House, and through intensive consultation with our customers and partners, we have refined it into a clear, standardised approach that can be applied at premises across the rest of the London and, in the years ahead - the rest of the UK.
As we progress, I hope we will see a shift in the way organisations think about their networks, treating them as the foundation of their broader IT ecosystems and designing, deploying, and scaling them with this in mind, ensuring they are seamlessly and securely integrated with the growing range of Cloud, UC, cyber security, and SaaS platforms organisations depend on."
Andrew Chant, Director of Infrastructure - Exponential-e Group.
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NHS consortium champions AI research enabling faster, more accurate cancer diagnosis to improve patient outcomes
The National Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC), based out of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, responsible for connecting pathologists and laboratory experts onto the UK's first national digital pathology network, has gone live with a new hospital site. Bringing the total number of connected sites across England to 15, with further sites expected to join later this year.
University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust has successfully implemented NPIC's digital pathology platform at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN), the UK's largest dedicated neurological and neurosurgical hospital. Providing services for the diagnosis, treatment and care for brain, spinal cord and the peripheral nervous system conditions, the hospital will now benefit from the latest pathology technology advancements to increase efficient analysis and diagnosis for the 1.8 million population it serves.
"Working with Leeds Teaching Hospitals' NPIC programme as part of a North Central London (NCL)-wide digital pathology solution, our Neuropathology department has successfully delivered a locally led implementation tailored to our service," says Dr Angela Richard, Head Biomedical Scientist, Neuropathology Dept. at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. "Delivery has taken place through a phased programme, including scanner deployment, integration with Sectra, validation, and staff training, supported by close collaboration between clinical, IT, and NPIC teams. Following go-live, we are now at an exciting early stage of adoption, with digital pathology beginning to be embedded into routine practice and providing a strong foundation for future service development."
NPIC's digital pathology platform enables faster and more accurate diagnoses by allowing pathologists to securely access and analyse high-resolution digital slides remotely. The transition from traditional glass slide workflows to digital pathology reduces diagnostic turnaround times, enhances collaboration across a national network of clinical experts, and enables rapid access to second opinions. It also reduces the need to transport physical slides between sites, improving efficiency and reducing associated costs. Furthermore, the platform supports the development and evaluation of artificial intelligence tools, helping to drive innovation and improve diagnostic accuracy in the future.
Expansion of the national network
With the addition of NHNN, the NPIC digital pathology network has expanded to 15 live sites across England. These include Great Ormond Street Hospital, which provides specialist healthcare to more than 76,000 children each year and The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, internationally recognised for its leadership in orthopaedic care.
The network is set to grow further in the coming months with Alder Hey Children's Hospital and Royal Manchester Children's Hospital expected to go live on the platform soon.
"Our continued expansion evidences our commitment to building a national digital pathology ecosystem across the UK," says Usman Arif, Programme Head at NPIC. "Our partner NHS trusts not only benefit from a secure, scalable infrastructure that will enable AI integration into routine diagnostic workflows, but they also receive long-term, embedded support ensuring that digital transformation translates into sustainable clinical and operational impact for the benefit of the patients."
For NHS organisations, the consortium creates unprecedented opportunities to collaborate, share expertise, and deploy digital sovereign innovation at scale, setting a new standard for integrated, patient-centric diagnostic services, which is firmly aligned to the 10 year health plan and the shift from analogue to digital.
Driving digital resilience at scale
The NPIC programme is delivered in partnership with industry leaders, Exponential-e and Sectra, who provide the cutting-edge technology and expertise to support the secure delivery of the national infrastructure.
Exponential-e provides NPIC with a resilient, scalable and data-sovereign hosting platform on which Sectra's centralised Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) resides. This enables the secure storage, sharing and management of digital pathology images for both clinical and research purposes.
Leica Biosystems supplies and deploys digital pathology scanners that facilitate the integration of digital pathology into diagnostic pathways across NHS Trusts. Sectra complements this by providing its digital pathology solution and Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA), supporting the storage, accessibility and sharing of pathology images across multiple systems and organisations.
As the NPIC programme develops in 2026 and beyond, the focus will remain on expanding the network nationally while launching more AI-driven diagnostic capabilities. These tools, built on the Exponential-e platform, will enhance large-scale image comparison, support deep learning-based pattern recognition to deliver more precise and timely diagnoses, particularly in cancer and other critical diseases.
For more information on NPIC and its digital pathology programme, visit https://npic.ac.uk/
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Appointment to GCA RM6393 Tactical Communications Systems Framework Strengthens Exponential-e's Position in Secure, Sovereign and Mission Critical Defence Communication
Exponential-e Ltd has been awarded places on Lots 2 and 3 of the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) RM6393 Tactical Communication Systems Framework, providing Defence and Public Sector organisations with direct access to the company's secure communications, networking, infrastructure and managed service capabilities.
The framework enables Defence organisations to procure a broad range of tactical communication systems, technologies and services that support secure, resilient and interoperable operations across fixed, mobile and deployed environments.
Through its appointment, Exponential-e will provide Defence customers with access to both complete Information and Communication System (ICS) solutions and modular tactical communication components, supporting operational requirements from headquarters and command environments through to the tactical edge.
Under Lot 2, Exponential-e can deliver complete communication and command infrastructure, including secure and resilient multi bearer networks, deployable communications systems, command and control capabilities, platform and headquarters infrastructure, security solutions and managed service delivery models.
Under Lot 3, we can provide a broad range of tactical communication components and subsystems, including security infrastructure, platform services, voice and data distribution, system and service management capabilities, application services and enabling technologies.
The award further strengthens Exponential-e's growing Defence portfolio and reflects continued investment in sovereign infrastructure, secure networking, cyber resilience, edge computing, unified communications and mission critical managed services.
Modern Defence operates in an environment where threats evolve in days, not years, and technology can no longer move at the pace of traditional procurement cycles.
There will always be a place for major programmes and large-scale defence platforms. They provide the mass, reach and capability that modern armed forces depend upon. But a frigate is not designed to operate like a fast attack craft. One delivers presence and scale, the other delivers agility and rapid response. Defence needs both.
The same principle applies to technology delivery. As a specialist partner, Exponential-e brings the ability to adapt quickly, integrate emerging technologies rapidly and respond to evolving operational requirements without the inertia that can naturally come with larger organisations.
Our appointment to RM6393 reflects the growing demand for partners who can combine secure communications, digital infrastructure, cyber resilience and operational expertise to deliver capability at operational tempo. We are proud to support Defence organisations as they modernise for an increasingly dynamic and contested world.
Jonathan Bridges - CIO at Exponential-e
Having spent many years working alongside Defence customers, one thing has become increasingly clear: the challenge is rarely a lack of technology. The challenge is getting the right technology into the hands of the people who need it, when they need it.
What excites me about this framework is the opportunity to help customers move faster. Whether that's deploying resilient communications into challenging environments, integrating new capabilities into existing estates, or helping programmes accelerate delivery, our focus is always on making complex problems simpler.
The operational environment isn't standing still and neither can we. Through RM6393, we're looking forward to working with Defence organisations to deliver secure, resilient and adaptable communications capabilities that evolve as quickly as the missions they support.
The framework appointment builds upon Exponential-e's established presence across Defence, National Security, Critical National Infrastructure, Central/Local Government, Health and Higher Education sectors, where the company supports organisations with secure networking, cloud, cyber security, unified communications, operational technology, edge infrastructure and managed digital services.
As Defence continues to modernise its communications and digital capabilities, Exponential-e remains focused on helping customers deliver secure, sovereign and interoperable solutions that can adapt rapidly to changing operational requirements whilst maintaining the highest standards of resilience, security and assurance.
Nick Wood - Director of Defence at Exponential-e
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Partnership to modernise the Council's network infrastructure to support secure, resilient and future-ready digital services across all sites
Exponential-e, a UK provider of sovereign cloud, connectivity, communications, and cyber security solutions, has been awarded a five-year contract by Lincolnshire County Council to deliver and manage a modernised Software Defined Wide Area Network (WAN) throughout the county.
Procured under Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Network Services 3 Framework, Exponential-e will replace the Council's existing outdated Public Services Network (PSN) infrastructure with a fully managed Cisco Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN). This will provide a unified, centrally orchestrated, secure and high-performing network environment, designed to support the Council's long-term digital strategy, enabling greater agility, improved resilience and secure integration with cloud-based services.
The architecture will be centrally managed via a structured service desk model to provide encrypted connectivity across all locations. It will also support Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) services including Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue with encrypted integration and centralised HSCN access, while enabling scalability and flexibility for future organisational and technological change.
The solution will integrate with the Council's operational and security platforms, incorporating secure-by-design principles, centralised monitoring, incident-response systems, automated failover capabilities, dynamic routing and flexible network segmentation to support a zero-trust security approach and rapid onboard of new sites.
Our vision is to build a technological ecosystem that not only supports our ongoing operational needs but meets the expectations of our citizens in digital delivery as a time of Local Government change. As an expert with technical ability and proven public sector expertise, Exponential-e will be critical in improving our ability to manage ongoing and accelerated change.
Tom Baker - CIO at Lincolnshire County Council
We are proud to partner with Lincolnshire County Council to deliver a modern, resilient and secure network infrastructure that supports the delivery of critical public services across the county.
Afshin Attari - Director of Public Sector and Unified Platforms at Exponential-e
By implementing a centrally managed SD-WAN architecture, the council will benefit from greater agility, enhanced security and improved operational resilience, while creating a scalable, sovereign platform capable of supporting future innovation and evolving digital service requirements.
As England's fourth largest county council, Lincolnshire County Council employs more than 6,000 people and delivers a broad range of public services, including Adult and Children's Social Care, Highways and Transport, Environmental Services, Education, and Fire and Rescue services, across 200 sites.
The contract was signed in March 2026 and will run until March 2031. Implementation has begun, with service go-live dates to be confirmed as part of the phased deployment programme.
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Throughout June, the entire Exponential-e Group will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of Vysiion - three decades of challenges, triumphs, innovation, and more than a few laughs and tears along the way!
Let's start by going right back to the beginning…
The early days of RFL Communications
Vysiion - then known as RFL Communications, was originally founded in 1996, under the direction of Peter Clapton, Phil Whitehead, and Steve Fabray. Armed with minimal funds and an ambitious business plan, they immediately began punching above their weight, with plenty of late nights and long-distance travel ensuring that the first contracts were the kind of ambitious projects that would typically have been awarded to more established providers, such as:
- Delivering 120 teleprotection devices for the Qatar electricity company, to be deployed across the Ras Laffan gas field (infamous as a consequence of the current USA / Iran conflict).
- Installing a remote access solution across all National Grid's UK sites.
- Providing a new comms system for the Manchester metro, following a competitive bid process that include some of the UK's leading communications providers.
The success of these initial projects, secured in the first two years of trading, provided Vysiion with a strong foundation to establish themselves as a serious competitor in a complex field, earning the accreditations needed to undertake even more ambitious projects. All the while, early profits were reinvested into the company and growing the team, with administrator, head of QSHE and compliance, and occasional project manager Jane Lockwood the first to join the business.
Keen to expand beyond teleprotection deployments, Vysiion began broadening its capabilities in the buildup to the millennium, particularly around the design, install, and commissioning of fibre networks and microwave radio systems for power plant projects across the world, with teams active in Brunei, Brazil, Uruguay, Belize, St Lucia, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Poland, Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Azerbaijan.
From OT to IT and beyond…
Anticipating the need for increased convergence of IT and OT systems, Vysiion began expanded its service portfolio throughout the 2000s, with a view to serving as a single trusted provider, able to deliver the kind of intelligently integrated platforms that critical services would soon come to depend on. But for the time, networking remained the bedrock of its services, with its teams conducting full network builds for a number of leading energy companies around the world, including ETESA in Panama, NEPCO in Jordan, and ADWEA / TRANSCO in the UAE.
Back in the UK, the business' first transit van and cable trailer were purchased, with Mark Nichols joining in 2006 to head the installations team and develop its field services capabilities even further, an area in which Vysiion is now regarded as a UK leader and pioneer.
Later, Simon Hoy joined the business in 2008, a key moment in Vysiion's transition from a pure networking provider to a designer of fully integrated IT / OT systems - followed by Carl Rossall in 2009. Together, they helped drive Vysiion's increasing prominence in the utilities and renewables sector, not only providing organisations like ENWL and UK Power Networks with resilient, high-performance connectivity, but also providing expert support and guidance around their future digital investments at a time when many in the sector were unsure of the right way forward.
A new beginning: the birth of Vysiion
2015 saw the next critical step in Vysiion's journey towards providing the UK's critical industries with truly integrated solutions, bridging the gap between physical and digital systems. To mark this transition, a formal rebranding took place, with the RFL Communications name retired in favour of Vysiion Ltd. and the workforce expanding from 48 to 118.
The acquisition of a local IT company would help further establish its capabilities as a managed service provider, particularly within the public sector. Clair Griffin, who joined the company as a Technical Architect in the same year, played a key role in this evolution, enabling the Operational Delivery team to provision a range of new services in response to the UK energy sector's evolving IT requirements. Vysiion continues to serve as a trusted technology partner for the sector as a whole, supporting over 80% of the UK's offshore windfarms.
Several longstanding employees have held multiple key roles in this journey, including Junior Small - who began his journey in customer service before later becoming one of the company's most consistently high-performing salespeople - and Richard Flamson, who moved from bid management to sales via project management, and subsequently established multiple relationships across the renewable energy sector that have flourished for more than thirteen years.
The following five years were a challenging period for Vysiion, but the teams' collective drive and the strong foundation that had been established in the preceding years allowed it to continue developing the range of services it offered to public sector organisations, with data centre co-location and 'smart hands' services, delivered in partnership with Ark Data Centres - and 24 / 7, ITIL-aligned support incorporated into its service wrap. Gaining the globally recognised ISO27001 accreditation was another key step, allowing Vysiion to confidently deliver some of the most sought-after Government contracts.
This, in turn, helped establish several customer relationships that continue to develop to this day, such as the Ambulance Radio Programme, for which Vysiion centralised numerous critical platforms and delivered a secure, resilient private network, supported by a 24 / 7 service desk - and multiple organisations in the fields of defence and national security, beginning with MOD CySAFA in 2016.
Early successes in this area led to the creation of a dedicated Defence team, which leverages their own experience in the armed forces to tailor Vysiion's evolving service portfolio to accommodate the most rigorous project requirements around performance, security, and compliance.
Joining the Exponential-e Group… and looking ahead to the future
In 2020, after a long period of deliberation, Vysiion took the next major step in its journey and officially became part of the Exponential-e Group, combining their own unique capabilities with those of Exponential-e and Xpertex. Close collaboration with colleagues from across the Group has further broadened Vysiion's capabilities, leading to the development of a unique CNI Toolbox, where unique blends of cyber-secured platforms, networks, infrastructure, managed services, and 24 / 7 support can be seamlessly and securely delivered in the most complex, highly regulated environments.
This is very much the latest step in Vysiion's ongoing evolution from a pure provider of physical systems to a leading integrator of IT and OT resources, able to fulfil the most stringent compliance, sovereignty, and security requirements. As the company enters its thirtieth year, this journey continues, with Vysiion's teams working closely with their colleagues from across the Group to establish new standards of best practice around the design, delivery, and management of integrated systems.
Vysiion's role as a trusted technology partner to numerous organisations across the UK's CNI sector continues to develop in this regard. Its teams not only deliver the foundational technologies to optimise mission-critical services nationwide, but also acting as a trusted advisor for numerous organisations forced to content with an increasingly complex, fast-paced security and compliance landscape. Recent contracts have included the Ministry of Defence, Portsmouth Water, Ocean Winds, and Greencoat.
From the boardroom to the field, Vysiion's staff remain deeply committed to the principle of technology as a force for good across society, working closely with customers and partners alike to not only deliver the necessary technical innovations, but ensure they are deployed in ways that will continue to streamline compliance obligations, maximise service availability, and keep 'defence-in-depth' security inherent in the design. It's already been a long journey, and it's far from over…
So, here's to the next thirty years!
Vysiion has always been about the people, our technical agility, and our consultative approach and I see that constantly reflected in our day-to-day work, both at our head office and across our customers' sites. We've certainly been on a long journey over the last thirty years, but the real value of our company will be reflected in what we do next. With the combined technical capabilities of the Group, and the team's collective talent and experience - particularly across the evolving CNI space - we're well-placed to deliver another three decades of achievement, success, and excitement.
Peter Clapton - Cofounder & CEO, Vysiion.
We've got teams active at some of the most complex sites across the UK (and offshore!), executing some extremely sophisticated, bespoke installations. And each one has been a learning experience, teaching us new approaches that can be applied across multiple sectors to raise standards of security, performance, and resilience all round. And that, of course, can only be of benefit to the people across the UK who utilise these services on a daily basis. It's a unique role for a technology provider and one we're proud to fulfil.
Mark Nichols - Installation Manager, Vysiion.
I joined Vysiion in 2008, with a background in traditional IT and networking. Whilst I've always had a broad interest in engineering, I hadn't envisaged that my career would become so closely aligned with operational technology and CNI. Joining the business at that time gave me a front-row seat to the growth of the utilities sector and the increasing role that technology would play within it.
In the early years, customers were expanding their networks, delivering new sites, and replacing legacy services and infrastructure. The focus was operational change – ensuring systems continued to operate reliably as requirements evolved.
Over time, I saw the conversation broaden. The operational drivers, including network expansion, asset management, and the delivery of new infrastructure - remain much the same, but the technology landscape has become significantly more complex. As IT and OT become increasingly interconnected, there is a much greater emphasis on resilience, security, and adaptability. I've seen this play out directly through both the enhancement and integration of existing operational environments and the delivery of new infrastructure, designed with these expectations in mind. That journey from keeping services running to helping shape more integrated, resilient environments has been one of the most rewarding aspects of my time at Vysiion.
Simon Hoy - Engineering Deisgn Manager, Vysiion.
On joining Vysiion in January 2015, it was a standing start for managed service provision in the public sector. From getting on to relevant frameworks for public sector, building cost models, template proposals and collating relevant case studies from RFL and the acquired IT companies. Not to mention getting the Vysiion (how do you pronounce that, what do you mean it has a double "i"?) name out there. The first year was tough and multiple times I thought we wouldn't make it. Early 2016 the first seeds started with a couple of new contracts won which then gave us the references to keep on growing. Personally, whilst embracing new technology along the way, and going through multiple job roles and titles, the highlights are always working with our customers, getting this recent feedback from a customer "a consistently reliable, pragmatic and helpful individual" sums up how I hope others feel about Vysiion and our approach to delivering excellence to our customers.
Clair Griffin - Projects Director, Vysiion.
Thirteen years ago, I joined a business that had ambition and great potential. Since then, I have been fortunate to grow my career alongside a great team of people, taking on new challenges, developing new skills and I feel I have contributed towards Vysiion's success, which I'm very proud of. I look forward to the opportunities ahead and continuing to contribute towards another period of growth for the Group.
Junior Small - Account Director, Vysiion.
Based around the Midlands and with a young family, joining RFL Communications in 2012 was a major consideration for me, having carved out a career in presales/sales from the late 90s (yes, I am that old!). Having worked for the likes of Marconi and Telent in the early/mid 00s, opportunity came knocking to join an ambitious, smaller, agile business that was expanding and punching well above its weight within the CNI industry.
Previously, I had experience with large offshore wind and HVDC schemes and a key focus for me over the years at Vysiion has been in this area. I even spent a few years as a PM, working on major projects such as Moray East, Caithness Moray, and Eleclink, which allowed me to broaden my skillset and appreciate what it takes to deliver successfully from tender stage through to operational run. There's never a dull moment here at Vysiion, with challenges aplenty, and the reward of working with such great customers and colleagues is an overriding personal driver for me.
Richard Flamson - Account Director, Vysiion.
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- New digital communication platform to futureproof connectivity across all sites.
- Supporting the PSTN line transition from analogue to digital services through a controlled migration
As the successful bidder of a regulated procurement tender process, UK-based OT and IT infrastructure specialist Vysiion, an Exponential-e Group company, has been awarded the PortsmouthWater AMP8 Telephony and Resilience Framework contract. As part of the works, Vysiion will provide a robust and secure digital communications infrastructure across all Portsmouth Water designated sites.
The contract was awarded in April 2026, and the agreement will run until 2031, with a potential five-year extension period until 2036. The initial phase, to be completed by January 2027, will see Portsmouth Water transition from PSTN lines through a controlled migration from analogue systems to a resilient, future-proof digital platform, providing continuous, seamless, and secure connectivity for critical systems across all sites.
Vysiion's digital communications solutions are specifically designed for Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) OT environments, balancing availability, integrity, and security with operational practicality for live water infrastructure. The design for Portsmouth Water will align with NIS Regulations, the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework, and IEC 62443, while providing resilient, secure connectivity.
"As we roll out our AMP8 programme for our OT assets, this strategic partnership with Vysiion is central to us modernising and securing our critical infrastructure requirements, both now and into the future. The thorough procurement process demonstrates Vysiion's strong track record in IT and OT environments, making them well placed as singular supply chain provider to meet our critical communications needs."
Bob Taylor - CEO at Portsmouth Water
We are delighted to be selected by Portsmouth Water to deliver a secure, resilient, and fully digital communications platform tailored to the differing operational criticality of its sites. Through UK-sovereign service delivery, and a strong focus on long-term operability, the new solution will not only meet current requirements but also provide a robust foundation for future evolution. This approach ensures Portsmouth Water achieves operational confidence and value on investment throughout the service lifecycle."
Peter Clapton - CEO at Vysiion
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Exponential-e has recently announced the appointment of Navjot Lauda as Director of Marketing and Alison Macmartin (previously Hastings) as Director of Channel Sales, following a rigorous assessment process.
Navjot brings more than 20 years of B2B marketing leadership experience, including over five years as Global Head of Marketing at DXC Technology, a Fortune 500 global IT services and consulting company. He has also held senior roles at leading technology companies, including Huawei and Alibaba, having lived and worked in China for more than 12 years.
Navjot is a member of the Society of Leadership Fellows and former judge at the prestigious B2B Marketing Awards and is passionate about building stronger brands through storytelling and human connection. He will work closely with teams across the Group to further strengthen Exponential-e's unique market position. Based in Ascot, Navjot enjoys spending time with his family outside of work.
Alison joins the team as one of the UK's most respected channel and alliance leaders, with a career built over 25 years. Most recently, Alison served in the enterprise SaaS, digital, and AI transformation space as Ayaya's Senior Director - Channel and Alliances - Europe. Prior to that, Alison spent a decade leading channel divisions across the telecommunication, internet service provider, and networking connectivity sectors in companies such as TalkTalk, Cable & Wireless, and Juniper.
Her deep experience of channel business has seen her cultivate strong, long-lasting partnerships between numerous leading systems integrators, providing a unique perspective on both leadership and business development. Alison brings energy and a fearless sales mentality that will only strengthen and expand Exponential-e's current and future channel and alliance ecosystems.
I am delighted to join Exponential-e at such a pivotal stage in both the company's transformational journey and the wider evolution of the UK technology sector. I look forward to leading the Group marketing function and helping drive the next phase of growth by combining brand strategy, human connection, data and AI to strengthen brand resonance, elevate client storytelling and create deeper engagement. I firmly believe people are every organisation's greatest asset, and I am excited to foster meaningful connections across the business, our customers and partners.
Navjot Lauda - Group Marketing Director
Exponential-e has established a truly unique identity in the channel space – one that I am keen to develop further in collaboration with both colleagues and channel partners. I'm confident that these partnerships will continue to bring a wealth of unexpected new innovations to market, all to our mutual benefit.
Alison Macmartin - Director of Channel Sales
There were numerous excellent candidates for both directorships, but Navjot and Alison were both clear standouts. Along with the rest of the Group's Board of Directors, I am delighted to welcome them to Exponential-e and look forward to working closely with them both in the years ahead.
Lee Wade - Founder & CEO of Exponential-e
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Exponential-e has been recognized with Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Service Provider (MSP) status, following a rigorous independent audit process.
The audit process validated all aspects of Exponential-e's Azure delivery capability, validating its ability to design, manage, and optimise complex, enterprise-grade Cloud environments. This encompassed governance frameworks, security posture, operational resilience, disaster recovery, DevOps / SysOps, FinOps, and lifecycle management.
As part of the Azure Expert Managed Service Provider programme, Exponential-e will now benefit from enhanced collaboration with Microsoft, including deeper technical engagement, advanced tooling, and strategic programme alignment. This will enable accelerated innovation across Azure data and AI services, earlier access to emerging capabilities, and stronger co-investment opportunities that will directly benefit our customers.
For customers - particularly those operating in complex and highly regulated sectors, such as financial services, healthcare, professional services, and the public sector - this recognition provides assurance that their Azure environments are managed to globally recognised standards, reinforcing Exponential-e's position as a trusted partner, capable of delivering measurable business outcomes across the full Cloud lifecycle.
Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Service Provider status validates the transformation of our managed services model to align with the principles of true Cloud-native delivery. This is not simply about operating infrastructure - it is about accelerating transformation, embedding intelligent operations, and enabling our customers to get more from their trusted Microsoft platforms as regulatory expectations and business requirements evolve.
Chris Christou - Director of Engineering at Exponential-e
Microsoft Achieving Azure Expert Managed Service Provider status reflects our sustained investment in capability, automation, security and people to better support our customers. It demonstrates our commitment to helping organisations accelerate their Cloud journeys with confidence. By combining deep technical expertise with a collaborative delivery model, we enable our customers to innovate faster, modernise securely, and realise greater value from their technology investments, whether operating fully in the Cloud or across complex hybrid environments.
Jonathan Bridges - Chief Information Officer at Exponential-e
As more organizations look to benefit from Microsoft Azure, we want to empower them to do it successfully. The Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Service Provider program does that by providing businesses across all industries access to some of the most capable service providers. Exponential e has demonstrated their expertise in delivering end-to-end Azure services to our mutual customers.
Julie Sanford - VP of Partner GTM, Programs and Experiences at Microsoft
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Exponential-e is the first UK MSP to join nLighten's nAlliance Partner Program, bringing together two complementary strengths:
- nLighten's network of sustainable, carrier-neutral edge data centres located across Europe.
- Exponential-e's evolving portfolio of IT innovations, delivered in intelligently integrated solution wraps for organisations across the public and enterprise sectors.
Together, we offer customers a powerful combination of proximity, performance, and sustainability.
This partnership was founded on a shared goal – to provide secure, sovereign, and intelligently integrated digital solutions that are closer to the user, greener, and smarter.
With the breadth of services Exponential-e delivers, geolocation is a critical priority for us in terms of both compliance and performance, particularly in an increasingly complex regulatory and cyber security landscape. The partnership with nLighten will allow us to fulfil these requirements to the letter, ensuring our customers' data is hosted in the optimal locations, in highly secure, compliant, and sustainable environments. This way, our teams will be able to guarantee the performance and availability of all critical platforms, while simultaneously ensuring the fulfilment of all security, compliance, and environmental goals.
Mark Cooper - Partner Engagement Manager at Exponential-e.
The Challenge
Businesses today face growing challenges in digital transformation – from managing complex hybrid architectures to meeting sustainability targets and data sovereignty requirements.
Our partnership was created to solve challenges such as:
- The drive for fully sovereign geolocated hosting environments across the UK and Europe in order to optimise the performance of the most data-intensive applications.
- A more sustainable approach to data hosting that supports organisations' long-term environmental goals.
- A growing need for fully integrated solution wraps that enable organisations to consolidate multiple areas of their IT infrastructure for greater control, visibility, and agility.
- An increasingly complex regulatory landscape concerning the hosting and management of critical data.
Together, we're helping customers overcome latency, connectivity, and compliance barriers that traditional centralised infrastructures can't meet.
Our joint value proposition:
Delivering fully managed, high-performance IT solutions hosted in strategically located, sustainable edge data centres, enabling organisations to scale securely, reduce latency, and meet evolving regulatory requirements.
The Joint Solution
The combined nLighten + Exponential-e solution offers:
- nLighten's contribution: local, low-latency data centre infrastructure, powered by renewable energy, with carrier-neutral interconnection and high resilience.
- Exponential-e's contribution: the critical platforms and applications organisations depend on, delivered as fully managed services on a foundation of world-class hosting environments, accelerating digital transformation initiatives
Customers benefit from reduced latency, improved resilience, and a lower environmental footprint across their entire IT infrastructure, in every location in which they are active.
Looking Ahead
As part of the nAlliance Partner Program, this collaboration represents our commitment to innovation, local empowerment, and long-term sustainability. We will continue to explore new joint offerings and customer initiatives that expand our impact across Europe – helping businesses stay connected, compliant, and ready for the digital future.
About nLighten and the nAlliance Program
nLighten operates a growing network of 34 edge data centres across seven European countries, bringing digital infrastructure closer to where people and businesses operate. Through the nAlliance Partner Program, we collaborate with technology, connectivity, and service partners to deliver scalable, sustainable solutions at the edge.
Together, we're redefining how digital services are delivered – faster, smarter, and closer to the customer.
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Exponential-e is pleased to announce that Sir Jeremy Fleming, the former Director General of GCHQ, will be one of the featured speakers at its upcoming closed-door forum, Building AI into the Fabric of the Enterprise on April 16th 2026. Along with a range of other thought leaders in the fields of AI, security, and enterprise strategy, Sir Jeremy will be exploring how leading-edge AI technologies are transforming the cyber threat landscape, the resulting need for a new breed of defence and resilience, and what steps organisations can begin taking today to maximise trust, governance and resilience when preparing to deploy these platforms at scale, across critical systems and infrastructure.
Having originally joined MI5 in 1993 and spent six years as the head of the UK's largest intelligence agency, Sir Jeremy is a globally recognised expert on technology's evolving role on the geopolitical stage, drawing on more than thirty years' deep experience in both domestic and international intelligence. In his time as Director General of GCHQ, he oversaw the organisation's establishment as a world-leading specialist in cyber security, regularly offered the Prime Minster guidance on cyber-related concerns, and was responsible for the establishment of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and National Cyber Force.
Sir Jeremy has long been a popular and insightful speaker at our events, with a unique perspective on the way technology is changing the geopolitical landscape. We are delighted he will be joining us on the 16th April, along with our other speakers - all of whom are recognised leaders in this emerging field. All attendees are sure to leave with a clearer understanding of AI's true importance and - most importantly - how to move it from experimentation to impact within their own organisations.
Jonathan Bridges - Chief Innovation Officer at Exponential-e
Full details of the event can be found here.
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The UK partnership sets a new benchmark for trusted AI deployment with advanced sovereign technology.
LONDON, 6th March 2026 - Exponential-e, the UK-based IT services company, has partnered with Conscium, a leading UK AI safety start-up, to accelerate trustworthy AI adoption across the public and private sectors.
The purpose of the collaboration is to advance AI agent assurance and governance capabilities, by bringing together Exponential-e's expertise in delivering secure, sovereign enterprise infrastructure, with Conscium's state-of-the-art AI verification capabilities. Together, the two companies will provide customers, including those in highly-regulated industries, with a robust framework to test, govern, and safely deploy AI agents in real-world environments.
The partnership comes as organisations across the world begin to deploy intelligent AI agents at scale, with billions of agents expected to be launched over the next few years. Research from Gartner found that 40% of all enterprise software applications are predicted to include task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026, up from just from under 5% in 2025.
Conscium's platform enables organisations to evaluate AI agents rigorously, before and during deployment, ensuring that they operate consistently as intended, and do not exhibit unsafe or unintended behaviours. The platform uses a multi-agent storyteller concept similar to gaming, with non-player characters (NPCs) testing the subject agent's ability to perform the role for which it has been designed.
The partnership builds on Exponential-e's recent appointment of Dr Daniel Hulme as Strategic Advisor. Dr Hulme is Founder and CEO of Conscium and brings extensive experience in building, assuring, and scaling advanced AI systems within complex environments.
Jonathan Bridges, Chief Innovation Officer at Exponential-e, said:
As organisations move from experimenting with AI to operationalising intelligent agents at scale, assurance becomes critical. It is no longer enough for AI systems to be powerful. They must be trustworthy, verifiable, and suitable for deployment in environments where security and sovereignty are essential.
Exponential-e works across a wide range of sectors and is trusted to deliver secure and resilient enterprise services at scale. Through this partnership with Conscium, we intend to accelerate our capability to support customers deploying AI agents safely and responsibly across both public and private sector environments.
Jonathan Bridges - Chief Innovation Officer at Exponential-e
Dr Daniel Hulme, co-founder and CEO of Conscium, and adviser to Exponential-e, said:
The UK has a real opportunity to lead in the development of trusted and sovereign AI. Exponential-e works with a large and diverse customer base and is trusted to operate at the heart of complex enterprise and public sector environments.
Dr Daniel Hulme - co-founder and CEO of Conscium, and adviser to Exponential-e.
By enhancing Exponential-e's depth of industry experience with Conscium's expertise in agent verification and advanced AI research, we can help organisations move beyond experimentation and into the safe and effective deployment of intelligent agents that deliver meaningful outcomes."
Ed Charvet, Co-founder at Conscium, said:
AI agents are rapidly evolving beyond proof-of-concept into autonomous systems capable of planning, decision-making, and real-world action. As deployment scales across enterprise environments, rigorous verification has become a foundational requirement. Organisations need certainty that agents will operate precisely as designed and remain within defined parameters.
Conscium's platform has been designed to support this next phase of adoption, enabling the verification of AI agents operating within secure and sovereign enterprise services across both public and private sector environments.
By combining specialist teams with deep experience in delivering secure, sovereign, and mission critical services, we are creating a transformative capability that helps organisations deploy AI agents safely, responsibly, and at scale.
Ed Charvet - co-founder at Conscium.
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Exponential-e appoints Dr Daniel Hulme as Strategic Advisor to accelerate end-to-end AI capabilities
Exponential-e has announced the appointment of globally recognised AI specialist Dr Daniel Hulme as Strategic Advisor. This marks a significant step in the company's evolution, building on its established strength in the secure platforms, connectivity, and high-performance compute that underpin modern intelligent systems, and enabling it to serve as a trusted partner in the design and delivery of fully assured, end-to-end AI capabilities.
In his new role, Dr Hulme will work closely with teams across the Exponential-e Group to support this journey, shaping assured, outcome-driven AI systems that can operate safely and effectively at scale. This includes agent assurance, advanced algorithm generation, and the design, deployment, and governance of transformational solutions within complex and highly regulated environments.
Dr Hulme is a globally recognised AI scientist, entrepreneur, and investor. He is widely recognised as one of the Top 10 Chief AI Officers worldwide for his work at WPP, following its acquisition of Satalia in 2021. He is also recognised for creating and scaling sovereign AI businesses that have delivered measurable value in enterprise environments, including Faculty (which Accenture has agreed to acquire) and Conscium – a research organisation focused on the rise of machine consciousness and the long-term implications of increasingly autonomous AI systems. This track record underlines his ability to take advanced AI capabilities beyond the research and engineering phases to deliver large-scale commercial and operational impact.
Alongside his commercial work, Dr Hulme serves on the Impact Board of the University of St Andrews Computer Science, where his work focuses on the business, ethical, and societal impact of advanced technologies, advocating for their responsible adoption. He is also a highly regarded keynote speaker, advising governments and enterprises globally on the future of AI.
Commenting on the appointment, Jonathan Bridges, Chief Information Officer at Exponential-e, said:
AI has moved beyond experimentation. From intelligent agents to next generation customer experiences, organisations now require AI systems that are not only powerful, but assured, explainable, and suitable for real world deployment.
I have worked with Daniel for more than 20 years, and his depth of expertise across research, engineering, and large-scale delivery is exceptional. His involvement will help us convert raw AI capability into trusted solutions that deliver measurable outcomes, even in the most challenging environments.
Jonathan Bridges
Exponential-e works with a large and diverse customer base across the UK economy, spanning sectors such as healthcare, critical national infrastructure, defence, and professional services. What stands out is the level of trust placed in the organisation to deliver secure, sovereign, and resilient digital platforms at scale.
Dr Hulme
As AI becomes more embedded in core operations, particularly in regulated and mission-critical environments, organisations need partners that can combine deep infrastructure capability with assured, responsible AI development. Exponential-e is uniquely positioned in this regard, with the foundations, governance, and customer reach already in place.
I am looking forward to working with the team to help evolve that strong platform and compute capability into end-to-end AI systems that are trustworthy, explainable, and capable of delivering meaningful transformation across multiple sectors of the UK economy.
With this appointment, Exponential-e reinforces its position as a trusted partner that not only delivers AI's underlying foundation, but enables organisations across the UK to design, assure, and operationalise the full range of its capabilities.
Dr Hulme will be a keynote speaker at a planned London event in April, sharing his insights into unlocking this technology's true business value.
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Exponential-e's UX & CX teams were recently named Five9's EMEA Partner of the Year at its 2025 Global Partner Awards ceremony in Las Vegas, acknowledging the partnerships ongoing work throughout the year to transform CX across the entire region, making full use of leading-edge AI and automation technologies.
Five9 is the world leader in contact centre software utilising next-gen solutions to help transform these environments into the focal points of organisations' customer engagement strategies. Exponential-e utilises Five9's platforms as key elements of its Contact Centre as-a-Service solution, empowering teams to intelligently automate their workflows in a way that ensures agents are always fully supported, delivering quick resolutions and seamless customer experiences.
Gareth Hayes - Exponential-e's Director of UX & CX - commented:
This award reflects the hard work teams from both Exponential-e and Five9 put in throughout 2025, helping to establish the new breed of AI-powered customer experience as the new standard across multiple sectors. While the agentic AI's potential in the contact centre is enormous, its successful implementation always depends on the right blend of the right technologies and human agents' experience and expertise. This has been the driving force behind our own CCaaS solution and the success of our partnership with Five9. The team and I are immensely proud of this award and look forward to working with Five9 in the years ahead, bringing more CX innovations to market.
Gareth Hayes
Kim Hill - SVP for Partners at Five9 commented:
We're thrilled to recognise Exponential-e as our EMEA Partner of the Year. Their continued commitment, technical expertise and close collaboration with our regional teams have made a real impact, driving significant growth, new customer wins, and innovative delivery across EMEA. It's a true partnership, and we look forward to what we can achieve together next.
Kim Hill
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