Avanti Communications Group plc announced that Adam Kleinman has joined the Board of as a non-executive director replacing Peter Reed who is resigning with effect from March 12, 2019. Mr Adam Kleinman is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Great Elm Capital Group Inc., the Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Great Elm Capital Management Inc. and the Chief Compliance Officer of Great Elm Capital Corp. Prior to joining Great Elm, he was a Partner and the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel at a Boston-based registered investment adviser from 2009 to 2017. From 2004 to 2009, Mr. Kleinman was an Associate in the Banking and Leveraged Finance group at Bingham McCutchen LLP where he represented leading financial institutions, hedge funds and corporate borrowers in a broad range of commercial finance transactions.