ikeGPS (IKE) announced the appointment of Mark Ratcliffe as a non-executive director, effective 1 January 2020. Mark joins IKE most recently from Chorus, where he was its Chief Executive Officer leading the deployment of fiber and other telecommunications infrastructure across New Zealand during which time it connected more than 600,000 homes & businesses to its fibre network and grew annualized revenue to $970m. Mark brings global business experience from positions across the telecommunications market and has extensive investor and capital market experience specific to network infrastructure businesses. Mark's past and current roles include: Chief Executive Officer of Chorus; Chief Operating Officer Wholesale & Technology of Telecom New Zealand (now known as Spark); Chief Information Officer of Telecom New Zealand (now known as Spark); Interim Chief Executive at the New Zealand Transport Agency (finishing February 2020).