Fran Burnham joins team base as Chief Revenue Officer to spearhead company growth as it continues to scale

Press Release: London, UK – 12th November 2024: base, the leading managed service provider and consultancy for cloud native media services, is delighted to announce its new hire of Chief Revenue Officer, Fran Burnham, effective 11th November 2024. 

Fran has 24 years of sales leadership experience, including working in private equity-backed advertising and data companies. Her experience growing companies to over £20+ million in revenue will aid base’s expansion at scale as it embarks on further growing its service offerings in managed cloud hosting, Software-as-a-Service and Enterprise Cloud Transformation. 

As Chief Revenue Officer, Fran will lead the commercial division of the organization to empower the marketing, partnerships, sales, and customer success teams across the business. With a background in fast paced B2B environments including publishing, media, events, and data intelligence, Fran brings a diverse perspective to help base continue to scale in high-growth digital video markets. She will play a crucial role in the growth of base as she creates a global sales strategy to align the company goals and core principles.

Ben Foakes, CEO of base, commented, “We are very excited for Fran to join our leadership team at base. Her expertise and experience, particularly in other verticals and large enterprises will be crucial as we expand our services, and our presence in the US market. She is very passionate about our culture, how we do business, and the people we have on our team.  I personally can’t wait to take the company to the next phase together.”

Upon starting her new role, Fran Burnham said, “Joining base is a brilliant opportunity to leverage my experience leading high-performing commercial teams and driving revenues.  base has an excellent reputation as a managed service provider and serves several renowned customers. I look forward to making a positive impact in this role and working with a team that has a strong company ethos and culture.”

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