Tom Rigg is the friendly and highly experienced Chief Executive Officer of B4RN, a multi-award-winning community-led ISP based in Lancashire. With over 15 years of telecommunications experience, Tom has been instrumental in developing and delivering broadband services across the North. Under his leadership, Broadband for the Rural North Ltd is building a reliable and future-proof 'full-fibre' broadband network, delivering to those hardest to reach.

B4RN "Broadband for the Rural North Ltd" is an Internet Service Provider (ISP) delivering gigabit full-fibre broadband to the hardest to reach. Operating as a Community Benefit Society, B4RN prioritises social impact over financial gain. B4RN's mission is to deliver the best internet service in the country to the areas that are hardest to reach, working shoulder to shoulder with, and for, rural communities, to realise the enduring benefits of greater resilience and connectivity."