Frontier Communications Names Perley McBride As EVP And CFO

(RTTNews) - Frontier Communications Corp. (FTR) announced that R. Perley McBride will join the Company on September 12, 2016, and will become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer following a transition period. Mr. McBride will succeed John Jureller, who is stepping down to pursue other opportunities.

Prior to joining Frontier, Perley McBride was the Chief Financial Officer of Cable & Wireless Communications Plc until its May 2016 acquisition by Liberty Global plc. Previously, Mr. McBride served as Chief Financial Officer at Leap Wireless International, which operated the Cricket Communications mobile brand, from December 2012 through May 2014 and was part of the Executive team that led the business through its acquisition by AT&T Inc. Prior to Leap Wireless, he served as Executive Vice President of Finance at The Weather Company, owner of The Weather Channel among other assets, between 2010 and 2012, where he was instrumental in achieving sustained EBITDA growth and reducing leverage by two turns. He served in several senior financial management roles at Frontier between 1999 and 2010, and also between 1994 and 1997.