Avanti Communications Group plc announced that Peter Reed, Craig Chobor and Michael Leitner have joined the board of the company as non-executive directors with effect from January 27, 2017. Peter Reed is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at MAST Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Reed is also a member of the investment committee and the risk committee. Mr. Reed is currently a Director of International Wire Group Holdings Inc., Avanti Communications Group plc and Great Elm Capital Group Inc., as well as Chairman of the Board of Great Elm Capital Corp. and Chairman of the Board of Nebraska Book Holdings Inc., and is a Trustee of the Nativity Preparatory School in Boston. Craig Chobor currently serves as a board member for TerreStar Corp., Nextwave Holdco LLC, Panavision Corp. and FiberTower. Michael Leitner is a managing partner of Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC and a member of its management committee. Mr. Leitner currently serves as a Director on the boards of Avanti, Integra Telecom and Core Media. In addition, the company announced that Richard Vos, Michael walker and Charmaine Eggberry have resigned as non-executive directors of the company with immediate effect. Nigel Fox has also stepped down from the board of the company with effect from January 27, 2017 but will remain at the company in his current role as chief financial officer.