Pacific Fibre announced the upcoming departure of founding member and CTO John Humphrey on its blog yesterday.

Humphrey is to complete work on a REANNZ deal, after which he will leave the company.

A statement on the company's blog explained the move:

"With an increasing industry niche specific team dedicated to financing, building and operating the cable and dry segments John is able to leave. As a founder and a shareholder he will clearly stay connected to the team and project."

Pacific Fibre also announced two recent hires. Todd Sutton joined the team from Vector, where he was a solution manager, and Chris Humphrey who brought finance and strategy expertise to the team.