Derek Lewis, aged 64, Non-Executive Chairman
Derek Lewis has had a successful career in the IT
industry, working initially for IBM, and then spending the last 25
years as an entrepreneur investing in a number of start-ups
(including the outsourcing firm Vertex Data Science), leading an
MBO of MBS Product Sales Limited from MBS plc and gaining wide
experience of the private equity world both as management backed by
private equity and within a private equity firm. He has wide
experience in the roles of Chairman and Director in the public and
private areas and in both executive and non-executive capacities.
Chairman of Remuneration and Audit Committees.
John McGuire, aged 52, Chief Executive
John McGuire, the CEO of FreshTL, has over 20 years of
experience in developing and exiting start up technology businesses
both in the private and public sectors. He previously co-founded
and was CEO of Red Squared Plc and before that he was the
co-founder and managing director of Datel Advanced
Systems Limited, both IBM business partners.
Stephen Blank, aged 59, Finance Director
Stephen Blank qualified as a Chartered Accountant with
KPMG in 1976. He joined General Surety & Guarantee Co Ltd, an
insurance company specialising in performance bonds in 1977 and
then joined BDO Binder Hamlyn in 1981 and became a partner in 1983.
He specialised in corporate finance, and was named Reporting
Accountant on the Norweb float. He joined Swinton Insurance as
Group Planning and Finance Director in 1989, leaving in 1991
following its acquisition by Royal Sun Alliance. He then commenced
acting as part-time finance director or non-executive director for
a small portfolio of SMEs. Over a period several of these have
progressed from start up, via fund-raising and on to an exit.
Timothy Branton, aged 43, Group Product
Director
Tim Branton is a Business Development specialist with 20 years'
experience in the chemicals, telecoms and business services
sectors. He worked for ICI for 9 years in a number of marketing and
business development roles in the UK and South Africa before
joining Cable & Wireless Global Marine in 1998. Tim managed
Global Marine's business in the Far East, including gaining
extensive board level experience in China and Japan. He went on to
run Global Marine's Business Development and R&D unit.
He was Managing Director of aatranslations from 2005-2009,
establishing an entirely web-based workflow and document management
system for customers, translators and project managers and gaining
ISO9001 accreditation for the business. In 2009 he established TSL
to build a SaaS policy management tool aimed at businesses adhering
to standards such as ISO9001, or operating in heavily regulated
sectors such as healthcare and financial services.
James Grossman, aged 71, Non-Executive Director
James H. Grossman is an international businessman and
corporate and international lawyer with over 35 years of experience
which includes serving on the boards of directors of public
companies based both in the United States and the United Kingdom
which have been listed on NASDAQ, London Stock Exchange, AIM
and the TSX Venture Exchange. He is a graduate of the Harvard Law
School with business activities in London, Geneva, Calgary, and San
Francisco. He has had both management and operational experience.
Member of Remuneration and Audit Committees.
Angus Matheson, aged 51, Non-Executive
Director
After reading law, Angus Matheson was involved in the start-up
of In-Time in 1981. This company operates watch sales and service
concessions in major department stores and grew to become the
largest company in this field in the UK. He became Managing
Director in 1987 and sold the company in 1999 to a venture capital
owned international retailer for whom he continued to work until
2006, when he led a venture capital backed management buy-out. He
has also had non-executive experience in a trade organisation and a
charitable trust.