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Kevin Loosemore, 48 (Non-executive Chairman) †‡
Kevin was the Chief Operating Officer of Cable & Wireless plc from April 2003 to 31 March 2005. He was previously President of Motorola Europe, Middle East and Africa and, before that, was Chief Executive of IBM UK and a member of the IBM Worldwide Management Committee. From 1997 to 1999 he was Managing Director of De La Rue Card Systems. He has a degree in politics and economics from Oxford University. |
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Stephen Kelly, 45 (Executive director and Chief Executive Officer)
Stephen Kelly was named Chief Executive Officer in May 2006. He was previously Chief Executive Officer of Chordiant, from January 2002 to February 2006. He served as Chordiant's President and Chief Operating Officer from October 2000 through January 2002, and as senior vice president of International operations from October 1998 to October 2000. Prior to this, he spent almost ten years in a number of senior management positions with Oracle. Stephen received his BSc with honours in business administration from the University of Bath. |
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Nick Bray, 42 (Executive director and Chief Financial Officer)
Nick became Chief Financial Officer in January 2006. He was previously Group Finance Director of Fibernet Group plc, having joined the company in February 2001. Before that, he held the positions of Group Chief Financial Officer of Gentia Software plc and Chief Accounting Officer of Comshare Inc. He started his career at Price Waterhouse where he qualified as a chartered accountant. Nick has a first class honours degree in civil engineering from Aston University. |
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David Dominik, 51 (Non-executive director) ‡
David has been a Managing Director of Golden Gate Capital since its inception in 2000. He previously spent ten years as a Managing Director at Bain Capital. He managed Information Partners, a specialised fund within Bain Capital, that focused on opportunities in the information services and software markets and also served on the investment committee of Brookside, Bain Capital's public equity hedge fund. David has a juris doctor degree from Harvard Law School (cum laude) and an AB in social studies (economics and history) from Harvard College (magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa). |
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Prescott Ashe, 40 (Non-executive director)
Prescott has been a Managing Director of Golden Gate Capital since its inception in 2000. He was previously a principal at Bain Capital, which he joined in 1991 and, before that, was a consultant at the global strategy consultancy, Bain & Company. Prescott has a juris doctor degree from Stanford Law School and a bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley. |
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David Maloney, 51 (Non-executive director) *†‡
David is Chairman of Hoseasons Holdings Ltd and a non-executive director of Ludorum plc, Cineworld Group plc and Carillion plc. His most recent executive role was as Chief Financial Officer of the global hotel group Le Meridien Hotels and Resorts. Prior to that he was Chief Financial Officer of Thomson Travel Group and Preussag Airlines, and Group Finance Director of Avis Europe plc. David is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and has a degree in economics from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. |
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Tom Skelton, 45 (Non-executive director) *†
Tom served as Chief Executive Officer for Misys Healthcare Systems from January 2002 until March 2007 and as a director of Misys plc. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer, Medic Computer Systems, a US-based software company focused on the healthcare information technology market. He earned his BSBA from Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, Pa. |
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Paul Pester, 44 (Non-executive director) *†
Paul was appointed a non-executive director on 27 June 2007; he is currently an independent consultant working in the banking and financial services industry. His most recent executive role was as Chief Executive Officer of Moneyfacts Group plc. Previously he was Managing Director of Consumer Banking at Lloyds TSB Group, Chairman of the British Bankers' Association (BBA) Retail Committee, a Director at VISA International and Chairman of the Travellers Cheque Association. In his earlier career he was as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and spent six years with the Virgin Group, the last five as Group CEO of Virgin Money. Paul holds a first class honours degree in physics from Manchester University and a doctorate in mathematical physics from Oxford University. |
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