Board of Directors

 

Jon Richards – Chairman

In recent years Jon has chaired to exit a number of companies including Citymeeting Ltd, Redsky IT Ltd, MM Group, Propero Ltd and Quadstone Ltd. Jon has a wealth of relevant experience in the UK IT industry and was CEO of Anite Group Plc from 1989 to 1997. He was Chairman of the National Council for Education & Technology reporting to the Minister of State from 1992 to 1995.

David Rice-Jones - Non-executive Director

David has 20 years' financial and operational experience in the software and telco sectors. Most recently David was CFO at Jacobs Rimell where he ran a successful exit process for investors, resulting in the sale to Amdocs in 2008. Previously David was CFO of Cramer for four years where he was responsible for Cramer’s acquisition of T-Soft and lead commercial and contractual negotiations during the sale of Cramer to Amdocs in 2006. David has also headed up European Finance for Access360, Continuus Software and Cadence and his early career was spent at Nortel where he held a variety of commercial finance positions. David qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1985 and has an honours degree in Engineering Science and Management from Durham University.

Andy Charalambous – Non-executive Director

Andy has nearly two decades of experience in senior sales management roles in the telecommunications industry. Most recently, he served as Vice-President of EMEA for Marconi’s Data Networks Division. Prior to Marconi, Andy served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Services at Orchestream Holdings where, during his tenure, he drove sales revenues from zero to over $25 million. Andy also held senior sales management positions with Unisphere Networks Inc., Tellabs Corporations Inc., and Anite Networks.

Mark Boggett - Board Member

Mark is the Investment Director of Seraphim Capital, one of the many funds managed by YFM, one of Europe’s largest venture capital organisations. He’s an active investor in technology across all sectors and stages serving on numerous boards throughout his venture career. Prior to Seraphim he was the Investment Director of London Seed Capital and three further venture EIS funds. He initially trained as an equity analyst and fund manager at Williams de Broe and Brewin Dolphin before moving into venture. He has a degree in Accounting & Finance, an MA Economics & Finance and a range of professional investment qualifications.

Tony Fallows - Executive Director

Dr Jay Perrett - Executive Director