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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Chairman operating in the Software space. If you think a Chairman is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Paul Ellis
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Electron
Paul Ellis is co-founder and CEO at Electron, a new platform focusing on reinventing the retail energy market in the UK using the Ethereum blockchain. Prior to Electron, Paul spent 13 years in Investment Banking. He founded a development business and fin tech incubator. He then created and ran an electronic trading platform for credit derivatives for a number of years.
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About Electron: Electron is accelerating the energy industry’s transition to Net Zero by making granular, market-based interactions possible.
Julian Ranger
Chairman & Founder of Digime
After early work integrating as an aeronautical engineer, Julian founded STASYS Ltd in 1987, specialising in data interoperability and the military internet, and grew it to a staff of 230, with subsidiaries in the United States, Germany, Malaysia and Australia prior to its sale to Lockheed Martin in 2005. Julian’s management responsibilities encompassed the complete range from Board level vision, direction and control to business development, operational, finance and technical leadership, including developing the iSMART process used for interoperability management by militaries worldwide today. Julian left Lockheed in 2007 as Vice President International Strategic Development, and set up his angel investment and consultancy business, J Ranger Ltd. Julian has invested and supported over 20 start-up businesses, highlights include: Astrobotic, aiming to be the first commercial lunar landing, rover and exploration business; Hailo, revolutionizing the licenced taxi market worldwide; DataSift, providing intelligent access to the world’s social data streams. Julian continues to build new businesses, currently founder and Chairman of digi.me which is reimagining the personal internet putting users back in control of their own data. Julian is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the IMechE and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Engineers, and is also a Virgin Galactic Future Astronaut.
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About Digime, iBundle, J Ranger, Kantara Initiative, Mobile Ecosystem Forum, Worshipful Company of Engineers: Digi.me allows consumers to gather their personal data and share it with businesses in a mutually beneficial value exchange.
Nicholas Shekerdemian
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Headstart
Nicholas Shekerdemian is the co-founder and executive chairman at Headstart.
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About Headstart, The Venture Collective: Headstart is diversity recruiting software focused on breaking the cycle of exclusion.
Ian Campbell
Executive Chairman of Airfi Networks
See https://www.linkedin.com/in/iancmpbll/
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About Airfi Networks: We help Original Equipment Manufacturers launch and monetize cellular connected products worldwide through our Catalyst IoT Platform
Mark Hunter
Co-Founder and Chairman of BJSS
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About BJSS: BJSS is an award winning delivery-focused IT Consultancy.
Jesper Balser
Chairman of Milestone Systems
Mr. Balser co-founded Navision in 1985 and as CEO steered that company’s growth for 18 years to become an international provider of ERP business management software. Mr. Balser took Navision public in 1999 and the company was acquired by Microsoft Corporation in 2002 – their largest acquisition to date for USD 1.55 billion . Navision became a new division called Microsoft Business Solutions. Balser then served as that division’s Head of Global Strategy until leaving to pursue other interests as an investor and entrepreneur for a number of technology firms. “Milestone is an exciting company in a very interesting sector. I am impressed with how much has been achieved since its start in 1998. Milestone has already documented its ability to compete in the global market. Now the international expansion will be accelerated and systemized, where I hope my background will contribute,” says Jesper Balser
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About : Milestone Systems develops open platform IP video management software, delivering easy-to-manage surveillance solutions for enterprises.
Carl Edward Rasmussen
Chief Scientist & Chairman of Secondmind
Carl is professor of machine learning in Cambridge. He believes that probability theory is the foundations of information, modelling, inference, learning and rational decision making. He is chairman at Prowler. Carl occasionally leaves Cambridge to run up mountains, as he has already conquered all the peaks of Cambridgeshire.
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About Secondmind: Machine learning for automotive innovators
Clive Scrivener
Non-Executive Chairman of Oxbotica
Clive Scrivener serves as the chairman of Dukosi.
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About Aceleron, Bramble Energy, Oxbotica, Vehicle Certification Agency: Oxbotica powers the navigation, perception, user interface, fleet management, and other features needed to run self-driving vehicles.
Richard Burston
Vice Chairman of KORE Wireless
Richard Burston, a successful entrepreneur and private equity investor, founded Regency Capital International Limited, a London-based merchant bank in 1991. From 2002 to 2004, He was the CEO of Bostream AB, following Regency Capital’s purchase of a majority interest in the company. He built Bostream into Sweden’s leading independent broadband ISP, prior to selling the company in late 2004. Before founding Regency Capital in 1991, he was employed by Morgan Stanley. Mr Burston, a Canadian citizen, has a B.A. in Economics from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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About KORE Wireless: KORE Wireless is a trusted advisor delivering mission-critical IoT solutions and services.
Jeremy Wilson
Non-Executive Chairman of QPQ
Jeremy Wilson is currently the Chairman at QPQ.
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About QPQ: QPQ is a network infrastructure to enable a digital universe.
Jeremy Wilson
Non-Executive Chairman of QPQ
Jeremy Wilson is currently the Chairman at QPQ.
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About QPQ: QPQ is a network infrastructure to enable a digital universe.
Laurent Laffy
Founder and Executive Chairman of SeedLegals
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About Prepay Technologies, SeedLegals: The simple way for companies to complete the legals needed to raise investment and distribute equity
Marek Fodor
Chairman of Kantox
Marek began his career working in consulting and banking before moving on to internet-related projects. Before joining Kantox he co-founded and was CTO at Atrapalo, largest independent online travel agency in Spain. He is an active business angel investor and mentor for technology startups. He is specialised in marketing and growth strategiHe has a dual university education background in both computer science and in economics.
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About 4Founders Capital, Kantox, SeedRocket, Terminis, Toubkal Partners: Kantox is a leader in Currency Management Automation software that enables businesses to automate their end-to-end FX workflow
Ron Zeghibe
Executive Chairman, Founder of FREE NOW
Ron Zeghibe is the Founder & Chairman of the Board of Directors at Hailo. Prior to this he has enjoyed a successful career in media and outdoor advertising.
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About FREE NOW, Xenomorph: FREE NOW is one of the biggest ride-hailing apps in Europe and currently available in 11 countries.
Chris Niarchos
Founder & Chairman of Cobra Group of Companies
Chris Niarchos is the Founder and Chairman of the Cobra Group of Companies is an is an entrepreneurial organisation that specialises in incubating, developing and managing an exciting portfolio of businesses, with interests in sales and marketing, insurance, mobile technology, financial services, high-performance race car design and manufacture, and energy. The Cobra Group currently has 13 subsidiary companies, which include Appco Group – one of the world’s leading face-to-face fundraising and marketing agencies – McLaren GT and AmTrust Mobile Solutions. Cobra is continuing to build on its diverse portfolio of businesses, all with the common theme of opening up a world of opportunity to the people associated with them.
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About Cobra Group of Companies: Diversified group of sales, fundraising, investment, training, software development and technology companies.
Nick Discombe
Chairman of IRIS Software Group
Nick has worked with global software, data and services companies, both private and public, and since 2007 has been an advisor and board member to a small number of private equity backed businesses. Nick was previously CEO of Witness Systems, a NASDAQ listed business, which he joined in 2003 through the acquisition of Eyretel plc. Here he was CEO and led the company through its IPO process in 2000. Prior to joining Eyretel in 1996, Nick spent seven years at Synon Europe, where he was president.
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About : IRIS Software Group is a UK-based enterprise software provider.
Eli Talmor
Chairman of Cipia (formerly Eyesight Technologies)
Eli Talmor is a professor at London Business School and was previously on the finance faculty of UCLA and Wharton. He serves on the board of governors of Tel Aviv University and the advisory board of the African Venture Capital Association among others. A renowned authority on private equity, he testified to the UK Parliament and advised the UK Prime Minister’s Office. Business-wise he is a serial cornerstone investor with multiple exits, notably a co-founder of SunRay Renewable Energy which was acquired in one of Europe’s largest venture exits of that year.
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About Coller Institute of Private Equity: Cipia, formerly Eyesight Technologies, is a leading provider of computer vision AI based solutions for the automotive in-cabin industryץ
David Rasche
Chairman of the Board of Directors of GB Group
Appointed to the Board in September 2010. He was the founder of SSP Holdings Limited, one of the largest specialist insurance software houses in the world. David has over 40 years IT industry experience with over 35 years at board level in the software and services sectors. He is also Non-Executive Chairman of Onyx Group.
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About : GB Group offers a series of solutions that help organisations quickly validate and verify the identity and location of their customers.
Joshua Pennell
Founder and Chairman of IOActive
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About IOActive, ISSA-UK: IOActive is a security consultancy with a global presence and deep expertise spanning hardware, software, and wetware.
Stephen Bullock
Exec Chairman of Autologyx
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About Autologyx, Beacon Capital: Autologyx is the next-generation Fabric Automation Platform for enterprise businesses.
Norman Fraser
Co-founder, Executive Chairman of SoftIron
Norman Fraser Co-Founded and led successful international technology businesses, including Vocalis (IPO) and Endava (ranked as a Leader in the IAOP Global Outsourcing 100 list). A former Visiting Fellow at Henley Business School, UK, he is currently Visiting Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark.
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About Escher Group, SoftIron: SoftIron creates high-performing, scalable, flexible, reliable, and efficient storage solutions for the modern-day enterprise.
Chris (Sam) Sanders
Chairman of Shoprocket
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About : Sell from your existing website, social media and more, in minutes
Judith Halkerston
Chairman of Symphonic
Judith is a senior industry figure in the IT sector with over three decades of executive sales, marketing and operational experience in major IT, services delivery and consulting companies. She is now a non-executive and adviser to a number of IT and consulting companies in both Scotland and England. Previously, Judith held positions at BT as VP Global Health, at Logica as MD of their Energy, Utilities and Telecoms sector, and at Xansa where she worked in the UK, Europe, the US and India.
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About Symphonic: Symphonic is the provider of Intelligent Authorization.
Rob O’Donovan
Co-Founder & Chairman of Charlie
Rob O’Donovan works as Chairman and Co-founder for The Eleven.
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About Charlie, The Eleven: Charlie is the HR software for small teams with big ideas.
Alberto Gabbai
Chairman and CEO of Cezanne HR
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About Cezanne HR: Comprehensive Cloud HR software for mid-sized UK & international businesses
Nigel Knowles
Chairman of The Link App
Sir Nigel Knowles is a former Global Co-Chairman and Senior Partner of DLA Piper, having served as Global Co-CEO and Managing Partner for nearly twenty years before. He is credited with DLA Piper’s remarkable growth, leading the firm through a series of merges and taking the firm from its regional origins to the global firm it is today. He received a knighthood in 2009 in recognition of his services to the legal industry. In 2015, Legal Business awarded Sir Nigel a “Lifetime Achievement Award” and in April 2016 Sir Nigel was given the Financial News “Editor’s Choice” award for lifetime achievement. Sir Nigel is Chairman of Sheffield City Region LEP and a Trustee of The Prince’s Trust. He was High Sheriff of Greater London 2016/17.
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About BioSURE, DWF, The Link App: The Link App is an easy-to-use platform that reinvents a law firm’s client experience.
Ashley Cooper
Chairman of Properr
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About : Simplifying the property purchasing process.
Antony Jenkins
Founder & Executive Chairman of 10xbanking
Antony’s focus on driving innovation in the digital economy also extends to his role as Group Chairman of Currencies Direct, the leading UK non-bank provider of foreign exchange and international payment services; and his role as a board member of Blockchain, the world’s leading software platform for digital assets. He is a Board Director of Fannie Mae, sitting on the US mortgage lender’s Strategic Initiatives and Technology Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Antony is a strong believer in the need for businesses to support the future workforce to acquire the right skills to thrive in the digital era; his commitment to education is recognised in his role as Chair of the Institute for Apprenticeships, an employer-led organisation established to promote high-quality apprenticeships by 2020. He was previously the Group CEO of Barclays plc for three years until July 2015.
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About 10xbanking: 10xbanking offers a digital banking platform that will transform the way financial services providers operate.
Percy Barnevik
Honorary Chairman of Sandvik
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About Sandvik: Sandvik is an engineering group with products that enhance customer productivity, profitability, and sustainability.
Bill Fitzgerald
Chairman of Featurespace
Bill Fitzgerald is a Co-founder at Featurespace.
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About Featurespace, University of Cambridge: Featurespace provides an adaptive behavioral analytics technology and automated deep behavioral networks for risk management.
Andy Richards
Co-Chairman of Sensiia
Andy Richards CBE is an entrepreneur specialising in healthcare and life sciences. He is currently Chairman of Arecor Limited, Congenica Limited, Abcodia Limited and Novacta Biosystems Limited as well as being a Director of Silence Therapeutics plc, Ieso Digital Health Limited and Sensiia Limited. He was a founder of Chiroscience Group plc and an executive director through its merger with Celltech plc in 1999. Andy has a track record as a founder, diector and active investor in more than 25 innovative healthcare and life science companies., including Vectura and Arakis. He is Chariman of Babraham Bioscience Technologies (the Babraham Campus), a director of Cancer Research Technologies, and a member of CRUK. Andy is a graduate of the University of Cambridge with a PhD in Chemistry and is also a founder member of the Cambridge Angels.
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About Abcodia, Ixico, Sensiia, Virtua UK Ltd: Sensiia is a wearable monitoring devices intended to track multiple elements of physiological measurement.
Mike Tobin
Chairman of Ultraleap
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About : Ultraleap is working to create the most remarkable connection between people and technology.
Justin Pike
Founder & Chairman of MYPINPAD
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About : INVENTORS OF THE WORLD’S FIRST SOFTWARE PAYMENTS TERMINAL
Richard Constant
Executive Chairman of Living PlanIT SA
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About Living PlanIT SA, Planit Ventures: Living PlanIT SA is a software development and data analysis company that developed the first Urban Operating System.
Matthew Cleevely
CEO & Chairman of 10to8
Matthew founded 10to8 with a few friends to help simplify managing bookings and make the world a little bit more organised. He helps out where needed across the business in strategy, accounting, finance, compliance, fund raising and people. Outside of 10to8 he works with wide range of high growth businesses to help them achieve their goals. He’s also got an MEng in Engineering from Oxford and MPhil in Economics from Cambridge
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About 10to8: 10to8 is a powerful appointment scheduling software that is GDPR & CCPA ready, offers HIPAA tools, and is ISO 27001 certified.
Ian Burnett
Non Executive Chairman of Stroma Ltd
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About Stroma Ltd: Stroma Ltd provides compliance services and software applications.
Neil Heywood
Executive Chairman of Two Big Ears Ltd
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About Two Big Ears Ltd: Two Big Ears is a Scottish company specialising in creating efficient audio toolkits for game and virtual reality developers.
Gary McIlraith
Executive Chairman of Tomia
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About Tomia: Tomia is the merger of Telarix and Starhome Mach, offers transformative connectivity solutions to service providers worldwide.
Denys C. Shortt
Chairman & CEO of Enable
Denys Shortt is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at DCS Group. He is also a Co-Founder at Enable.
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About Enable: Enable is a startup developing a cloud-based software tool for business-to-business rebate management.
Mike Hedger
Chairman of Conversocial
Mike Hedger has a track record in building market-leading companies. Mike was previously CEO of email archiving company KVS from its inception in 1999 to its successful sale to Veritas for $225 million in 2004 (now Symantec Enterprise Vault). Before that, he served as EVP Worldwide Operations at Forte, building the European business before moving to head up Worldwide Operations which culminated in a successful acquisition by Sun for $700 million. Mike’s earlier career included positions as VP Marketing Operations EMEA for Oracle, Managing Director UK and Northern Europe for INGRES/ASK and successful sales careers at both WANG and IBM. Mike is also the chairman of Mimecast and eCommera.
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About : Conversocial is a Customer Experience Platform for Messaging Channels.
Frank Foxall
Chairman of Camwood
Led the buyout of Camwood’s Venture Capital investors Matrix and Foresight in a deal completed on 26th April 2012. This represented another milestone in the extraordinary journey of the world’s foremost specialists in application intelligence and ‘Enlightened Migration’. Frank was also one of the original founders of App-DNA in 2008 and subsequently acquired by Citrix in October 2011 in a deal worth nearly $100million. As well as Chairman of Camwood, other investments include Rimo3 and Norskale.
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About Camwood: Camwood is an IT services business that specialises in application migration and portfolio management.
Mark Liddington
Chairman of DataSet Analysis
Wealth management, Investment management
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About UBS: DSA is an early stage medtech startup company that aims to bring research and diagnostics software to the business market.
Nigel Litchfield
Chairman of Antenova
Nigel Litchfield served as Acting Chief Executive Officer of Liquavista B.V. until August 19, 2009. Litchfield served as President of Vertu , the wholly owned luxury mobile phone subsidiary of Nokia from 2002 to 2004. Litchfield served as Senior Vice President of Nokia Mobile Phones responsible for APAC region based in Singapore and Hong Kong, where he established Nokia as the leading brand in Asia. He served as Senior Vice President of Global Product Marketing of Nokia Mobile Phones from 1992 to 1996, Managing Director of Nokia Mobile Phones UK and he served as a member of the Nokia Mobile Phones Board for over 10 years from 1992 to 2002. He held management positions in retail marketing and purchasing for major retailers such as Currys, Dixons, Texas Homecare. Litchfield served as Purchasing Director of Granada Rental and Retail. Litchfield has more than 14 years of executive and product management experience within Nokia Mobile Phones. He has been Chairman and Director of Liquavista B.V. since May 2008. Litchfield served as Chairman and Director of Antenova Ltd.
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About Antenova: Antenova develops and supplies standard and custom antennas, and radio frequency antenna modules.
Mike Hickey
Chairman of pureLiFi
Mike Hickey held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Wolfson Microelectronics from January 2009 until its acquisition by Cirrus Logic Inc in Sept 2014. Mike joined Wolfson from Motorola Inc. where he was Senior Vice President & General Manager of Multimedia Mobile Products. Prior to joining Motorola, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel Optronics UK, Chief Executive Officer of Kymata Ltd and also held senior positions at Motorola, Digital Equipment and Philips. He has also served as a director of Motorola Ltd and as a non-executive director at Incline Global Technology Services Ltd and UIQ Technologies.
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About pureLiFi: pureLiFi develops technology for communication networks that integrates data and lighting utility infrastructures.
Adam de Courcy Ling
Chairman of Blackdot Solutions
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About Blackdot Solutions: Investigations software
Joe Saumarez Smith
Chairman of Bede Gaming
Joe Saumarez Smith has worked in the online gambling industry for 18 years. He is currently chairman of Bede Gaming, the leading online gambling platform. He is also a non executive director of the British Horseracing Authority. Joe is an investor in numerous online gaming businesses, including IPS which was recently sold to Leo Vegas for £65m.
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About Bede Gaming: Bede Gaming is the first choice supplier of software to the online gambling and social gaming industries.
Martin Scott
Chairman of CreditLogic
Partner, Global private equity firm, the Riverside Company. Previously Partner and Head of Operations, KPMG – London; Investment Managing Director, Crownway Private Equity – London and Dublin; Consultant, McKinsey & Company – London and Dublin. Ph, D. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence – Cambridge University; BA Computer Science – Trinity College Dublin
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About CreditLogic: CreditLogic is a B2B digital mortgage lending platform enabling banks to provide new mortgages faster, cheaper and easier.
Iain Ferguson
Chairman of Red Ant
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About : Red Ant is a technology partner that empowers retailers to connect online with offline, delivering fully connected retail experiences.
Richard Tipper
Executive Chairman of Ecometrica
Richard is a champion of evidence-based environmental action. He has worked as an adviser on climate change issues for many government, business and international organisations. After studying Agricultural Science (Edinburgh University) Richard worked in Mexico as an advisor to farmers’ organisations. He later took an MSc in Technology Management, then doctoral research on the economics of contemporary Mayan farmers. Following his PhD he obtained research funding to develop the Plan Vivo system for payments for ecosystem services, and subsequently commercial investment to put theory into practice in Mexico, India, Uganda and Mozambique. With commercial interest growing in this area Richard founded the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Management (ECCM), and built a team of experts on land use and GHG accounting. While at ECCM Richard was appointed to the UK Roster of Experts on Climate Change and was Lead Author on two IPCC reports. In 2007 his work on the IPCC was recognised as a contribution to the Nobel Peace Prize. Richard also advised on numerous standards and methodologies for accounting for greenhouse gas emissions, including the WBCSD-WRI GHG Protocol, European standards for biofuels and PAS 2060. Since co-founding Ecometrica in 2008 Richard has focused on developing the Earth Observation and spatial data platform side of the business. He has retained an interest in measurement and evaluation of land use interventions as a senior evaluator of Norway’s international climate and forests initiative (NICFI), and an advisor to the UK government’s investments in forests under the International Climate Fund.
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About : Ecometrica is an end-to-end environmental software-as-a-service that helps businesses and governments identify risks and opportunities.
Mark Tincknell
Chairman of Oneserve
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About : Field service management software
Martin Burke
Founding Member of the Board of Directors & Chairman of the Board of Directors of Exception
Martin is a founding director of Exception and also serves as chairman. His responsibilities include strategic development of the business, consulting services, digital, and technology delivery. Martin is also responsible for Waracle, an Exception Group company, who provide mobile app solutions and services. Having worked on both the client and service side of the industry throughout his career, Martin has extensive experience of technology transformation across a number of sectors.
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About : Exception is an IT Consultancy and Services company that collaborates with many of the UK’s largest companies and Government organisations.
David Hammond
Non Executive Chairman of Team Satchel
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About Team Satchel: Team Satchel develops a range of school software focusing on homework, behavior, classroom management, and teaching resources.
Chris Underhill
Non Executive Chairman of Hive Marketing Cloud
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About Hive Marketing Cloud, iVoucher: Hive Intelligence is an agile marketing platform that offers marketing software and services.
John Pluthero
Chairman of the Board of Directors of MyAppConverter
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About : Mobile Application Code Conversion
David Clayton
Chairman of Solar Archive
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About Cryoserver FCS, Solar Archive: Solar Archive A multi-purpose email archive, tailored to your customers.
Christofer Solheim
Chairman, Chief Innovation Officer of Commetric Ltd.
Mr. Christofer Solheim founded Commetric Ltd. in 2005. Prior to Commetric, Mr. Solheim worked in various roles at Hill & Knowlton Public Relations spanning 10 years, including leading H&K s Business Intelligence unit and latterly providing executive counsel to Paul Taaffe, global Chief Executive Officer of Hill & Knowlton. In the 80s and 90s, he consulted full time for the Chief Executive Officer of Kaldnes de Groot and spent two years at Heerema in Oslo. Since 1992, he has pioneered the use of advanced technologies to revolutionize business and communications strategic planning. In 2003, he was the Principle Founder of 2B, a company specializing in quantitative reputation measurement, later acquired by Factiva, a Reuters & Dow Jones Company. Prior to founding 2B, he was the founding Director of H&K s Net Communications practice. In 2007, he co-founded CommEq Asset Management to develop and implement fully automated behavioural finance trading methodologies. He was educated in business at the Academy of Commerce, Oslo, and in Computer Science at the University of Oslo.
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About Commetric Ltd.: Award-winning media analytics solutions that provide deeper, more practical level of insight. #MoreWithAnalytics
Simon Hook
Non Executive Chairman of Altia-ABM
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About Altia-ABM: Altia-ABM is a software company that develops specialist, excellent software to help investigators.
Steve Garnett
Chairman of Fairsail
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About Fairsail: Human resources software for mid-size organizations
Paul Sherwood
Chairman of Codethink
Paul studied Engineering Science at the University of Oxford whilst learning to code. He’s helped mobile vendors, financial services organisations, and infrastructure providers to deliver advanced software technology projects since the mid 80s. If he went on Mastermind, his specialist subject would be “Where the Bodies are buried in international software engineering.
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About Codethink: An ethical, independent, and versatile software services company.
Gideon Harbour
Chairman of Optial
Before founding Optial, Gideon Harbour ran the London operations of a private investment trust focusing on technology and real estate. Prior to 1995 he was with the consulting firm McKinsey & Co working in the Sydney and Atlanta offices. At McKinsey he worked with clients in finance, insurance and the steel industry, specializing in change management. Gideon holds an MA from Oxford in PPE (Economics).
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About Optial: Optial is a successful global supplier of Enterprise-wide EHS, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC).
Alexander Jarvis
Chairman of LogicSaaS – Beautiful Retail Automation
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About : LogicSaaS provides beautiful retailer automation software to manage and distribute your products
Dominic McGonigal
Founder & Chairman of JiveBird
Dominic McGonigal is the co-founder of JiveBird.
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About JiveBird: JiveBird is a unique digital consumer package targeted at the card & gift market – the next disruptive innovation in the greetings market.
Yann Gindre
Deputy Chairman and Head of Advisory board of Akoni Hub
Advisory Board Member, bringing international finance and diverse experience servicing corporate banking clients. Senior executive with global experience In Corporate Investment Banking, Hedge Funds with a front to back experience. Previous roles from 2004 to late 2012, include CEO Natixis, The Americas & CEO Natixis UK, Chairman of the New York and London Executive committees, Chairman of Natixis Alternative assets. Yann has been a financial consultant and a Director at UNPRI until 2015. Between 1988 and 2004 he was MD Global Head of DCM at JP Morgan Chase, UBS and Barclays Capital and Global Head of Markets at Commerzbank. Yann Gindre holds an MBA from London Business School.
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About Akoni Hub: Akoni provides simple cash management tools for individuals and SMEs.
Matthew Bryars
Vice Chairman of Aeriandi
Matthew Bryars is a Vice Chairman at Speik (formerly known as Aeriandi Ltd).
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About Aeriandi: An Oxford, UK-based provider of voice security solutions .
David Priestley
Executive Chairman of Cuelogic Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
A career entrepreneur in technology for the Finance and Commodities sectors. Founder of 6 successful start ups over a 30 year career. Finalist in the 2001 Entrepreneur of the year and winner of the AIM Fastest Rising Share in 2003. Responsible for the creation of several hundred technology jobs in the sector and with an excess of over £100 million in exports achieved over the years Priestley remains committed to deploying the very latest technology using the very best software engineering talent. David was part of Gissing Software’s management team that sold the business to Reuters in 2008. David co-founded MDX Technology in 2010.
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About Cuelogic Technologies Pvt. Ltd., MDX Technology: Outsourced Product Development for leading edge startups and Fortune 500 enterprises looking to compete with unicorns.
Paul Swaddle
Chairman & Co-Founder of Pocket App Limited
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About Pocket App Limited, The Supper Club, Westminster City Council, Westminster City Council: Pocket App is the UK’s Leading Mobile Development Agency, based in the heart of London.
Lady Barbara Judge
Independent Non-Executive Chairman of LoopUp
Lady Judge is a Senior Advisor to Triangle Growth Partners, and chairs the Investment Advisory Committee.Lady Judge, a trained commercial lawyer, has an unusually broad and successful international career as a senior executive, chairman and non-executive director in both the private and public sectors. She was previously a partner in a major US law firm specialising in corporate and financial transactions. In 1980 she was appointed by the President as a Commissioner of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Thereafter she was appointed as the first woman executive director of News International and Samuel Montagu and held many positions in the financial services industry including Chair of the UK/US Committee on Corporate Governance and Senior Advisor to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. She is currently Chairman of the Energy Institute of University College London and Chairman of the UK Pension Protection Fund. In 2002 she was appointed as a director of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and became its Chairman in 2004 and was reappointed in 2007. After completing two terms she was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Tepco Nuclear Reform Committee and Chairman of its Task Force on Nuclear Safety. She is also a member of the UAE Advisory Board for the Development of Peaceful Nuclear Energy. Lady Judge is a non-executive director of NV Bekaert SA (Belgium) and Magna International Inc (Canada) and a strategic advisor to a number of international corporations, including Statoil and Barclays. She is a member of the International Advisory Board of Sabanci University and a member of the Steering Committee of the Istanbul International Energy & Climate Center at Sabanci University. In addition she is currently a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University. In June 2010 she was awarded Commander of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to the nuclear and financial services industries. Lady Judge received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and Juris Doctor with honours from New York University Law School.
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About University of Oxford: LoopUp is a premium remote meetings solution.
David Benello – Chairman
Chairman of V-Nova
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About : Next-generation video and image compression that works today
David Benello – Chairman
Chairman of V-Nova
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About : Next-generation video and image compression that works today
Malcolm Hughes
Chairman of Smartdebit
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About Smartdebit: Streamline payment handling, improve your cashflow and increase customer retention with SmartDebit.
Simon Robbins
Non-Executive Chairman of Health2Works
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About : Health2Works, an innovative software company.
Roberto Rivero
Chairman of Vable
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About Vable: Vable is a software that helps companies manage all their sources of information in one place to deliver the best content to your audience.
Hugh Lloyd-Jukes
CEO and Chairman of Oxehealth
Hugh Lloyd-Jukes is the CEO and Chairman at Oxehealth.
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About Oxehealth: SaaS workflow solution gives carers and custodians more time for hands on care where and when it’s needed most.
Derek Banks
Executive Chairman of Liss Systems
A founder member and Managing Director (now Executive Chairman) of LISS Systems, Derek has spent all his working life, in a career spanning more than forty years, providing IT and Management Services to the Life Assurance Industry and the London Insurance Market from both an underwriting and broker perspective. He has been responsible for the introduction of significant application software packages (e.g. CAPS-I-L and LIFEfit) into the UK and European marketplace. He has held senior management positions within Life Assurance companies, Lloyds Broking firms and Application Software and Consultancy organisations operating in the Insurance market. Derek plays a key role in the development of LISSIA. He remains closely involved in the analysis, design and specification of major function for each new implementation of the system. He is also actively involved in the management and control of every LISSIA project.
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About Liss Systems: Liss Systems provides policy administration solutions.
Max Royde
Chairman of Trailight
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About Trailight: Trailight is a pioneering compliance technology business based in York and London.
Jeff Painter
Chairman of the Board of unrival
Adviser and mentor to the team, Jeff has 40 years’ experience including at board level within the UK Financial Services and Insurance sector, where he was Director of Direct Distribution at AXA Sunlife Plc.In addition to being appointed Chairman, he advises the team on Corporate Planning and Business Strategy, People Development and Enterprise Sales.
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About : SaaS, Sales, Client, Business Intel
Tony Cotterill
Founder and Chairman of BridgeHead Software
Tony has worked in IT for more than 30 years with 25 of those years spent building and managing software businesses in the UK, Netherlands and USA. As the founder of BridgeHead Software in 1994, Tony continues to lead the organization globally. He previously managed the European subsidiary of Raxco Software following its merger with UIS, where he had established and led UIS’ overseas divisions to profitability. Tony’s introduction to data and storage management was as an IT Director responsible for providing IT services to the civil engineering community. It was from this experience that he saw the need for an independent software provider that would focus on the complexities in data management.
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About BridgeHead Software: BridgeHead Software delivers data management solutions to healthcare organizations across the globe enabling them to improve patient care.
David Mason
Founder & Chairman of BuyHappy
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Chris Barling
Chairman of The Bot Platform
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About Powered Now, The Bot Platform: Empowering people to build a better employee experience using bots, digital assistants and automation tools.
Robert Brown
Executive Chairman of RazorSecure
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About RazorSecure, Route Reports: RazorSecure is a cyber security software that provides continuous threat monitoring & active defence strategy for trains, buses, cars & etc.
Richard Baldock
Chairman of Advisory Board of GameFace Labs
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About : Worlds First ‘All In One’ standalone virtual reality headset and DARPA software platform for the next generation of VR gaming.
Ray Bryant
Chairman and Managing Director, CEO of Idappcom
Ray started working life in a firm of London chartered accountants, qualified as Chartered Company Secretary in 1979. His career in I.T. started at the Control Data Corporation, in finance, production and logistics. Ray spent fifteen years with Ciba Geigy Switzerland, working on Finance and ERP software implementations in the UK, USA, Saudi Arabia, Greece, Turkey and the Philippines. Ray also worked at SSA Global Technologies as a financial systems consultant culminating in the creation of an independent compliance company, SLA Management Services (Barham Group) which Ray headed as chairman and managing director. The Barham Group, during the next six years, grew to service many I.T. companies including one of the largest IBM mid range, UNIX, ERP and CRM software providers in the world. Ray took the company from start up to successful sale in 2008.
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About Idappcom: Idappcom supplied software and hardware that enhances network security, reducing risk and lowering cost of ownership of devices.
Graham Duff
Chairman of Opinsta
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About : Opinsta is a single platform to manage defect reporting (QA), health and safety checks, Inspections, 3rd party maintenance and more.
Gautam Mitra
Founder, Managing Director, and Chairman of Optirisk Systems
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About OptiRisk India, Optirisk Systems: Optirisk Systems a global reach that provides products and services for Optimisation and Risk Management solutions.
Prof Sir Michael Brady FRS FREng FMedSci
Chairman of Optellum
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About Optellum: Optellum develops an imaging biomarker for smart lung cancer detection.
Pat Curran
Chairman of FSI
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About FSI: FSI provides workplace technology and services.
Stephen Viney
Chairman of Whistlebrook
Steve founded Whistlebrook in 1997, and has over 25 years’ experience in the IT industry, focusing on application software development. As well as his role as Chairman, Steve oversees the direction and development of Whistlebrook’s products.
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About Whistlebrook: Whistlebrook is a trusted supplier of innovative, back office, software systems to the financial services sector.
Rob Nicoll
Chairman of ZetaSafe
Rob Nicoll specialises in the development and application of software for the management of regulatory ‘environmental’ data. Rob began his career in 1990 when he joined water treatment company, Houseman after completing a Bachelor of Science degree at the Royal Holloway College (University of London).
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About ZetaSafe: ZetaSafe is the global leader in quality, safety, compliance and data solutions.
Rob Nicoll
Chairman of ZetaSafe
Rob Nicoll specialises in the development and application of software for the management of regulatory ‘environmental’ data. Rob began his career in 1990 when he joined water treatment company, Houseman after completing a Bachelor of Science degree at the Royal Holloway College (University of London).
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About ZetaSafe: ZetaSafe is the global leader in quality, safety, compliance and data solutions.
Roger Adcock
Chairman of Reactec
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About Reactec: Reactec is the market leader in monitoring and management support solutions for hand and arm vibration syndrome
Howard Joseph
Non Executive Chairman of Azzure IT
Howard Joseph joined Datalaw Ltd as Non Executive Chairman in 2013.
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About Azzure IT, Datalaw: Business Software Solutions Specialist
David Sykes
Chairman of SmartSurvey
Chairman at SOMNIUM® Technologies.
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About SmartSurvey: The UK’s leading online survey software.
David Hunter
Chairman of Pannovate
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About : Pannovate develop market leading card personalisation, and Augmented Reality tools for the card industry.
Christopher Thomas
Chairman of Procession
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About Procession: Procession is a UK-based and owned software house.
Simon Black
Chairman of Lexical Labs
Simon Black is the chairman and co-founder at Lexical Labs.
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About Lexical Labs: Lexical Labs is an AI-powered platform that helps lawyers to review their contracts and generate a counter-proposal.
Simon Black
Chairman of Lexical Labs
Simon Black is the chairman and co-founder at Lexical Labs.
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About Lexical Labs: Lexical Labs is an AI-powered platform that helps lawyers to review their contracts and generate a counter-proposal.
Peter Howells
Chairman of Howells Associates Ltd
Peter formed Howells Associates Ltd in 1991. He has 40 years’ experience of share-based remuneration; as a benefit consultant, as a stockbroker and 21 years as an administration specialist. After starting his career in accountancy, followed by a short service commission in the Royal Engineers, Peter was a consultant with WM Mercer from 1973 to 1986 and a director of stockbrokers Wise Speke (now Brewin Dolphin) from 1986 to 1991. He is a founder member of the UK Share Schemes Advanced Studies Group and also of the Global Group.
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About Howells Associates Ltd: Howells Associates have provided innovative and market leading services for share scheme administration.
Grahame James Leonard
Chairman of Escrow Angel Pty Ltd (dba: Protecti)
A lawyer and chartered accountant Grahame was a senior executive in several large public corporations. For the past twenty years or so he has been a professional non-executive director, mentor and consultant to a variety of commercial and not for profit organisations. He has also served in a variety of honorary leadership roles in communal organisations and maintains a strong interest in, and commitment to, governance, strategic planning and multiculturalism. In 2003 he was awarded the Centenary Medal instituted to commemorate the centenary of Australia’s federation and in 2008 Australia Day Honours was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia.
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About Escrow Angel Pty Ltd (dba: Protecti): Escrow Angel Pty Ltd (dba: Protecti) provides secure online escrow and transaction management services for buyers.
Tony Taylor
Executive Chairman of TransMedia Dynamics
Tony is one of the co-founders of TMD. As Executive Chairman, he provides the overall strategic direction for the company as well as maintaining relationships with key customers to ensure they are served by the best technology and implementation services. As a proven, successful business leader, Tony has over 30 years’ experience within the communications, broadcast, and media sectors. He has negotiated and delivered long-term service and high-value product contracts to many of the world’s best-known broadcast and media organisations. Tony is a well-known speaker on the international conference circuit, presenting papers on, amongst other topics, the importance of integrating media asset management and workflow processes, and the role of technology in helping to meet some of the broadcast industry’s most pressing challenges.
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About TransMedia Dynamics: TMD is a leading provider of software products focused on delivering media & content management solutions.
Tony Taylor
Executive Chairman of TransMedia Dynamics
Tony is one of the co-founders of TMD. As Executive Chairman, he provides the overall strategic direction for the company as well as maintaining relationships with key customers to ensure they are served by the best technology and implementation services. As a proven, successful business leader, Tony has over 30 years’ experience within the communications, broadcast, and media sectors. He has negotiated and delivered long-term service and high-value product contracts to many of the world’s best-known broadcast and media organisations. Tony is a well-known speaker on the international conference circuit, presenting papers on, amongst other topics, the importance of integrating media asset management and workflow processes, and the role of technology in helping to meet some of the broadcast industry’s most pressing challenges.
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About TransMedia Dynamics: TMD is a leading provider of software products focused on delivering media & content management solutions.
Gary Pollak
Chairman of Communications Software
Gary started working in computers in 1965 when he joined the Automobile Association as a trainee programmer, before joining the supermarket giant J Sainsbury in their embryonic IT department. Whilst at J Sainsbury, Gary met Dick Rawcliffe and together they formed Commsoft. Their philosophy was to create quality software and to care for their customers in long-term mutually beneficial relationships. In the mid-1970’s, Commsoft was contracted by Laker Airways to write all of their applications, including reservations, flight costing, flight planning, revenue accounting, inventory and maintenance planning. From these beginnings, Gary and his co-directors have developed a specialist aircraft maintenance systems company with a global customer base.
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About Communications Software: Commsoft supports aircraft maintenance organisations through OASES.
