Board member biographies
Christopher Humphrey
Chief Executive
Christopher, 54, joined the Board in February 2003 as Group Finance Director and was appointed Chief Executive of the Company on 31 December 2008.
He has held senior positions in finance at Conoco, Eurotherm International plc and Critchley Group plc.
Clay Brendish
Non-Executive Chairman
Clay, 64, was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman in October 2005. Prior to his retirement in May 2001, he was Executive Deputy Chairman of CMG (now part of Logica), having joined the Board when it acquired Admiral plc, the software services company he co-founded in 1979.
Clay is also Non-Executive Chairman of SThree plc. He is a trustee of Economist Newspapers Limited and Chairman of The Test and Itchen Association Limited. Clay’s other Non-Executive Directorships are of BT Group plc (from which he has recently announced his retirement after nine years’ service) and Herald Investment Trust plc and as a member of the Administrative Board of Elster Group SE.
Richard Amos
Group Finance Director & Company Secretary
Richard, 44, was appointed to the Board as Group Finance Director on 2 November 2009, assuming the additional responsibility of Company Secretary on 17 February 2010.
Prior to this he was Group Finance Director at Agilisys Holdings Limited, a private IT services company, and was previously Group Finance Director and Company Secretary at two listed technology groups, Retail Decisions plc and VEGA Group plc.
David Hurst-Brown
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Chairman of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees
David, 62, joined the Board on 23 August 2004. Following a career in the investment banking industry, David has been acting as a Non-Executive Director for a variety of public and private companies.
These include Imagination Technologies Group plc and FFastFill plc. David is a Fellow of the Securities Institute.
Nigel Clifford
Non-Executive Director
Nigel, 52, joined the Board on 1 April 2009. He has wide experience across a number of sectors, including the wireless telecoms and OSS software sectors. Today he is CEO of ProcServe, a leading SAAS business focused on secure business marketplaces. Before this he was CEO of Micro Focus International plc, the leading provider of enterprise application modernisation, testing and management solutions.
Prior to joining Micro Focus, Nigel was Chief Executive of Symbian Limited, the UK-based software development and licensing company. He led Nokia’s successful integration of Symbian and then became Senior Vice President Strategy, Technology & Architecture, Devices at Nokia.
In addition, Nigel was Chief Executive Officer at Tertio Telecoms Limited, a software company serving the world's leading mobile operators, and formerly held the position of Senior Vice President, Service Delivery with international telecommunications company Cable & Wireless.
Paul Taylor
Non-Executive Director
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Paul, 46, was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 5 October 2009 and became Chairman of the Audit Committee in December 2009. He is also Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Ubisense plc, a world-leading provider of precise real-time location solutions.
From March 2001 until January 2011, Paul held the position of Group Finance Director with AVEVA Group plc, the world’s leading engineering IT software provider to the plant, power and marine industries, where he has gained considerable experience of the demands of a growing global software business. Paul is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
