Directors

Eric returned to Europe after 8 years in the US, where he was Chief Operating Officer of Jefferson Smurfit Corp, the world’s largest producer of paper-based packaging products. Prior to that he was President & Chief Executive of Rexam Inc. He has also been a main Board Director of two FTSE 100 companies: Redland plc (1986-88) and Rexam plc (1988-96).

His career has spanned a range of manufacturing and distribution businesses as well as extensive international experience. Currently, he is Chairman of 2e2 and a Non-executive Director of Deloro Stellite (both Duke Street Capital investments) and a Non-executive Director of The Southwire Company USA.

Associated with DSC since 1998 Eric is currently Chairman of Duke Street Capital´s Operating Partners and a Director of Duke Street Capital Holdings Limited.

Terry is a qualified accountant and a founder of 2e2. Terry has over 20 years experience in the IT industry including running his own software house. As COO of 4Front, Terry engineered the buy-and-build strategy and grew the business to $250m of revenues. He personally handled 23 acquisitions and disposals and drove organic growth of over 20% per annum. He managed the eventual sale of the business to NCR. At NCR he was VP of customer services for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA).

A 2e2 founder, Mark has a well-established background in sales and business management. One of the earlyday senior managers of 4Front, Mark was responsible for the turnaround of several 4Front acquisitions into sustainable profit-generating businesses and has been personally responsible for the Norsk Data turnaround at 2e2. At NCR, Mark was VP of sales and marketing for customer services across EMEA.

Nick has a background in IT customer services having worked in the IT industry for 25 years. He has structured, implemented and run many customer service organisations. Nick occupied senior positions in several of the 4Front turnaround and transition projects. At NCR he was responsible for the integration of 4Front and for a major reorganisation and social plan in France. He was also responsible for M&A for customer services across EMEA.

Simon has 10 years experience in the senior finance role within technology and service companies, both listed and private-equity backed. This includes four years as Finance Director of AIM listed Epic Group plc. Simon brings a high standard of control & professionalism to the finance function. Simon qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG.

Lord St. John serves as a sitting member of the House of Lords of the parliament of the United Kingdom and is an extra Lord-in-Waiting to Her Majesty the Queen with responsibility for African heads of state. He is a Council Member of the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee and previous member of the House of Lords' European Union Sub-Committee on Computing as well as Economic and Financial Affairs, Trade and External Relations. Since 1993, he has served as a consultant and non-executive director of Merrill Lynch and is a registered representative of the London stock exchange. Lord St. John previously held the position of European Managing Director for the Nasdaq listed global hosting provider Globix.

John joined Duke Street Capital in 2000 from HSBC Private Equity for whom he worked in London and Dusseldorf and where he worked on a broad spectrum of mid-market private equity transactions. John holds a Modern Languages degree from Durham University. He speaks English and German.

Investment Manager, joined in 2006 from Goldman Sachs where she spent three years as an Associate in Investment Banking in London. Prior to that, Kate worked for UBS Investment Bank based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Kate is a graduate of the University of Cape Town and holds a Bachelor of Business Science (Hons) with majors in finance, economics and accounting.

John’s career spans 40 years in the IT industry. He joined ICL in 1964 and held various technical and managerial positions. In 1982 he joined Wang Computers (UK) Limited where he was Director of Customer Services, UK. In 1988 he joined Nixdorf Computers Limited which was acquired by Siemens AG, and subsequently held various senior positions within Siemens. In the last ten years John has focused on international operations. His most recent appointments were President, Siemens Business Services, North America and President, Siemens Business Services, APAC, Latin America and Africa. John retired from Siemens on 31 March 2004.

Neil joined 2e2 in April 2007 as Managing Director and brought with him an extensive background in IT service delivery. Previously, Neil spent 11 years with Siemens ITservices companies where his final role was Executive Vice President; IT Product Services of Fujitsu Siemens Computers. Prior to working for Siemens, Neil worked for 13 years as Services Director for ICL.

David has spent many years with the 2e2 Group initially as Sales Director and Chief Operating Officer. Today, David is Managing Director for both Hamilton Rentals and Compel. Previously David was Sales and Marketing Director for Northamber PLC (1984–1989). He has extensive experience in the IT industry since joining it in 1970, having had technical roles as well as roles in sales and senior management.

David joined Compel in 2006 as Managing Director for Business Solutions after a two year stint as a VP for Shell International and a member of the Shell Executive Group (SEG) as the Global Functional Head of Project Management and Application Development. Prior to this David spent 16 years with Capgemini where for the last 5 years he sat on the UK Executive board responsible for the Systems Integration Division.

Jonathan took on the position of Managing Director of Isle of Man in 2006 although has held previous roles within the 2e2 Group since 2003 including Operations Director. Jonathan worked with Lloyds Bank for seven years within networks. From there he moved to Infotron as an Engineer, progressing to a Customer Service Manager. Jonathan moved on six years later as General Manager for GE Capital IT Services. As Operational Director for a datacentre start up, he then moved to Norsk Data as Business Development Manager. Jonathan brings over 20 years experience to the Isle of Man and the Group.

Jon joined the Offshore business in 1989 as Group Financial Controller after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with PriceWaterhouse. Jon has a degree in Engineering and has worked for a machine engineering company in Australia. Jon was appointed Managing Director for the Offshore group in 1994.

John is a Chartered Public Finance Accountant and has held various positions within the Isle of Man Government Treasury from 1969. Former Chief Financial Officer to the Isle of Man Government from 1991 to 2001. Formerly a Director of Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Group of Companies on the Island, and Fortress Management Services Limited. John was awarded the Order of the British Empire for public service in the Isle of Man in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2000.

Marc joined 2e2 in May 2007 as Managing Director and brings over 18 years of management experience in the IT services industry. Marc has held a number of senior management positions with some of the industry’s most respected companies. Prior to joining Atos Origin as Vice President he was the Managing Director Outsourcing for LogicaCMG. Before that Marc worked for over 13 years for ICL.

Dan joined 2e2 in 2007 as General Manager for Scotland and Ireland with the remit to support the development of the northern region for 2e2. Dan has a solid background in Sales, account management, service delivery and data centre management gained across all business sectors in both the UK and Europe. Dan previously worked as an EMEA Regional Director for a US telecommunications professional services company maintaining their major customer base which included RBSG, Vodafone, UPC and Qtel.