Computacenter Plc
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Europe's leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services, Computacenter, serves its corporate and government clients from offices throughout the UK, Germany, Austria, France and Luxembourg. Its expertise covers technology sourcing, infrastructure integration and managed services.
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Board of Directors
Greg Lock
Non-Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Nomination Committee
Greg is the Chairman of Kofax plc and a Non-Executive Director of United Business Media. He has more than 45 years’ experience in the software and computer services industry, including four years as Chairman of SurfControl plc and from 1998 to 2000, as General Manager of IBM’s Global Industrial sector. Greg also served as a member of IBM’s Worldwide Management Council and as a governor of the IBM Academy of Technology.
Mike Norris
Chief Executive Officer
Mike Norris graduated with a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from East Anglia University in 1983. He joined Computacenter in 1984 as a salesman in the City office. In 1986, he was Computacenter’s top account manager. Following appointments as Regional Manager for London Operations in 1988 and General Manager of the Systems Division in 1992 with full sales and marketing responsibilities, he became Chief Executive in December 1994, with responsibility for all day-to-day activities and reporting channels across Computacenter. Mike also led the Company through flotation on the London Stock Exchange in 1998. Mike was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Hertfordshire University in 2010.
Tony Conophy
Group Finance Director
Tony has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants since 1982. He qualified with Semperit (Ireland) Ltd and then worked for five years at Cape Industries plc. He joined Computacenter in 1987 as Financial Controller, rising in 1991 to General Manager of Finance. In 1996, he was appointed Finance and Commercial Director of Computacenter (UK) Limited with responsibility for all financial, purchasing and vendor relations activities. In March 1998 he was appointed Group Finance Director.
Peter Ogden
Non-Executive Director
Peter founded Computacenter with Philip Hulme in 1981 and was Chairman of the Company until 1998, when he became a Non-Executive Director. He is Chairman of Dealogic (Holdings) plc and prior to founding Computacenter, he was a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and Co.
Philip Hulme
Non-Executive Director
Philip founded Computacenter with Peter Ogden in 1981 and worked for the Company on a full-time basis until stepping down as Executive Chairman in 2001. He was previously a Vice President and Director of the Boston Consulting Group.
Regine Stachelhaus
Non-Executive Director
Regine Stachelhaus is a member of the Board of SPIE Paris. She has been on the Board of Directors at E.ON SE, a major energy company included in the Eurostoxx 50 index, where she had a broad range of operational responsibilities including for Legal & Compliance, Group Procurement, Group Human Resources and Group IT. Before that, she worked for several years as Vice President Imaging and Printing Group of HP Germany.
Minnow Powell
Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chairman
Minnow Powell is a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of SuperGroup Plc and is on the Supervisory Board and Audit Committee of TUI AG. Minnow spent 35 years with Deloitte where he became a Partner in 1985. He is a Chartered Accountant and was a member of the Auditing Practices Board for 6 years.
Philip Yea
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
Philip is the non-executive Chairman of the Board of bwin.party digital entertainment plc, a non-executive director of both Vodafone Group plc and Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc. He is also a trustee of the Francis Crick Institute. He has significant previous Executive Management experience, having served as the Chief Executive of 3i Group plc between 2004 and 2009, and additionally as a Managing Director of Investcorp from 1999 to 2004. Prior to this, he was also the Finance Director at Diageo plc, and played a substantial role in the merger to create Diageo in his role as Finance Director of Guinness plc. He has held previous public company non-executive directorships at Manchester United plc (2000-2004) as the Senior Independent Director, HBOS plc (2000-2004), Halifax plc (1999-2000), and William Baird (1995-1999).