People
Peter Davis - Chairman
Peter is an experienced leader and adviser of companies across a range of service industries, both in the public and private sectors. After some years as a partner in Price Waterhouse he held senior executive roles in the retail and insurance industries. In 1993 he became the first Director General of the UK National Lottery, successfully setting up the largest lottery in the world. Peter has been a non-executive director of many companies, including Abbey National, Avis Europe, Equitable Life, Boosey & Hawkes and Provident Financial.
James Zorab – Chief Executive
Codel was was launched in 2005 as a subsidiary of The Ascent Group, a technology incubator, which James formed in 1984 as a spin-out from
Cardiff University. He is an experienced entrepreneur and manager of SMEs, raising venture capital funds where necessary and inspiring and leading a team of innovators and developers to introduce new technologies across a wide range of sectors.
David Morriss - Strategic Consultant
David is current master of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists. He was educated at Bancroft's School and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology where he obtained a degree in Electrical Engineering. Following a period with London Transport he joined IBM as a Systems Engineer. He retired from IBM in 1997 after 31 years service, where he held several senior management appointments including Director of Business Plans, General Manager Software and Services and General Manager, Government Industry for IBM Europe, Middle East and Africa. He was appointed to the board of IBM UK Holdings in 1987.
Matthew Barnett - PR Director
Matthew has worked at a senior level for a number of leading UK PR consultancies on a wide range of blue-chip accounts spanning IT, food and drink, property, professional services, construction and education. A trained journalist and media relations specialist, he has wide ranging contacts across the national and specialist media.
Mark has extensive general management experience at Board level, with a proven track record of successfully promoting change in creative, Intellectual Property based SMEs. He has developed several business brands in international markets, and structured, negotiated and completed a wide range of international Intellectual Property Rights deals. He also has substantial private equity investment experience.
Mark Broughton - Commercial Director
Robert Hill - Technical Director
Bob has over 20 years of IT project management, system and product development experience. He has held leading roles in some major ground breaking projects such as directing the UK Government's first PKI programme and designing one of Italy's first public key smart card solutions. He has a wealth of experience, having worked internationally in the
US and across Europe and has been instrumental in some major IT developments involving Microsoft and other large software suppliers.
Martin Warner - Sales Director
Martin has extensive experience of sales and promotion in the print industry, running his own businesses - Shere Arts. At Shere he became an early adopter of variable digital print processes forming a collaboration with IBM to bring Xeikon digital print systems to the market leading the development of database driven variable information and image print processes. He has a proven track record in developing new business relationships with clients in challenging development environments.
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