Career
Before this he was Chief Executive Officer of Procserve – the cloud based e-commerce network from February 2012 to March 2015 and previously led Micro Focus International, a FTSE 250 provider of software development and testing tools. From 2005, he led Symbian, (a joint venture of handset vendors) to become the world"s leading smartphone operating system, eventually selling and integrating the company into Nokia in 2008. This was before smartphones had expanded into wider deployment and use.
By the time Nokia rolls out its product, Google has a substantial market lead, from which Nokia never recovers.
Before Symbian he grew and then sold Tertio Telecoms Limited, a privately owned global telecoms software company, to Evolving Systems in 2004. He was Chief Executive of an National Health Service teaching hospital group - Glasgow Royal Infirmary (1992-1998).
He has also worked for British Telecom (1981-1992) and Cable & Wireless (1998-2000), in procurement, product management, strategy and large scale operational roles. From 2009 he was a non-executive director of Anite, until it was acquired and in January 2015 he became a non-executive director of Alliance Pharma.
He has a degree from Cambridge University and Master of Business Administration from Strathclyde University.
He has three children, and his personal interests include fell-walking, running and kayaking.
