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  Computacenter has an experienced and consistent Board of Directors.
The Board still includes both the Company's founders: Philip Hulme and Peter Odgen.

Executive Directors
Ron Sandler Ron Sandler, Chairman (55)
Ron has a degree in engineering from Cambridge and an MBA from Stanford University. His early career was with the Boston Consulting Group, and as Chief Executive of Martin Bierbaum Group and Exco plc. He was Chief Executive of Lloyd’s of London from 1995 until 1999, and subsequently Chief Operating Officer of NatWest Group. He is Chairman of Kyte Group, Oxygen plc and Paternoster, and a Director of Fortis Group. Ron was appointed Chairman of Computacenter in May 2001.
Mike Norris Mike Norris, Chief Executive (45)
Mike 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 national account manager. Following appointments as Regional Manager for London operations in 1988 and General Manager of the Systems Division in 1992 with full national sales and marketing responsibilities, he became Chief Executive in December 1994 with responsibility for all day-to-day activities and reporting channels across Computacenter.
Tony Conophy Tony Conophy, Finance Director (49)
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.
Non-executive Directors
Philip Hulme Philip Hulme (58)
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 is a Director of Dealogic (Holdings) plc and was previously a Vice President and Director of the Boston Consulting Group.

Ian Lewis

Ian Lewis (46)
Ian is Director of the University Computing Service at the University of Cambridge. During his career he has held a number of senior positions, including First Vice President and Global Chief Technology Officer of Merrill Lynch’s Investment Banking and Sales division and Global CTO at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Investment Banking.

Peter Ogden

Peter Ogden (59)
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. Prior to joining Computacenter, he was a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and Co.
Cliff Preddy Cliff Preddy (59)
Cliff has worked in the IT industry for most of his professional career, including many years as an Executive Director of Logica plc. He is Deputy Chairman of Charteris plc, and a Non-Executive Director of CODA plc.

John Ormerod

John Ormerod (58)
John is the Senior Independent Director of Misys Plc. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Gemalto NV, where he chairs the Audit Committee, and a member of the Audit Committee of HBOS plc. He was previously a member of the Deloitte UK Executive Committee and elected Board.
Senior management
Computacenter's executive committee comprises Mike Norris, Ron Sandler, Tony Conophy and the following members of Computacenter's senior management team:
UK Stephen Benade, Company Secretary
John Joslin, Managing Director, UK Products
Sarah Long, Director of UK Customer Units
Mark Slaven, Group IS Director
Simon Walsh, Managing Director, UK Services
Tim Way, Group HR Director
Germany Colin Brown, CEO
France Chris Webb, CEO
Belgium & Luxembourg Ulla Franz, Country Manager

 
     
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