AlanDick International - Board of Directors

Bob Ellis, Chairman

Bob is an experienced chairman and advisor of businesses going through a period of change. He has worked with both plc's and private equity firms and has led a number of companies in the UK and USA. Most recently he was Executive Chairman of a billion dollar automotive parts company. Bob assisted the management in the implementation of operational and financial strategies that generated significant value for stakeholders. Prior to this Bob has been responsible for the start-up and development of businesses in communications, broadcasting and electronics.

Bob is a graduate of the Corporate Finance Management program at Harvard Business School, he holds a B.Ed honours from London University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Rob Fisher, Chief Executive Officer

Rob Fisher was most recently CEO of Fast Search & Transfer. At the time of joining FAST, Rob was CEO of Cable & Wireless' European businesses and was previously managing director, operations, of Cable & Wireless Communications Plc. He also held a variety of senior management positions throughout his eight years with Cable & Wireless, including sales, marketing, product management, strategy and operations.                    Prior to Cable & Wireless, Fisher worked for Bain & Co management consultants.  

Rob holds a degree in Engineering Science and a doctorate from Oxford University.

Parminder Dost, Chief Finance Officer

Parminder Dost held various finance and commercial roles at FLAG Telecom, ultimately becoming CFO. As Group Financial Controller, he was an integral part of the team that took FLAG Telecom through its IPO and subsequently as Vice President Finance, he has been responsible for closing significant sales and other business transactions. Parminder joined FLAG Telecom with extensive experience of developing and managing international tax and finance activity gained at Bechtel and      BG plc.

Parminder is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Taxation, while also holding a B.Sc.(Econ) from the London School of Economics.

Bill Carruthers, Chief Operations Officer

Bill joined AlanDick in 2000 as International Operations Director, his previous career having been in the power industry in a construction and project management environment. He brought operational and commercial expertise initially into the international business at a time of exceedingly rapid expansion.

Bill is a chartered mechanical engineer (FIMechE).

Malek Ladki, Chief Technology Officer

Malek has over eighteen years experience in RF engineering, core network architecture, hardware design, software development and in the implementation of GSM security standards. A founder of Aethos, Malek designed and developed a network-planning product, and was actively involved in engineering and business development, and the subsequent sale to Logica plc for US $90 million. He was also a founder of Tactus Telematics and Sensustech, which are now part of AlanDick’s portfolio of companies.

Malek holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the American University of Beirut and a Doctorate of Engineering from the University of Liverpool.

Tony Trussell, Company Secretary

Tony has worked with AlanDick since 2000, becoming Group Commercial Director in 2002. Tony joined AlanDick from Ernst
& Young where he headed a team specialising in mergers and acquisitions within the telecoms sector. His role is to oversee
the overall commercial direction of the group and to ensure increased levels of success in the future.

Tony is a qualified chartered accountant.

John Biles,  Non Executive Director

John Biles has extensive experience of the engineering sector having been Finance Director of FKI PLC from 1998-2004.       He was previously Group Financial Director of Chubb Security PLC (1991-1997) and also fulfilled a range of senior finance positions at Racal Electronics, which he joined in 1981. John qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse,
and then spent five years with Thorn EMI Plc (1976-1981).

He is currently a Non Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Charter Plc, Armor Group International Plc, Bodycote International Plc, Hermes Pensions Management Ltd, Viridian Group Plc (which was listed until December 2006) and another private company. He was formerly a Non Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Chapelthorpe Plc and Amey Plc.