K3 BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY GROUP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Product Officer
- Member of the Senior Management Team
- Members
Like other members of our leadership team, Andrew has extensive experience in the technology sector and having co-founded multiple technology businesses, among other notable achievements, breathes new perspectives and insights into the development of our products with clear drive and passion.
Job Titles:
- Chief People Officer
- Member of the Senior Management Team
Beginning in Retail, Emma has curated her career over 15 years through a series of impactful moves, which have proven invaluable to working in People. After teaching in Brazil, Emma joined PUMA during a pivotal transformation which led her to work in the UK, Germany and the USA. Emma then moved from Brand to Group, joining Kering, where she was responsible for driving group synergies in the Americas across strategic People areas such as Talent (Acquisition & Management) and Learning & Development. With this knowledge, Emma moved to SMEs and in her last role, operated as Global HR Director in Karla Otto, before joining K3 in 2022.
Eric was appointed to the Board on 3 April 2023. He has extensive experience of the software and technology sector. He was previously Chief Financial Officer of ATTRAQT Group plc, which he joined in 2017. ATTRAQT specialises in omnichannel search, merchandising and personalised product discovery technology for online retailers and brands, mainly in the fashion sector. Before ATTRAQT, Eric was Chief Financial Officer of Iptor Supply Chain Systems UK Limited, a private equity-backed software and services business, and previously Chief Financial Officer at KBC Advanced Technology plc, the software and consultancy provider to the hydrocarbon industry. Eric qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte, has an MBA from London Business School and a BEng from Loughborough University.
Gabrielle, aged 54, is a senior level specialist in global ecommerce with significant experience in advising on omnichannel growth strategies and digital transformation, in particular for fashion retailers. She is founder director of Soleberry Advisory Limited, which provides digital commerce advisory services to fashion and other consumer retailers, and has worked with leading brands, advising on all aspects of ecommerce, mobile commerce, direct marketing strategy and strategic brand management. Clients have included Sweaty Betty, Browns Fashion, The Fragrance Shop, Moonpig.com, Hobbs, and TK Maxx. She also mentors start-up companies and is a featured speaker at conferences such as Retail Week Live, eCommerce Futures, and eCommerce UK. Gabrielle is currently a Non-executive Director of: Amplience Limited, the ecommerce content platform; Tate Enterprises, the commercial division of Tate Galleries; Planks Clothing, the global skiwear apparel brand; and All Together, the pro bono advisory firm for CEOs. Gabrielle holds an MBA from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania and a BSc in Information Systems from Boston College. Member of the following committees: (A) Audit Committee (R) Remuneration Committee (N) Nominations Committee (chair)
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Management Team
- Chief Customer Success Officer
Born and raised in a small village in the Tyrolean Alps in Austria, to now residing in the UK, Julia started a career in Digital Marketing/eCommerce which then branched out into Account Management and Customer Success. For more than 15 years she has worked with international brands across technology, marketing tech, eCommerce and payment industries with her most recent roles being with emarsys, Digital River and Qubit where she was Vice President of Customer Success before coming to join the K3 team.
Kimberly is a native New Yorker with a passion for all things technology and business process optimization. She cut her teeth in the publishing space building to digital sales with a leap straight into the SaaS start-up world. Kimberly started her journey with a dual role at K3 as VP, NA and leading the Global Partner Channel prior to taking ownership of the global sales organization. Problem-solving, collaboration, and challenging her team, prospects, and partners to rethink how business gets done is key to delivering long-term success.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Senior Management Team
age 58 Marco was appointed CEO and elected to the Board on 30 March 2021. Marco has over 30 years' experience in technology, principally in commercial sales, including in the UK, Europe, the Far East, and USA. He has wide sector experience, which includes retail, consumer, and e-commerce. A major part of his career was spent at IBM, the multi-national technology company, where he ran the Retail Store Solutions Division in Europe, Middle East, and Africa prior to joining the IBM Business Process Outsourcing division where he was promoted to Vice President of Sales for Europe. In 2014, he joined Digital River, the US-based global e-commerce, payments, and marketing services company becoming their Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Account Management. More recently, he was Chief Operating Officer at Qubit, the venture capitalist-backed personalisation technology company.
Marco was appointed CEO and elected to the Board on 30 March 2021. Marco has more than 30 years' experience in technology, principally in commercial sales, including in the UK, Europe, the Far East, and USA. He has wide sector experience, which includes retail, consumer, and eCommerce.
Oliver (age 54) joined the board as a non-executive director in February 2020. Oliver is a partner of Kestrel Partners LLP, a business he co-founded in 2009 and which specialises in investing in smaller quoted technology companies. Prior to this, he spent over 20 years advising smaller quoted and unquoted companies, latterly as a director of KBC Peel Hunt Corporate Finance. Oliver has acted as Kestrel's representative on the Boards of various of its investee companies. He is currently a non-executive director of ULS Technology plc and Idox plc and was previously a non-executive director of IQGeo Group plc and KBC Advanced Technologies plc prior to its takeover by Yokogawa. Member of the following committees: (R) Remuneration Committee (chair) (N) Nominations Committee
Pernille, aged 56, was appointed to the board as a non-executive director and chair of the audit committee in July 2022. Pernille has extensive board and senior level financial and commercial experience across a number of sectors, including IT services, and in both internationally listed and private equity backed businesses. She is currently Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice-president of NNIT A/S, one of Denmark's leading IT and consulting services providers, and a non-executive director of Gabriel Holding A/S, the fabrics manufacturer, and Brødrene Hartmann A/S, a leading packaging manufacturer. Pernille was previously Managing Director of John Guest Group, a multinational industrial engineering group, which was acquired by Reliance Worldwide Corporation for c£700m, and Group Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of TMF Group, the private equity backed, multi-national professional services company, where she oversaw significant M&A and international expansion. In her earlier career, Pernille was Chief Financial Officer at GN Store Nord A/S, a global leader in intelligent audio solutions, part of the Copenhagen-listed GN Group, and Senior Vice-president Corporate Finance at ISS Group, the global facility management services company. Pernille began her career as an accountant at Arthur Andersen in 1988, and holds an MSc. in accounting and an MBA from Copenhagen Business School. Member of the following committees: (A) Audit Committee (chair) (R) Remuneration Committee (N) Nominations Committee
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Non - Executive Chairman
Tom (age 54) was appointed Non-executive Chairman on 28 October 2020. He has over 20 years of main market listed small cap software business experience and a successful track record of developing and growing international product-based software businesses. Until recently, to January 2020, Tom was Chief Executive Officer of London based Aptitude Software Group Plc, the global financial management software company, having previously led the expansion of the business in to North America and Asia Pacific with a dominant position in new market verticals. Member of the following committees: (A) Audit Committee (R) Remuneration Committee (N) Nominations Committee