SHEARWATER - Key Persons
Adam's career spans over twenty five years, starting with a technical specialisation in Networking and Security. This start provided a sound technical understanding of Cyber Security and gave the foundation for twenty years in commercial sales. Adam's experience includes over seven years operating within a high-profile Cyber Security VAR, working with household names across a wide range of sectors.
Adam joined SecurEnvoy in 2005, as the first sales hire, with a hand in both End User Sales and Channel Development. The eighteen year SecurEnvoy journey has resulted in Adam successfully building out and leading the commercial operations and strategy. He has risen through many roles within the business at SecurEnvoy, culminating as Chief Revenue Officer.
Adam qualified as a chartered accountant at Price Waterhouse. He moved into industry where he held a variety of positions including in corporate development at a large food manufacturer and then as Group Financial Controller at FTSE 100 company Tate & Lyle plc. This was followed by ten years in the media and entertainment sector with CFO roles including at Entertainment One Ltd and most recently at digital marketing company Yell Ltd
Following her work as a professional indemnity litigation advisor, Carmen joined Shearwater Group to fulfil her longstanding interest to work in the IT sector and intellectual property. Carmen is a solicitor qualified in the UK and Australia.
She has comprehensive experience delivering legal guidance to the group for the effective risk-focussed commercial management of business activities. Carmen has broad experience across many legal and business topics including commercial negotiations, operational resilience needs, intellectual property, litigation, and data protection principles.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Chairman, Is Primarily Responsible for Shareholder Liaison, and Can Be Contacted C / O Alma PR at
David Williams, Chairman, is primarily responsible for shareholder liaison, and can be contacted c/o Alma PR at shearwater@almapr.co.uk or on +44 (0) 20 3405 0205.
David has a reputation for building companies in the public and private sectors and has chaired a large number of these, both in an executive and non-executive capacity.
In developing these companies he has raised in excess of £1 billion of capital to support organic and acquisition growth strategies. He was formerly chairman of Entertainment One Ltd. (LSE: ETO), Breedon Group plc (AIM: BREE) and Oxford Biodynamics Plc (AIM: OBD). David serves as the chairman of the Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Non - Executive Director
Giles has more than 25 years' experience in senior leadership and financial roles. Until June 2022 he was the financial officer of IG Design Group plc (AIM IGR).
Prior to this, Giles was also chief financial officer of the FTSE 250 listed Entertainment One Ltd (LSE: ETO), having worked with Entertainment One Ltd initially as a non-executive director before assuming the chief financial role in 2007. During his time at Entertainment One Ltd the market capitalisation grew to an excess of £1 billion. Giles was formally director of group finance of J Sainsbury plc and Woolworths Group plc.
Job Titles:
- Group Data Protection Officer
- Senior Director, Xcina Consulting
Lindsey Domingo is the Group Data Protection Officer for Shearwater Group plc and a Senior Director at Xcina Consulting. He has 30 years' experience in governance, risk and compliance advisory roles based in the UK, continental Europe and emerging markets.
Lindsey is a Chartered Accountant and Certified Information Systems Auditor, and holds further qualifications in Data Protection, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Executive Coaching & Mentoring, as well as Project Management.
He trained and qualified with PwC and was a partner at PwC and EY. He has led risk and assurance advisory, regulatory and change projects across financial, industrial and services sectors, and managed entire markets, with responsibility for operations management, developing teams, growing the practice, business development and programme/project delivery.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of Its Advisory Panel
Lord Reid joined the Company as Chairman of its Advisory Panel in January 2017. Lord Reid has had an illustrious career in UK Government, serving in numerous UK cabinet positions, including Home Secretary and Secretary of State for Defence. He now sits in the House of Lords and is Executive Chairman of the Institute for Strategy, Resilience and Security at University College London.
Job Titles:
- Advisory Panel Member
- Member of Its Advisory Panel
Marcus joined the Company as a Member of its Advisory Panel in April 2019. Marcus was formerly the Deputy Head of GCHQ, having served 33 years with the organisation. He was also GCHQ's first Cyber Director and has established and led major UK Cyber Programmes. Marcus also held posts across the wider UK intelligence and security community, and is currently the Senior Advisor for Cyber at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a world-leading authority on global security, political risk and military conflict.
Paul has over twenty years' boardroom experience in both leading-edge, fast moving technology enterprises and FTSE 100 global brands. With a career spanning a broad range of technology disciplines, Paul has consistently focussed on elements of Infosec from Offensive Security Testing and Industrial Control Systems, to Firmware, Software & SaaS, Data Centres, Hosting and IT infrastructure.
Paul was the Managing Director of Secarma in 2018 and joined the Group following its acquisition of its penetration testing assets. Previously, he co-founded and directed BrightHR, a cloud-based SaaS Human Resources service for SMEs, and was a Director with Sage Group plc and UKFast.
Job Titles:
- Group Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Leadership Team
Paul has over ten years' experience in senior finance positions within market leading digital information services, training and events businesses, creating and leading scalable finance functions within both a private and listed environment. Most recently, Paul was responsible for creating and leading a scalable shared service centre at Wilmington plc as the business grew substantially organically and via acquisitions in a five-year period.
Job Titles:
- Group Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Leadership Team
- CEO of Shearwater Group Plc and Brookcourt Solutions
Phil has over thirty years' industry experience during which time he has been instrumental in the delivery of next generation technology solutions to many leading global FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies. Following a six-year secondment to the US as International Business Director for Info Products Europe (now SCC), Phil returned to the UK market in 2001.
After a brief spell at NSC Global and three years at Repton (now CDW), he co-founded Brookcourt Solutions in 2005. In December 2018, Phil joined the Board of Shearwater as an Executive Director, and in April 2019 was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Shearwater Group.
Phillip has worked with leading Security vendors over the last 20 years and throughout his career has implemented large-scale security deployments, becoming a trusted security advisor for many major corporations. His wide-ranging skills have allowed him to educate and demonstrate new technology and techniques, in defending against Internet security threats.
With a passion for systems engineering, Phillip has provided direct input and ledon new developments as well as product direction at SecurEnvoy, culminating in its new converged security cloud platform. Phillip has been with SecurEnvoy a total of 12 years, after joining as the first Technical Lead and was key in the design and build of SecurEnvoy software, which is now in use with over 1100 customers in 36 countries.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Non - Executive Director
Robin has over thirty-five years' experience of working in the aerospace and defence industry, including roles as Chief Executive Officer of Airbus UK and Airtanker Ltd, as well as senior positions at BAE Systems, which included running their operations in Australasia and establishing the company's asset management organisation. Robin is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and has been appointed as a DTI Business Ambassador by the UK Government and received his OBE in 1997. Robin serves as a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Job Titles:
- Director, Human Resources
Sally has worked in an HR leadership role for more than 20 years and spent a significant part of her career working in clinical research and pharmaceuticals, leading a global team across multiple HR discipline, in Europe, the US and Asia.
Sally has worked extensively within mergers and acquisitions and has led large-scale integrations. She is passionate about implementing effective performance management, reward and recognition strategies that increase productivity and engage teams. Sally established her own company in 2012 and joined the Shearwater Group in 2019.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Non - Executive Director
Stephen has over thirty-five years' experience of working in senior roles in the technology, defence, information security and communications industries. Stephen was formerly Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin UK until his retirement in 2016. Prior to this, he was Managing Director of the company's operations in Ampthill, Bedfordshire.
Before joining Lockheed Martin, Stephen spent twenty-one years with HM Government Communications Centre (HMGCC), latterly as Chief Executive Officer, working on specialist development and the manufacture of security and communications equipment. Stephen serves as a member of the Nomination and Audit Committees.