JOURNEO - Key Persons
Barnaby Kent joined Journeo as a Non-Executive Director in March 2023, bringing over 20 years' technology and M&A leadership to the organisation.
He was previously CEO at Plumtree Group and was COO at LSE:AIM listed Ideagen for over a decade before a $1B acquisition by private equity in 2022. Barnaby is currently CEO at Plumtree Consultants, a private investment fund in the UK, and a NED at LSE:AIM listed Sopheon, Innovation Management Software, and NED for Equals Trust, an education provider.
He holds a BSc (Hons) from the University of Southampton, and an MBA from Edinburgh Business School.
Job Titles:
- Group Development and Communications Director
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- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Non - Executive Director
Background and suitability for the role: James has had a long career in corporate advisory and broking in the City, including acting as Chief Executive Officer of N+1 Brewin LLP and latterly as Senior Adviser to Cantor Fitzgerald Europe. Jamie has significant experience working with small and mid-cap companies, particularly in the AIM market, across a wide spectrum of sectors, covering all aspects of primary and secondary fund raising and mergers and acquisitions.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, MultiQ
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- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Non - Executive Chairman
- Its Chairman
Background and suitability for the role: Prior to becoming Chairman Mark had fulfilled positions of non-executive director and CFO within Journeo. Mark has had a long executive career in the technology and corporate finance sectors, including finance and management roles operating in Europe, the USA and South Africa. He also has extensive AIM experience having brought two technology companies to this market together with associated fund raises. He therefore brings a long experience of governance, public markets and investor relations.
Job Titles:
- Director of Fleet Systems
Background and suitability for the role: Nick is an FCA having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Tenon in Nottingham, before joining KPMG. He has significant experience at finance director level in growing, technology led, SME businesses and has strong group reporting, process and control skills.
Job Titles:
- Group Financial Controller
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- Chartered Engineer
- Chief Executive
- Chief Executive Officer
Background and suitability for the role: Russ is a Chartered Engineer and brings over 25 years' experience of forming and growing technology businesses to his role as CEO. Originally a development engineer in visual systems, Russ has designed products and software and founded businesses to generate substantial sales growth and leadership positions in a number of market sectors world-wide.
Russ has over 10 years' experience working as CEO of AIM-quoted Companies with M&A experience in the UK and USA and extensive international experience; having set up businesses and operations throughout Continental Europe, USA, Singapore & the Middle East.