GAMMA TELECOM - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
Skills and experience
With a background as a chartered accountant, Andrew has worked in both audit and corporate finance at Deloitte LLP and Ernst & Young, specialising in providing advice to a wide range of clients in the technology sector. After leaving private practice, Andrew worked alongside the commercial director in a new business development role at Xansa plc before joining Gamma in 2007.
Andrew has a degree in maths from St John's College, Cambridge and gained an MBA from Warwick Business School. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Andrew was promoted to CEO in 2022 having formally been Gamma's interim CEO and former CFO.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Non - Executive Director of the Financial Ombudsman Service
Skills and experience
Bill joined Gamma in 2022 from OVO Energy, where he held the role of CFO. Before joining OVO Energy in 2020, Bill spent three years at Virgin Media which he joined as deputy CFO and later became acting CFO. From 2005 to 2017, Bill was at Barclays Bank where he held several senior finance roles including CFO at Barclays Corporate Bank and CFO of Barclaycard Europe.
Bill started his career as an officer in the British Army and, as a qualified accountant (FCA), has worked in the technology, media and telecom sector as an auditor at Deloitte and investment banker with Goldman Sachs.
Bill is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Bill is also a non-executive director of the Financial Ombudsman Service.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Non - Executive Director
Skills and experience
Charlotta began her career at Ernst & Young, where she qualified as a chartered accountant. She was then appointed to a series of senior roles in investment banking with UBS, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan both in London and Singapore, where she gained considerable M&A transactional experience.
Charlotta has also held senior roles within Nokia Corporation, including acting as CFO of its luxury mobile phone division Vertu Corporation Limited.
Charlotta is a non-executive director of two investments trusts, Pacific Assets Trust PLC and Polar Capital Technology Trust Plc, and acts as Audit Committee chair for the former; Senior independent director and chair of the Audit Committee of Keywords Studios plc (AIM); and senior independent director of Unicorn AIM VCT PLC, a Venture Capital Trust (AIM), and of Boku Inc
Chris joined Gamma in 2021 to lead the company's people and engagement strategy, having worked as a board level HR leader, and subsequently as a consultant, on business transformation and organisation design programmes for organisations across multiple sectors and geographies such as Vodafone, Equinix, Aviva Investors, the Financial Ombudsman Association, and the British Olympic Association.
She holds a first-class honours degree in English from Leeds University.
Job Titles:
- Chief Marketing and Product Officer
Chris joined Gamma in December 2020 from Aptitude Software where he held the role of chief product officer. Prior to this, Chris held several leadership roles in strategy, product management and marketing in several different operating businesses within The Sage Group plc, one of the leading providers of business management solutions to SMEs globally.
Chris holds a MPhys in physics from Jesus College, Oxford.
Colin joined Gamma in January 2024 from Openreach where he spent 5 years as chief technology and information officer. During this time, he designed and built the IT & network platforms which underpinned the UK's largest full fibre rollout.
Prior to this Colin held several leadership roles at the BT Group, including CTO of the BT Group consumer & business divisions driving IT transformation and launching a range of new products - including business VoIP platforms, BT Sport and the first BT Business hub with integrated fixed and mobile services.
Colin is a graduate of Queen's University Belfast with a degree in computer science.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director - Gamma Business
Daryl is MD of our channel business, responsible for ongoing management, growth strategies and execution. The business unit encompasses both wholesale channel and SMB direct routes to market in the UK. Joining the company in 2003, he has held several senior roles in Gamma and Telia (prior to acquisition) covering wholesale, dealer and public sector business units and has considerable experience in growing both existing and new value streams, playing a pivotal role in the evolution of the UK wholesale channel community.
Daryl is a graduate of the University of Surrey with a degree in economics.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director - Enterprise
David joined Gamma in 2012 following Gamma's acquisition of his last start-up communications business, Varidion Limited, and built Gamma's direct go-to-market organisation. He is responsible for driving growth of our Enterprise and Public Sector market share across Europe as Managing Director of our Gamma Enterprise business unit.
A passionate advocate for technology disruption and an engineer by trade, David has built, owned, and run multiple IT and Communication service providers that have challenged and changed how organisations buy and use business technology.
Before this, David had senior IT roles in the NHS, a large city law firm and a Brokerage House and was the co-founder and CTO at Sirocom Limited and Group CTO at Azzurri Communications.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer - Northern Europe
Gerben joined Gamma in August 2020 taking full responsibility for business activities across the Netherlands and Belgium. In 2023, he combined this activity with running our German business becoming Gamma's CEO of Northern Europe.
Job Titles:
- Senior Independent Non - Executive Director
- Non - Executive Director at Herald Investment Trust
Skills and experience
Henrietta has more than 30 years' experience in investment and financial services having worked for 3i Group, Morgan Stanley and ISIS Equity Partners (now Living Bridge Equity Partners) where she founded and chaired the AIM VCT Managers Group. She was formerly a non- executive director and chair of the remuneration committees at Electric Word plc, Alternative Networks plc and Dods Group plc, all of which were traded on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and discoverIE Group plc, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Henrietta has an MA in Mathematics from Cambridge University and an MBA from INSEAD.
Henrietta currently serves as a non-executive director at Herald Investment Trust, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
John joined Gamma in 2011 bringing more than 15 years of experience delivering successful customer service projects and large financial programmes within the telecoms, financial services and utilities industries. Having previously spent eight years as a change management consultant, he then took an operational role for Gamma in 2013 and since that time has worked in various senior operational roles before being appointed as COO in 2023.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Chairman of Raspberry Pi Trading Limited
Skills and experience
Martin was appointed as Gamma's chair on 1 July 2023. He joined Softcat plc in 2006 and held executive positions until 2018 as CEO and managing director, during which he led the company through a highly successful IPO and its first two years as a PLC. He took on the role of chair of Softcat in 2018 and stood down at the end of July 2023. Prior to Softcat, Martin spent 13 years at Computacenter plc, where he was responsible for the marketing function, ran Computacenter's French subsidiary and led acquisitions in the United Kingdom, Belgium and Germany.
Martin is chair of Raspberry Pi Trading Limited and independent non-executive chair of AIM listed musicMagpie plc.
Job Titles:
- Company Secretary
- Company Secretary Telephone
Rachael was appointed as company secretary of Gamma in January 2023 having previously gained governance experience in a variety of large multinational listed groups, most recently at GSK plc and Videndum plc. As company secretary, she is responsible for advising the board, through the Chair, on all governance matters.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Accountant
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Board
- Non - Executive Director of Marlowe Plc
Rachel is a chartered accountant and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Rachel is currently a non-executive director of Marlowe plc, a business-critical services and software provider; Hollywood Bowl plc, a leading international leisure operator of ten-pin bowling and mini-golf centres; Watkin Jones plc, housing developer and manager of student and build to rent accommodation and Wates Group, a privately-owned construction, residential development, and property services business.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Non - Executive Chairman of Jonckers
Skills and experience
Shaun has had an extensive career across media, advertising and telecommunications spanning more than 30 years. He has held senior roles across Emap PLC, Telegraph Media Group, Blyk and Telefonica. More recently, he has been the CEO of Exterion Media and IYUNO Media Group and is currently the CEO of EMG Group.
Shaun has also been a non-executive director on many company boards, including WEVE, Telefonica's WAYRA, Ocean Outdoor, Bliss Media and Proxama. He has also served on several Trade Body Boards, including the MMA and the Advertising Association.
Shaun studied at both Ashridge and Wharton Business School.
Shaun is currently non-executive chairman of Jonckers, a Belgian-based translation services and localisation technologies company; an independent non-executive director of HYGH, a digital advertising business based in Germany; a board member of Childline (NSPCC); and chairs the Advisory Board for The Sheffield Children's Hospital.
Job Titles:
- Communications Plc Share Price Performance and Trades
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer - Spain
Xavier Casajoana Chief Executive Officer - Spain Xavier Casajoana Xavier joined Gamma in April 2020 following Gamma's acquisition of VozTelecom. After more than 10 years in information systems management, Xavier joined Worldonline as director of information systems. After merging with Tiscali, he became director of the business services division and later held the role of general manager for Spain. In February 2003, he co-founded VozTelecom as the CEO. He has a degree in computer science from UPC and a master in business and technology from the URL, as well specialised degrees in marketing by ESADE and management by IESE.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
Skills and experience
Xavier is a senior private equity professional with more than 20 years of experience in M&A and investment, deal experience across Europe and the US. He is the CIO of the global private equity firm Bridgepoint and sits on the Executive and Investment Committees. Previously, Xavier was in charge of technology investment globally for his private equity firm.