Our People
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Edward Cook Edward Cook joined the company in February 2001, having spent two years as a director of ICE Mobile Ltd, an ecommerce consultancy. Prior to this, he was a director of a leading technology consulting and training company which he grew from two to 120 full-time staff. He managed the successful sale of the business to The Delphi Group PLC. |
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Sandy MacPherson Sandy started his working life as an officer in the British Army. Sandy started, ran and sold a mobile phone operator in Estonia, was chairman of several cable TV companies, senior fund manager of a JP Morgan private equity fund and managing director of a high tech investment bank. He is a chartered engineer with a degree in electronics and an MBA. He has led the acquisition process for AVM since January 2005. |
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Simon Porter Simon Porter joined AVM as Finance Director in April 2007. Simon was formerly Finance Director of Vida Group Ltd, an electronics group backed by 3i and the Bank of Scotland. Prior to that, he worked for RHM plc and Peek plc in a range of finance and operational roles. Simon qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, and later completed an MBA at Cranfield. |
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Jared Lancaster Jared Lancaster has been with AVM since 2002 and has worked across all areas of the business. Jared’s background comes from electrical switchgear, focusing on complex control and high voltage equipment. Jared directs both the technical resources and the operations department to ensure a high level of technical accuracy and fluent operations at all times. |
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Craig Bonner Craig’s technical career began in the manufacturing sector, designing and engineering complex machinery for both the Defence and Motor Vehicle Industry. Craig joined AVM in September 2002 and manages and develops the Service Department as a highly profitable revenue generator. Craig directs a large team of both field and onsite engineers, supporting blue chip clients all over the UK, and abroad. Craig is qualified as a Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) and Certified Video Conferencing Engineer (CVE). |
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Jim Maxwell Jim Maxwell started as an Electronic Engineer at GEC Avionics in 1989, before moving into AV with Quest Technical Systems in 1994 within the Service Team. Following this period, Jim moved into the AV Projects Team and has since worked for two other Major AV companies within Operations Management. Jim has been with AVM since December 2005 and ensures the Operations Department is working efficiently whilst maintaining our high standards of service. |
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John Masters John Masters’ career includes both senior industry roles, including CEO of Tellit Communications Ltd, and finance roles, including ten years in the private equity industry, during which John was appointed as a Board Director to nine companies. Most recently John was Non-Executive Director and then MD EMEA for a Canadian TeleCollaboration equipment vendor. Before this John was a member of Nomura’s Private Equity Group. |
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Danielle Shuttlewood Danielle joined AVM at the beginning of 2008, bringing a wealth of experience in HR and employment law. After graduating in law at the University of Sussex, Danielle qualified as a solicitor. She was with Sanders Witherspoon LLP for 4 years before starting her HR career at Landor Associates where she worked in both Sydney and London. |
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Jane Vinson Jane joined Octopus Private Equity in 2006. Prior to that she had ten years of private equity experience at Bridgepoint in the portfolio team, where she was responsible for working with and selling over 60 portfolio companies. She has a degree in Accounting from Portsmouth University and is a chartered management accountant. Jane is a non-executive director at AVM. |
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Alan Watkins Alan is a seasoned Chairman and Senior Executive, who has over 30 years experience within the IT industry. Currently, he is Chairman of Blackhawk Capital, a Private Equity vehicle that focuses on undervalued assets. He sits on the Board of Blackhawk’s portfolio companies including Teksys, which has recently been sold to Dimension Data plc. Previously Alan was most notably the Founder and Managing Director of Cisco UK.. |