Board & Senior Management
Board Members
This section provides information on the board of Directors and senior management team.
| Paul Mitchell - Non Executive Chairman Paul was appointed Non Executive Chairman of NCC Group in 1999. He is Managing Director of Rickitt Mitchell & Partners Limited, a corporate financial advisory firm based in Manchester. He is also a Non Executive Director of Styles & Wood Group plc. He is a qualified chartered accountant. |
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 | Rob Cotton - Chief Executive Rob has been Chief Executive since 2003, having joined the Group as Finance Director and Managing Director of Escrow in 2000. He steered the Group through its move to the London Stock Exchange's main market in July 2007 following admission to AIM in July 2004, and through a management buy-out in April 2003. As well as delivering consistent organic growth in revenue and profits, he has instigated and overseen a series of strategic expansion plans including the acquisition of complementary businesses worldwide. A qualified chartered accountant, he previously held a number of director and senior management positions in industry. |
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 | Atul Patel - Group Finance Director Atul, a chartered accountant, was appointed as Group Finance Director in April 2011. He was formerly a Divisional Finance Director within Tribal Group plc, responsible for the Government and Health divisions. He brings with him a wealth of experience in running and operating finance and support functions as well as advising on business transformation and business integration. Atul qualified with PricewaterhouseCoopers before joining its management consultancy division, where he focused on performance improvement and business transformation within global organisations. |
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 | Debbie Hewitt - Non Executive Director Debbie joined NCC Group in September 2008. She has an MBA and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development. She is Non-Executive Chairman of Moss Bros plc and Non Executive Director of Mouchel plc, Domestic and General Group plc, Luminar Group Holdings plc, HR Owen and Redrow plc. She is also Non Executive Director of the Office of Government Commerce which oversees the Government’s purchasing budget and reports to the Treasury. |
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 | David McKeith - Non Executive Director David McKeith joined NCC Group as a Non Executive Director in July 2009. He is a qualified chartered accountant. He is the Chairman of the Hallé Orchestra and is Chairman of Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. |
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 | Felicity Brandwood - Group Company Secretary and Operational Director, Escrow Felicity Brandwood, a qualified solicitor, was appointed a director of Escrow Solutions in 2006 alongside her role as Group Company Secretary, having joined the Group in 1984. |
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Senior Management
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| Roger Rawlinson - Managing Director, Assurance Division Roger Rawlinson is responsible for the management of the Group's Assurance division. He has worked for NCC Group for over ten years in a variety of testing and consultancy roles and was appointed a Director of Consultancy in 2004. |
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| Pete Stock - Managing Director, Escrow UK Pete Stock is responsible for the management, development and continued growth of the UK Escrow division. Pete joined NCC Group in 2010 as MD of SDLC Solutions and has been instrumental in the successful integration of the company into the Group. Pete was MD of SDLC since its inception in 2001 and prior to this his extensive career in IT has included roles of developer, solutions architect and programme manager. |
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| Bob Dowson - Operational Director, Monitoring and Performance Testing Bob Dowson is responsible for the operational management and development of the Group's Performance and Load Testing business - Site Confidence. He joined the company in 2002 from Forrester Research. |
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