London, 16th June 2000: Intec Telecom Systems PLC (the “Company”), whose 10 times oversubscribed flotation will debut on the London Stock Exchange on Friday 16 June, has announced the appointment of three highly experienced Non-executive Directors, Gordon Crawford, Dr Ceri James and Edward Astle, to add additional strength to its board. The new Directors bring substantial experience of growing high-technology businesses internationally in a public company environment.
Chief Executive, Kevin Adams, commented: “Intec Telecom Systems is a business undergoing dramatic growth in a dynamic international marketplace. These three new Non-executive Directors bring valuable experience to our Board and will be a major asset in building upon our current market leadership in packaged interconnect solutions.”
Gordon Crawford - Gordon Crawford, aged 45, is Executive Chairman, Chief Executive and founder of London Bridge Software Holdings plc, a company capitalised at about £800 million which provides credit management based software and consultancy services. Gordon has been involved in the computer software industry for over 20 years. After graduating from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, he spent a number of years in software development, before joining Wang UK Limited in 1982 where he was involved in the management of sales and marketing of the company’s hardware and software products to the insurance sector. He left Wang in 1987 to start his own software company.
Ceri James - Ceri James, aged 55, was co-founder and a major shareholder of Admiral plc from 1979 until 1999. As Chief Executive of Admiral he was instrumental in growing the IT development, consultancy and training services business throughout Europe, the Far East and Australia. Admiral joined the FTSE 250 in 1997 and is currently capitalised at approximately £1 billion. Prior to co-founding Admiral, Ceri worked for ICL, Nokia, and John Bell. He is currently a Non-executive Director of London Welsh RFC Limited.
Edward Astle - Edward Astle, aged 46, is currently Non-executive Chairman of Dataflex Plc, one of Europe’s leading suppliers of technology for the alternative telecoms market, and is also Non-executive Chairman of two new telecoms-related businesses backed by 3i plc. Between 1997 and 1999 he was a main board director of BICC plc responsible for the international telecoms cable systems division, which he successfully restructured before selling it to Corning. Previously he spent eight years at Cable & Wireless plc, rising to the main board where he was responsible for the company’s US long distance business and three global businesses.