Directors
The Board of DirectorsThe Company is controlled by the Board of Directors, which meets regularly and has a formal schedule of matters referred to it for decision.
These include formulating the Group’s corporate strategy; monitoring financial performance; approval of major items of capital expenditure; share capital issues; governance issues; treasury and risk management policies and executive appointments. Prior to each meeting the Board is provided with appropriate strategic and financial information, including management accounts, together with monthly reports to enable it to monitor the performance of the Group.
Annual budgets are approved by the full Board. Operational control is delegated by the Board to the executive directors. Non-executive directors are able to contact the executive directors at any time for further information.
All the directors have direct access to the advice and the services of the Company Secretary and can take independent advice, if necessary, at the Company’s expense.
Richard Farleigh B Comm (honours 1)Chairman
Richard studied economics and mathematics, before working at the Australian Central Bank and then becoming an investment banker and hedge fund manager. In 1994 Richard branched out on his own as a private backer of emerging businesses. He has since backed over 50 young, mostly UK-based technology companies, including Amino Technologies, ARC International, Celoxica, ClearSpeed Technology, Cmed Group, Radiation Watch, Wolfson Microelectronics, Green Chemicals – and Oxonica. Richard is author of the investment book, Taming the Lion, and has appeared in the BBC series Dragon’s Den. He joined Oxonica in July 2007.
Graham Shaw Chief Executive OfficerGraham graduated from the University of London and has spent his career working in the high-technology business, in finance, graphic arts and security sectors. More recently Graham was Managing Director of EnSeal Systems Limited, which developed an unique technolgoy for the security of financial documents and cheques. The company was later sold to Fiserve Corp.
George Elliot Non-Executive DirectorGeorge is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience of growing technology companies. From 2000-2007 he was Finance Director of Wolfson Microelectronics plc, a leading global provider of high performance mixed-signal semiconductors to the consumer electronics market, during which time the company listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. Since 2007, he has acted as non-executive director of five high-growth technology companies.
George Elliott has a BA in Accountancy and Finance and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, having qualified with Grant Thornton in Edinburgh. He joined Oxonica in January 2009.
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