Board of Directors
Ivan Martin - Non-Executive Chairman
Ivan is FDM's Non-Executive Chairman and bring to FDM his previous expertise as a main Board Director and Chief Executive. He chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee. His earlier role with Misys Plc, where he headed their banking division, has entailed significant operational experience including sales, customer services, software development, professional services and product management. He is Executive Chairman of Sesame Group Ltd.
Rod Flavell - Chief Executive Officer
Rod has been involved in the IT services industry since 1982. He is a founder of FDM and became Chief Executive Officer in 2001. He has in-depth knowledge of sales and business management. He is responsible for the overall strategic development and organic growth of Group. Since becoming Chief Executive Officer he has focused the business on generating higher margins as well as reducing the Group's costs during the downturn experienced by the IT sector during 2001, 2002 and 2003.
David Templeman - Chief Financial Officer
David, a chartered accountant, was appointed as the Group’s CFO in November 2007, having spent over 20 years in a broad range of senior financial positions. David was a partner in BDO Stoy Hayward before joining Citigroup, and more recently acting as Head of Finance & IT for an international bank in the City. David is working closely with the management team in driving FDM’s organic growth and acquisition programme, with responsibility for ensuring that FDM maintains robust systems to underpin its continuous development.
Sheila Flavell - Global Services Director
Sheila has enjoyed a successful business career stretching over 20 years in both the public and private sectors of information technology. She joined FDM in 1998 as a senior executive and has been fundamental to the success and development of FDM’s Global Services. Sheila has responsibility for FDM’s Testing, Consultancy, Support and Training business areas as well as overseeing the strategic direction of the FDM Academy programme. She holds both an MBA and a Master of Arts (Marketing) degree and is a qualified Prince 11 Practitioner.
Andy Brown - Global Sales Director
Andy joined FDM in 1994 as a recruitment consultant before moving into the sales team the following year. He went on to establish FDM as the foremost provider of Client Server development and consultancy services within the UK and developed FDM’s Financial Services Sector offering. Andrew opened FDM’s first major finance client, NatWest and subsequently went on to establish FDM as a key vendor to clients including Deutsche Bank, UBS, HSBC, ABN Amro and RBS, paving the way for FDM’s first City office in 2007. He now heads Group Sales and is integral to developing products and services for FDM and its customers.
Karl Monaghan - Non-Executive Director
Karl was appointed a Non-Executive Director of FDM Group in November 2005, and has considerable expertise in the finance and accounting arena, having been previously employed by KPMG, Credit Lyonnais Securities and R.W.Baird. Karl chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Remuneration Committee. He is also a Non-Executive Director of a number of AiM quoted.
