Our Board of Directors

David brings a wealth of relevant board and IT experience after more than 39 years of working in Technology and Operations roles across multiple industries for international businesses such as Diageo, GlaxoSmithKline, Boots, Reuters, Royal Bank of Scotland and National Grid. He currently has board roles in the HSBC banking group and Nuffield Health. David also has experience in the Professional Services sector where he was a management consultant at PwC. David has recently been a trustee of The Tech Partnership, focussing on the skills and diversity challenges of the UK technology sector.

External Appointments
HSBC Private Bank (UK) Limited (Chairman)
HSBC UK Bank plc (Non-Executive Director)
Marks and Spencer Financial Services plc (Non-Executive Director)
Nuffield Health (Non-Executive Director)

FDM Board Committees
Chair of the Nomination Committee

Rod is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of FDM Group. He has been instrumental in developing the Group into an international, award-winning employer with a prestigious client base operating in multiple industries.

Rod is a firm supporter of improving diversity in technology, with clear results achieved by the Group through its FDM Women in Tech, Returners, Ex-Forces and veteran career transition initiatives. Rod was featured in the Management Today Agents of Change Power List 2019 for his work promoting gender parity in the workplace.

External Appointments
None

FDM Board Committees
Member of the Nomination Committee

Sheila has over 30 years’ experience of working in the Tech sector and is one of the UK’s leading advocates of diversity and gender equality in IT. She spearheads both FDM’s global Women in Tech and ’Returners’ Programmes, aimed at providing opportunities for returners to work.

Sheila has advised Government committees on improving the digital skills shortage and gender pay gap in the UK. Her work has been recognized by numerous awards, including most recently by being awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 New Year’s Honours list for services to gender equality in technology and services to graduate and returners’ employment. She was also given a Tech Champion Award at the TechWomen100 Awards 2018, Woman of the Year award at the Information Age Women in IT Awards 2018 and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Scotland Women in Technology Awards 2017.

External Appointments
techUK (Board member) (techUK is the operating name for Information Technology Telecommunications and Electronics Association)
Institute of Coding Industry Advisory Board (Chair)

FDM Board Committees
None

Andy joined FDM in 1994 and progressed through the Group’s sales team to become Global Sales Director in 2007 and Chief Commercial Officer in 2014.

Andy oversees the expansion of the Group with a focus on the sales, HR and recruitment functions. Andy’s strategic focus is around developing new service streams in line with client demands, as well as increasing the number of applicants for the Group’s Graduate programme, which are both key areas to the success and growth of the Group. Andy has also played a key role in the launch and success of the UK Ex-Forces Programme.

External Appointments
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FDM Board Committees
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Mike is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has been Chief Financial Officer at FDM since April 2011.

Prior to joining FDM, Mike fulfilled the roles of Group Finance Director and Chief Operating Officer in a premium listed business in the Software and Services sector. In addition Mike has been an Independent non-executive chairman and non-executive director on the boards of a number of other companies. Overall Mike has more than thirty years’ experience of working within the technology sector in a range of senior roles.

External Appointments
None

FDM Board Committees
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Peter has over twenty years of experience as an investment analyst, specialising in the Software and IT Services sector. Peter joined UBS in 2000 and led its UK small and mid-cap research team.

Between 2007 and 2011 he was Chief Operating Officer of UBS European Equity Research. One of his responsibilities during this period was the oversight of the graduate recruitment, training and development programmes, both for the Research business and the Equities operation as a whole.

External Appointments
Aptitude Software Group plc (Non-Executive Director)
Keystone Law Group plc (Non-Executive Director)
D4T4 Solutions plc (Non-Executive Director)

FDM Board Committees
Chair of the Remuneration Committee
Member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination Committee

Alan is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

Alan was with PwC for 35 years until his retirement in 2015, including 23 years as an audit partner working with listed, private equity-backed and fast-growth entrepreneurial companies. He was a member of PwC’s South East regional board and a national leader for audit services in the private equity sector. He has significant skills and experience in financial reporting, regulation, corporate governance and risk management.

During the year following his retirement from PwC in 2015, Alan was a non-executive director with CEGA Holdings Limited.

External Appointments
None

FDM Board Committees
Alan is Chair of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Remuneration Committee

Michelle has more than 25 years of experience in international Telecommunications and Technology. She is currently an area vice president for Citrix Systems after having served as the global Director of Cloud & Hosting Services at Vodafone. Prior to Vodafone, Michelle worked at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development where she managed the Telecom, Media & Technology banking team.

External Appointments
Women in Telecoms & Technology (co-founder and current board member)
Thunderbird School of Global Management, Phoenix, Arizona (Global Council Member)
Member of Investment Board of MOVE Capital

FDM Board Committees
Member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee

Jacqueline is a highly-regarded leader in technology in the UK, with a strong reputation as a champion of women in the sector. She has been the president of technology trade association techUK since July 2015 where she has developed and supported a manifesto for skills and diversity in the technology industry. She is also the co-chair of the Governance Board of the Institute of Coding.

Prior to this, Jacqueline held senior executive roles at major tech companies including Sage Group, Citrix Systems, CA Technologies, Novell and McAfee International. She was previously a non-executive director at AO World plc and Home Retail Group plc. In 2018 Jacqueline was awarded CBE for Services to International Trade in Technology.

Jacqueline is the Board’s designated Non-Executive Director to engage with the Group’s workforce on behalf of the Board and to enable employees to share ideas and concerns with senior management and the Board.

External Appointments
Costain Group plc (Non-Executive Director)
Rightmove plc (Senior Independent Director)
techUK (President)
Institute of Coding (Co-Chair of the Governance Board)

FDM Board Committees
None