about us
Sir Brian Ivory CBE, CA (age 58), Chairman
Sir Brian Ivory, formerly Chief Executive Officer of Highland Distillers plc, is currently a non executive director of a number of public companies including HBOS plc and Remy Cointreau SA of France. He is also Chairman of the Scottish American Investment Company plc and the National Galleries of Scotland.
John Cole (age 63), Chief Executive
John Cole has over 25 years experience in the retail industry. He started his first company, Showcard Systems in 1972 which was sold to Havelock Europa in 1991. He then joined Lionheart Plc as Managing Director of Norank Murrel which manufactured merchandising equipment for major retailers. In 1993, he became Chairman of the retail group within Lionheart Plc. He formed Retec in 1999.
Charles McKay, FCA (age 44), Finance Director
Charles McKay qualified with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1990 working in general practice, litigation and training. Subsequently he joined Exel plc in 1993 in Corporate Finance before moving on to be Finance Director of the Solutions Division with annual turnover of £250m. He joined Retec in 2003.
Bryan Ellis (age 66), Non-executive Director
Bryan Ellis, formerly the General Manager of Hasbro Europe, is currently Chairman of the Toy Industries of Europe, a director of The Incorporated Society of British Advertisers, and a member of the Commercial Communications Group for the European Parliament.
Robert Hayim MBA (age 51), Non-executive Director
Robert Hayim is a Managing Director with CSS, where he is responsible for supervision of private equity portfolio investments. He has been involved in the start up of several technology businesses including E-Vote Limited and Data Source Limited. Prior to this, he worked with Thomson Financial and IP Sharp & Associates.
Ian Deste (age 47), Non-executive Director
Ian Deste is currently VP, Sales & Marketing for Coca-Cola Enterprises Limited. He has been at Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd since 1990 in a number of roles, including public affairs for the Group, and today he is responsible for all sales and marketing in the UK. He was previously at Grand Met Brewing and British American Tobacco (“B.A.T”) where he focused on similar roles and responsibilities.
