Peter Kennedy, Chairman
Tim Jackson-Smith, Chief Executive Officer
Nick Kennedy, Chief Financial Officer
James Newman, Senior Independent Non Executive Director
Steven Fawkes, Non-Executive Director
Nick Makinson, Company Secretary
Biographies:
Peter Kennedy, Executive Chairman
Peter established Bglobal Metering in 2003. Peter has over 25 years experience in the software industry where he has held a variety of positions. In 1983 Peter co-founded QCL Systems Limited and held the position of managing director. QCL Systems Limited was then sold to Optim Group in 1988. Peter was then the managing director of IQ Computing Ltd, a system integration business, for seven years. In 1997 he co- founded Utilisoft Limited a software company specialising in energy market business to business transactions in the UK, Europe and Australia.
Tim Jackson-Smith, Chief Executive Officer
Tim is the Chief Executive Officer of Bglobal plc. He joined Bglobal plc as Non-Executive Director in September 2008, moving to Commercial Director and General Counsel in January 2010 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in November of the same year. Prior to joining Bglobal Tim was a partner in one of the UK’s largest law firms where he gained a wide range of experience in advising businesses on all aspects of corporate and commercial law with a particular emphasis on fast growing technology companies.
Nick Kennedy, Chief Financial Officer
Having graduated from Oxford University with a 2:1 in Economics and Management, Nick trained as a chartered accountant at Deloitte & Touche and subsequently spent two years with Grant Thornton Corporate Finance. Nick joined Bglobal Metering as Financial Controller in December 2005 taking over the responsibility for day to day management of the finance function. Nick now leads the finance team and personally oversees working capital management, budgeting/forecasting, foreign exchange risk management and the sourcing of meter rental securitisation funding.
James Newman, Senior Independent Non-executive Director
James is Chairman of Straight plc, Brulines (Holdings) plc and a Non-Executive Director of Scott Wilson Group plc, Dignity plc and The Scarborough Building Society, as well as a governor of Sheffield Hallam University. He was Chairman of Bglobal PLC from floatation until April 2009. formerly Deputy Chief Executive and Group Finance Director of Kelda Group plc and Group Finance Director of a number of other public companies. He has also been Chairman of Waste Recycling Group plc and a Non-Executive Director of Richmond Foods plc before their respective takeovers in 2003 and 2006. James is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
Steven Fawkes, Non-Executive Director
Steven Fawkes is currently a corporate finance partner at Matrix Corporate Capital, specialising in energy and clean technology. He previously led the Extel number 1 rated Matrix research team in the sector. Following the completion of his PhD in UK industry energy efficiency, Steven worked in energy efficiency for more than 20 years implementing large-scale energy management programmes. Steven is active in UK energy efficiency policy development and has worked as an Adviser to the Energy Efficiency Deployment Office
Nick Makinson, Company Secretary
Nick is a CIMA qualified accountant who has over 30 years experience in finance and administration. He was appointed Company Secretary of B Global Metering Limited in November 2003 and took on the same role within Bglobal plc in September 2006. He also holds positions with Utiligroup Limited, Utilisoft Limited and Utiliserve Limited.
Bglobal Metering Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bglobal plc)
William Jeffrey, Managing Director
Steve Whitehead, Business Development Director
Tim Jackson-Smith, Chief Executive Officer
Nick Kennedy, Chief Financial Officer
Nick Makinson, Company Secretary
Tim Hallam, Finance Director
William Jeffrey, Managing Director
William spent 15 years with British Gas in various management positions with responsibilities within the Gas Distribution and Transmission functions. He moved to the Semiconductor Industry in 1995 working initially with INTEL Corporation within their Engineering Improvement function and subsequently with Metron Technology as a European Senior Account Manager. William moved back into Utilities in 2001 working for Alfred McAlpine Infrastructure Services Ltd and as Commercial Director secured gas and electricity metering contracts for the business. William joined Bglobal Metering in 2007 as Head of Metering Operations and was appointed Managing Director in March 2011.
Tim Hallam, Finance Director
Tim graduate from Durham University with a BSc and PhD in Applied Physics with Electronics and subsequently undertook 2 year post doctoral research into gas sensors at UMIST. In Sept 1996 he joined the audit department of Arthur Andersen where he gained membership to the ICAEW as a Chartered Accountant . Tim moved into group accounting with 4imprint Group plc, a global promotional products company, in 2001 where he spent 7 years working with the US and European operations and consolidating results and forecasts for the plc Board. In 2008 Tim was appointed European Head of Finance of global call centre software company, Noble Systems, in Trafford Park where he was extensively involved in operational accounting and contract negotiations before joining Bglobal in Nov 2011.
Stephen Whitehead, Business Development Director
Stephen spent over 25 years with Norweb, and held various management positions with responsibilities for billing, credit management, revenue protection, customer contact, call centre and safety and faults information centre operations. Stephen spent a further five years with Vertex Data Sciences Limited, one of the UK's leading providers of outsourced business services and technology solutions. Stephen had specific responsibilities for business change, process re-engineering, major system implementations and played an active role in the de-regulation of the electricity market. Prior to leaving Vertex, he was the Business Development Manager for the utility sector. Stephen joined Bglobal Metering as Data Services Director in January 2004.