The Board

Executive Directors

Eric Sepkes — Executive Director and Chairman
Eric was appointed to the board on 29 April 2008 as Chairman. Eric is an exceptionally well known figure in the global banking community, Eric has been involved in Payment Infrastructures since 1985, when he was responsible for managing Citibank’s entry into CHAPS (Clearing House Automatic Payment System) where he was director for 12 years and Chairman for 3 years.

Chris Errington — Finance Director and interim Chief Excutive
Chris joined Gresham in February 2004 as Company Secretary. He was appointed Finance Director on 19 April 2004. Chris brings to the group considerable technical knowledge and management experience. He has over 13 years of experience as a Chartered Accountant, most recently with BDO Stoy Hayward and before that with Ernst & Young, where his focus was with fast growth and listed companies in the technology sector.

Non-Executive Directors

Max Royde — Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Audit and Remuneration Committees
Max was appointed to the board in August 2009 and is the group's senior independent non-executive director. Max is a Partner at Kestrel Partners LLP, a smaller company fund management business, having previously been at KBC Peel Hunt, the mid-cap broker, for over 10 years where he latterly held the position as Managing Director responsible for the firm's technology franchise.

Ken Archer — Non-Executive Director
Ken Archer was appointed to the board in June 2010. Ken began his career as an IT professional with Philips Industries and subsequently held Project Management roles with Hertz Europe and Overseas Containers Ltd. In 1976 Ken joined JP Morgan where he remained for 10 years, the last four of which he held the position of VP Information Services with overall responsibility for IT in the London Office. Subsequently he became CEO of Mercantile Information Services and COO of The Savings Corporation, a subsidiary of AIG. In 1991 he joined Computer Sciences Corporation. Following a number of management roles in that company, in 2001 he was appointed President of European Business development, a position he held for five years. In October 2006, Ken joined SmartStream Technologies as CEO following their buyout by TA Associates in a deal valued at c£80m. In November 2007, SmartStream was acquired by Dubai International Financial Centre Investments in an all cash deal valuing the company at approximately £208 million. Ken continued as CEO following the acquisition until April 2009.

Company Secretary

Rob Grubb - Company Secretary and interim Finance Director
Rob joined Gresham in March 2009 as Group Financial Controller and was subsequently appointed as Company Secretary in October 2009.
Rob is a Chartered Accountant having held previous positions with Ernst & Young in the UK and overseas and most recently with Lucite International Group.