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Simon Goodenough
Simon is an experienced, hands-on Chairman & CEO that works with PE backed Enterprise Cloud and IT Managed Services organisations. He has a demonstrable track record of growing small-to-medium sized IT businesses and aligning them with the demands of their client base. Simon became CEO of DSP in 2018, having led a Management Buy-Out supported by YFM Equity Partners. He has been with the business since 2013, initially as Non-Executive Director and then Investor Chairman.
Prior to joining DSP Simon was Co-Founder of Quantix, a LivingBridge backed business that transformed the remote Oracle and Microsoft DBA support services landscape in the late 2000s.
Professionally Simon enjoys harnessing new technologies and investing in youth; at present this means innovating new managed services that are built on Machine Learning, Data Science and Automation, as well as offering internships and training to support this. Personally Simon is a passionate family man, a keen runner and supporter-cum-sponsor of his local amateur rugby club.
Tracy Westall
Non-Executive Director
Tracy is a highly respected figure in the UK digital technology sector, having operated as a board-level executive for over 30 years.
She has a strong commercial background and a high-profile portfolio of non-executive directorships and board memberships including the Department for Transport, WM5G Ltd, Birmingham Tech Week and as a Governor at Birmingham City University.
Charlie Love
CFO and COO
Charlie is a commercially and value focused CFO with a background in private equity, services, and regulated financial service businesses. He has spearheaded significant value creation within both publicly owned and private equity backed enterprises with recent successful exits for private equity owners from London market insurance businesses. He has experience in global strategy, and finance and operations including mergers and acquisition origination, execution and integration.
Charlie develops diverse support function teams to partner with business leaders and deliver exceptional business outcomes.
Phil Brown
Chief Technology Officer
My role at DSP is to help clients embrace Cloud technology; I work with organisations of all sizes, from the toe dippers to the large scale migrations.
Each engagement provides interesting challenges; but more importantly great opportunities for organisation to redefine how they utilise and consume IT. It’s my primary objective to help the organisation make the best choices when it comes to Cloud.
Lee Walker
Chief Revenue Officer
Lee joined DSP in August 2015 having worked for 15 years within the Partner community. The mission on joining was to drive DSP's efforts in the Oracle and Cloud marketplace through sales, Alliances, and Practice Directorship.
His experiences of working within the Oracle Partner community and beyond, through Quantix and Interoute (GTT), have provided the perfect platform for Lee to head the next stage of DSP's sales activities.
Mark Vivian
Chief Experience Officer
Mark joined Claremont in 2011 as an Operations & Services Director and became CEO in 2012. Throughout his time at Claremont, Mark oversaw a strategic shift in the business from a pure-play consultancy to a Managed Services Provider. Following the acquisition of Claremont by DSP in 2022, Mark was appointed to the Group Board and became CXO.
Theresa Williams
Chief People Officer
Theresa has over 20 years of global experience driving transformational change and strategic initiatives for organisations undergoing transition and growth. Her expertise includes organisational development and transformation, Mergers and Acquisitions and business operations.
Her role across the DSP Group focuses on supporting business growth objectives by shaping and delivering strategically aligned company culture and people solutions.
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