Sir Brian Ivory CBE, CA (age 59), 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 64), Deputy Chairman

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.
Graeme Derby (age 50), Chief Executive

Graeme has over 25 years of experience in sales and marketing working in a number of industries, both nationally and internationally: these include the Grocery sector with Unilever, Toys with Hasbro and Sports with Dunlop Slazenger. As well as leading sales teams in the UK and US he has led companies through significant change programmes, for example; Waddington Games, which resulted in improved market share and profitability.
Charles McKay, FCA (age 45), 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 67), 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.
Ian Deste (age 48), 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.
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