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 Management Team

The day-to-day running of the business is the responsibility of the Executive Committee, made up of the directors of Strategic Thought Ltd, and key managers from the business.

Martin Metcalf: Chief Executive Officer

Martin has worked in the IT Industry since 1982 for organizations including Digital Equipment Corp and BT. In 2006, after 12 years at SAP AG, Martin left as Regional Managing Director, Nordics, UK, Ireland & Africa: he was responsible for operations in 12 countries, revenues of over $1bn and more than 1400 staff. Prior to that, he held various senior executive positions with SAP in sales, marketing and operations.

Andrew Darby: Chief Financial Officer

Andrew was at Misys plc as Business Unit Finance Director within the Banking Division. Andrew held several senior financial positions whilst at Misys, including Chief Financial Officer of Misys Risk Management Systems in California and European Financial Controller. His early career was at Generali SpA and English and American Group plc. Andrew qualified as a chartered accountant with Coopers & Lybrand.

Mark Brown: Chief Risk Officer

Mark joined Strategic Thought in April 2000 and was appointed as Chief Operations Officer in April 2001. Since qualifying as a chartered accountant in New Zealand, He has held management and consulting roles with a number of large organizations including Coopers & Lybrand and Lazard Brothers. Prior to joining Strategic thought Mark was General Manager for one of SunGard's European subsidiaries.

Karl Pringle: Global Alliances Director

Karl is responsible for developing the complimentary products and services partnerships. These partnerships include the world’s leading management consultancies, independent software vendors, related software industries, risk organizations and influencing industry bodies. Prior to joining Strategic Thought Karl spent 4 years in multinational pharmaceutical sales and marketing. Karl was educated in Canada at the UBC and at the The Kellogg School of Management in Chicago.

Darren Thorpe: Chief Technical Officer

Darren returned to Strategic Thought as Chief Technical Officer after an 18 month sabbatical during which time he gained his Commercial Pilot's Licence. He now has a frozen ATPL! Darren has a BSc International Politics and Strategic Studies, and an MSc in Computer Science. He started his career at Ferrant Syseca before moving to BAe SEMA and then on to Strategic Thought where he was one of our leading Management Consultants.

Peter Robertshaw: VP Global Marketing

2008 saw Peter's 25th year in the IT industry. Prior to joining STG as VP Global Marketing, Peter held a similar role at Swedish ERP player, IFS, leading their re-branding programme. Peter also worked for 12 years at software giant SAP in a number of roles including consulting, product management and marketing. He has also worked for Unilever and as a freelance consultant. Peter is a Director of BASDA the UK software trade body and chairs their Marketing and Green IT special interest groups.

Adrian Farley: HR and Talent Director

Adrian Farley has nearly 30 years experience in Human Resources having worked at both UK and Global businesses. Adrian joins us from SAP UK and SAP AG where he spent seven years in senior roles. Adrian is responsible for maintaining Strategic Thought's focus on its high talent and high performing workforce.