Board

Bernard Gallagher Bernard Gallagher FCMA: Non-Executive Chairman
Bernard is currently Company Secretary of Premier Research Group plc ('PRG'), and was Finance Director on PRG's admission to AIM in December 2004. PRG provides outsourced clinical testing services and has grown organically and by acquisition. Since it joined AIM, PRG has undertaken major acquisitions all of which have been successfully integrated, and its market capitalisation has grown from £16 million to more than £58 million. Bernard has considerable experience of making and then integrating acquisitions and has over 22 years of experience of financial management in a variety of businesses. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Executive Directors

Tim Revill Timothy J Revill FCA TEP: Chief Executive Officer
Tim is the founder of what became STM Fidecs (Fidecs). He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1975 with PKF in London and then moved to their Isle of Man office. In 1978, he established his own professional practice in the Isle of Man and subsequently merged it with another firm. In 1982, he moved to Gibraltar to open the Gibraltar and Spanish offices of his partnership, which he ran until 1989, when he participated in a management buy-out of the Spanish office and established Fidecs. Tim specialises in international financial and tax planning and until 2006 was a member of the BDO Tax Steering Committee and continues to be a member of the BDO Tax Knowledge Sharing Centre of Excellence. Part of Tim's role as CEO of STM will be to manage the acquisition process, including the identification of suitable targets. Tim is also currently a director of Stan James (Gibraltar) Ltd.
Alan Kentish Alan R Kentish ACA ACII AIRM: Chief Financial Officer
Alan qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1989 with Ernst & Whinney, specialising in the financial services industry. In 1993 he moved to Ernst & Young, Gibraltar and shortly afterwards qualified as an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute. In 1997, Alan joined Fidecs and set up its insurance management division, FIM. Alan acts as Managing and Technical director of FIM, which has experienced considerable growth over the last three years and is recognised as the largest insurance manager in Gibraltar. Alan sits on the boards of a number of insurance companies, including Admiral Insurance Company (Gibraltar) Limited.

Non-Executive Directors

Mark Denton Mark W Denton: Non-Executive Director
Mark is the Managing Director of SMP Partners Limited, a company where he has worked for over 20 years and in this time has been responsible for a number of key areas including client services, compliance, operations and human resources. Mark took over the role of Managing Director on 1 January 2007.
Martin Derbyshire Martin J Derbyshire: Non-Executive Director
Martin is the Director of Client Services in the Isle of Man Office of SMP Partners Limited which he joined in 1994, initially working as an Accountant, providing book keeping, accounting and taxation services to the international client base of the trust and company administration teams. In 1998 he moved to a role as a direct client relationship manager, providing structuring, company administration, advisory, management and directorship services to entities established for corporate and private clients.
Matthew Wood Matthew G Wood ACA: Non-Executive Director
Matt graduated with a First Class honours degree in Economics in 1996 from the University of Wales and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1999. He subsequently joined the corporate finance department of Beeson Gregory Limited (now Evolution Securities) in 2000 where he advised growing companies on transactions including IPOs, secondary fundraisings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructuring. Matt also advised corporate clients on the UK regulatory framework including the Listing Rules of the UKLA, the AIM Rules, the Code and general corporate governance matters. He left Evolution Securities in April 2006 to become a director of, and a consultant to, a number of private and public companies, including AIM quoted Equity Special Situations Limited and Avarae Global Coins plc.

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