Investors
Mary Clarke - Chief Executive
Mary J Clarke has served as Chief Executive of Cognisco since January 2004. Under her leadership the company has achieved sustained profitability and implemented a new operating model, developed a more customer and market driven culture and expanded the role and reach of Cognisco.
Mary brings a wealth of business experience to Cognisco. She has worked for a number of technology based companies including start-ups and high growth businesses. She has held UK, European and Worldwide roles for small, medium and large businesses. Her knowledge of Sales and Marketing together with experience in software and services organisations forms a basis of experience to guide Cognisco as it grows both nationally and into other geographical markets.
Before joining Cognisco Mrs Clarke spent over twenty years in the IT and Telecommunications industry. She has developed a number of businesses from start-up in the UK and Far-East, served as Vice President for Lucent Technologies, formerly AT&T Network Systems and as Director of Network Services, Digital Equipment Company Limited.
Mary is a mathematics graduate from Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh.
Paul Davis - Non-Executive Director
Having qualified with Ernst and Young in London in 1979, Paul joined Keens Shay Keens, a regional firm of chartered accountants, as a manager in 1981. He was instrumental in establishing the Milton Keynes office of the firm in 1986, and subsequently, in arranging the buy-out of the Milton Keynes operation in 1997.
Paul is now senior partner of Keens Shay Keens MK, which deals with all aspects of general practice, but focussing on growing and dynamic privately owned businesses. Paul was involved with Cognisco at its inception, including initial fund raising, and was Cognisco’s audit partner from that date until 2007.
David Southworth - Chairman
David is an experienced Company Director with a number of current and previous roles in a selection of different industries.
Having originally qualified as an accountant, David became Chief Executive of Skillsgroup (previously P&P plc) in 1986 and after a flotation on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, the company made many acquisitions during its transition from being product based to a software and services business.
After becoming Executive Chairman in 1998 David left the Company in 2000 to set up his own Consultancy Business .Since then he has had a number of appointments as Chairman or Non-Executive Director especially in the Financial Services and Software Sectors. He is currently Chairman of Frenkel Topping Plc and a Non Executive Director of NWF Group Plc, both listed on AIM.