Eric Dodd
Chief Executive Officer
Eric was appointed to the Board on 3 April 2023, originally as Chief Financial Officer, and led the turnaround in operating cash performance through the new business unit leadership structure before being appointed to the Chief Executive on 4 July 2024 as Tom Crawford stepped back to Non-executive Director. He has extensive experience of the software and technology sector. He was previously Chief Financial Officer of ATTRAQT Group plc, which he joined in 2017. Eric qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte, has an MBA from London Business School and a BEng from Loughborough University.
Lavinia Alderson
Chief Financial Officer
Lavinia was appointed to the Board on 4 July 2024 as part of Eric Dodd’s succession planning. She joined the Group in December 2020 as Group Corporate Finance Director. She has significant commercial and financial experience across a number of industries including PFI, IT, heavy industry services, and contract research services., having previously been Finance Director of Concept Life Sciences, which provides market-leading scientific services globally and, before that, Head of Finance UK Support & Governance at Cape plc, the energy services company. She qualified as a chartered accountant at PwC in 2000, and holds an LLB (Hons) Law degree from Northumbria University.
Oliver Scott
Non-executive Chairman
Oliver joined the board as a Non-executive Director in February 2020 and became Chair on 17 July 2024. Oliver is a partner of Kestrel Partners LLP, a business he co-founded in 2009 and which specialises in investing in smaller quoted technology companies. Prior to this, he spent over 20 years advising smaller quoted and unquoted companies, latterly as a Director of KBC Peel Hunt Corporate Finance. Oliver has acted as Kestrel’s representative on the Boards of various of its investee companies. He is currently a non-executive Director of Redcentric PLC and was previously a non-executive Director of Gresham Technologies PLC, IQGeo Group plc, IDOX PLC and KBC Advanced Technologies plc.
Chris Errington
Non-executive Director
Chris joined the board as a Non-executive Director in July 2025. Chris is a partner of Kestrel Partners LLP, which specialises in investing in smaller quoted technology companies. Prior to this, he spent 12 years as CFO, then CEO, of Gresham Technologies plc, where he led the restructuring: delivering on the strategy of building and selling a new software product and took Gresham’s market cap from £5m to £60m. Chris is qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young and spent 13 years in practice.
