Board of Directors
Experience, relevant skills and contributions to the board:
Mark has held several senior roles in a variety of businesses across several sectors. He is a qualified chartered accountant and was one of the five founders of Chime Communications plc where he spent over twenty-five years as Chief Financial Officer and subsequently Chief Operating Officer until Chime was acquired by Providence Private Equity in 2016.
Mark is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Holiday Extras, a market leader in the provision of online ancillary travel services, where he has been Chairman for 11 years and Non- Executive Director for 20. He is also Chairman of Merit Group plc (Previously The Dods Group), an AIM-listed political and business intelligence company, operating in over 50 countries, Chairman and Non-Executive Director of Cognito Europe Limited. They are a private consultancy specialising in marketing for Finance, Technology and Professional Services. Mark is also Chairman of the Employee Ownership Trust of Thinks Insight and Strategy.
External appointments:
Non-Executive Chairman of Holiday Extras, Non-Executive Chairman of Merit Group, Senior Adviser to the Sanctuary Counsel, Chairman of the Employee Ownership Trust of Thinks Insight and Strategy, Non-Executive Chairman of Cognito Europe Limited.
Committee membership and Board attendance:
Audit, Risk and AIM Rules Compliance Committee, Remuneration Committee. 100% attendance
Experience, relevant skills and contributions to the board:
Björn joined TPXimpact as CEO in October 2022. Björn’s brief was to stabilise the business, establish a new vision, strategy, and 3 year plan.
Björn has worked in professional services since 1994, as a Partner leading business transformation work at PA Consulting, and then as a Senior Partner at EY.
Between 2011 and 2016, Björn led EY’s UK Government and Public Sector team operating across central government, local government, health and infrastructure.
The business doubled in size over five years and was EY UK’s largest market segment. In this role, he gained experience of scaled consultancy as well as an awareness of the limitations of traditional consultancy working.
Prior to joining TPXimpact, Björn most recently concentrated on building a number of private businesses.
External appointments:
Founding Partner DX Cubed LLP
Committee membership and Board attendance:
100% attendance
Experience, relevant skills and contributions to the board:
Steve joined TPXimpact in April 2022 to lead a number of finance transformation initiatives throughout the business, subsequently being appointed CFO. Steve drives the financial and operational strategy of the business; his responsibilities include investor relations, treasury and banking, IT and operations, property, external and internal financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, always seeking to balance the commercial priorities of the business with its commitment to People, Places and the Planet.
Prior to TPXimpact, Steve was a long-standing member of the leadership team at WPP plc where he worked for over twenty years, most recently as Deputy Group CFO, and prior to that, as Group Chief Accountant. Steve was also a non-executive director and Audit Committee member of Chime Communications from 2016 to 2019.
External appointments:
Director of Wise Addition Limited.
Committee membership and Board attendance:
Member of the ESG Committee. 100% attendance
Experience, relevant skills and contributions to the board:
Chris qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG before spending 9 years overseas in a variety of financial roles with PepsiCo Inc. In 1989 when he was CFO for the Central Europe Beverages division, he was recruited by WPP plc’s to be part of their small central team.
Chris retired from his role as WPP’s Deputy Group Finance Director in 2016, having been involved in all aspects of operations, investor relations and the many acquisitions that built that group. Chris represented WPP plc on the boards of a number of companies both in the UK and overseas.
Since his retirement, Chris has taken on a number of Non- Executive Director roles, including TPXimpact.
External appointments:
Non-Executive Director of M&C Saatchi plc.
Committee membership and Board attendance:
Chairman of the Audit, Risk and AIM Rules and Compliance Committee; Member of the ESG Committee (until April 2024). 100% attendance
Experience, relevant skills and contributions to the board:
Isabel is the founder of Profit with Purpose, and co-founder of ESG-Experts, both provide consultancy to companies on fulfilling their social and environmental objectives and related legal requirements. She is an Industry Careers Advisor for MBA students at the Saïd Business School, Oxford University, and sits on the Board of Big Give, the UK’s largest match-funding charity.
For 12 years as International Director of the Salesforce Foundation Isabel created a team delivering technology, grants, programmes and revenue.
Isabel worked at Oxfam and at Amnesty International for 11 years, prior to joining Salesforce.
External appointments:
Trustee of Big Give, Fellow of the RSA, Social Impact Advisor to the Board of Simply Business, SME insurance fintech.
Committee membership and Board attendance:
Chairwoman of the Remuneration Committee (until 1 April 2024); Chairwoman of the ESG Committee. 100% attendance.
Experience, relevant skills and contributions to the board:
Neal is a serial tech entrepreneur having co-founded four companies that he exited successfully with a combined value of £117m. He co-founded his first company at the age of 21 and, under the brand name of Jungle.com, that company went on to be sold to GUS for £37m. In 1996 he co-founded Xplora and sold it to Nasdaq-listed USWeb in 1998.
Neal then co-founded Attenda, a managed services consultancy that went on to be sold for £72m; one part to Telecity plc and the other to Darwin Private Equity.
In 2006 he founded QuickStart Global, an offshore IT service provider, which grew rapidly, and in 2010 was listed in the Sunday Times Tech-Track 100 at number 3, his second company in that list with Attenda having been listed at number 2 in 2001.
In 2016, Neal founded The Panoply (now TPXimpact) where he led the company through 16 acquisitions and made the strategic decision to move from a holding company model to a fully integrated group company. In September 2022, he stepped back from the CEO role and became a Non- Executive Director.
In January 2023, Neal co-founded Spin Energy, a European utility scale renewable energy development company.
Neal is also a trustee for The English Stage Company and Lumos Foundation as well as managing his own philanthropic activity through the Neal & Dominique Gandhi Foundation.
External appointments:
Director of Spin Energy SRL, Director of Bridgelink Alpha SRL.
Committee membership and Board attendance:
100% attendance
Experience, relevant skills and contributions to the board:
Rachel has extensive experience in digital leadership and transformation, having held several senior positions in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, including as a CEO.
She was the first Chief Digital Officer at the UK Department of Health where she developed its first digital strategy. She is now a business advisor, leadership coach and executive mentor and runs her own consultancy providing strategic advice to executives and Boards. She is also a High-Risk Assurance Reviewer for the Cabinet Office’s Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA).
Rachel also brings significant additional advisory experience to the Board. She is an independent Governor of Birkbeck College, University of London, where she established and chairs its first Digital Committee, a former member of the Board of the Campaign for Social Science, part of the Academy of Social Sciences, and a member of the Advisory Board of Digital Health.London. For ten years she was on the Board of Digital Leaders of which she is a former Chair. She has been featured in Computer Weekly’s list of Most Influential Women in IT since 2016.
External appointments:
Faculty Member of Holos Change Ltd, Partner at Strengths Unleashed Ltd, Faculty Member at the Public School of Technology, Director of Neaman Consulting, Governor of Birkbeck College University of London, Advisory Board Member of DigitalHealth.London, Fellow of the RSA.
Committee membership and Board attendance:
Member of the ESG Committee (until April 2024); Chairwoman of the Remuneration Committee (from 1 April 2024). 100% attendance
