Board of Directors

Simon has over 20 years of experience in board and advisory roles with British and American B2B software companies. He is a seasoned executive, specializing in guiding both listed and growth equity-backed technology companies. He has extensive knowledge of AIM and broad expertise across the technology sector, having held board positions at U.K.-listed companies such as SurfControl plc, Endace Limited, and PCI-PAL plc. Simon has also held advisory, board and Chair positions at many international software companies including The Innovation Group (USA), Workshare, M86 Security, and Rootstock. He currently serves as Chair on the boards of PCI-PALplc (UK) and Uberflip (Canada), and as Independent NED at Hazelcast (USA).

Ian, who is a Certified Public Accountant, joined FADEL in February 2024. Ian began his career at Ernst & Young, where he worked in the auditing division from 2008 to 2013 for a range of clients including Fortune 200 companies. Following this he spent two years as Director of Accounting at Cross Country Infrastructure Services Inc., where he oversaw operations and contributed to the organisation’s growth from $30 million to $100 million. Ian acted as Director of Revenue Recognition at Everyday Health Inc. for one year. He then served as divisional CFO for Streaming and Digital at Endeavour for five years and most recently as CFO of Logic Manager Inc., where he spent the last two years. Ian holds a Bachelor’s degree from Hofstra University, where he majored in Business Administration with a minor in Business Computer Information Systems.

Tarek founded FADEL in 2003, he is responsible for driving its long-term strategic plan as well as overseeing the day-to-day management of the Group. He has more than 27 years of experience building, selling and implementing enterprise software applications. He served at Cambridge Technology Group between 1995 and 1997, before spending 6 years with Oracle Corporation, a cloud technology company, where he managed a consulting practice for Oracle responsible for the success of several large ERP and E-Commerce client implementations, and held the position of Director of Product Management releasing several Oracle CRM products. Tarek graduated from the Lebanese American University in Computer Science, has a Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Science from The City University of New York and an Executive MBA from Columbia Business School and holds a technology patent for his work on Method and Apparatus for e-Commerce Integration Architecture and Process.

Ken is a Certified Public Accountant and an experienced US Company Director. He qualified as an accountant at Ernst & Young where the worked for 15 years, principally in the auditing division serving middle-market and entrepreneurial growth entities. Following this he served as Chief Financial Officer of two middle-market, privately held companies, Colin Service System, Inc. and The McIntyre Group. Between 2002 and 2010 he served as Chief Financial Officer of Marvel Entertainment, overseeing the sale of the Company to Disney in 2009. Post his time with Marvel Entertainment, he acted as Chief Financial Officer of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc., and oversaw its sale in December 2015 to Sequential Brands Group. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Fareportal, Inc., an on-line travel booking company between 2017 and 2019. He has also held Board Positions at CIIG Merger Corp, resigning following a successful acquisition. He is a current board member of CIIG Capital Partners II, a second SPAC. Ken has a degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Administration and Management Science, Economic and Accounting.

Ken acts as a member of the Audit, Risk and Sustainability Committee.

Sally is a qualified Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) accountant and an experienced UK public company director. She has served as Group Chief Operating Officer and Group Chief Financial Officer at Huntsworth plc, the international public relations and healthcare communications group, from 2004 to 2014.

She is senior independent Non-Executive Director of Mind Gym plc, an international behavioral science company delivering business improvement solutions to companies across the world, which she joined at the time of its AIM listing in 2018, Non-Executive Director of NAHL plc, the consumer legal-focused marketing and services business, since 2019 and Non-Executive Director of Skillcast Group plc, provider of e-learning software and content subscriptions and related professional services, which she joined at the time of its AIM listing in 2021. She has been Non-Executive Chairperson of digital experience agency, UNRVLD since 2020 and Non-Executive Director of Nominet UK, the domain name registry which runs. UK – part of the UK’s critical national infrastructure since 2022.

Sally acts as chair of the Audit, Risk and Sustainability Committee and as a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.

Joe is experienced in building and managing sales teams. He currently serves as Chief Revenue Officer for ERP Maestro, a tech company focused on providing access security and compliance software for companies running SAP. Prior to joining ERP Maestro, he led strategic sales initiatives for Qstream and San Jose-based Clarity Consultants. He has held executive leadership roles for several successful enterprise software firms including Peoplefluent, Softscape and Centra Software, as well as senior sales, service, and business development positions at Oracle and SAP. Joe graduated from The State University of New York at Fredonia in Business and has an MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Finance.

Joe acts as the Chair of the Groups Remuneration and Nomination Committee.