Ian Graham
Chairman
Ian holds a PhD from Cambridge University, England, where he worked on microwave receivers for radio telescopes. After fifteen years in archaeological science, including teaching at the Institute of Archaeology of the University of London, he moved to New Zealand in 1986 as a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science. Ian served the 13 years from 1990 to 2003 as Dean of the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Waikato, and a Professor in the Computer Science Department. The Endace core technology was initially developed by the University research team led by Ian in the period 1995 to 2001.
Ian was one of the founders of Endace in 2001, and was Chairman of the Company at its admission to AIM in 2005. He has since served the company in turn as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Scientist before taking up the position of Chairman again in March 2009.
John Scott
Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
John is a non-executive director of a Lloyd's broker Miller and of six UK listed investment trusts, including Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC, where he was appointed Chairman at the end of 2009. Until May 2010, John was the Senior Independent Director of Xaar plc (appointed in 2001), a global supplier of inkjet technology and printheads; prior to that he worked for Lazard Brothers & Co. Limited for 20 years, where he was appointed an executive director in 1988.
John holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MA in Economics from Cambridge University.
Mark Rowan
Independent Non-Executive Director, Chairman of Audit Committee
Mark is a non-executive director of Imperial Innovations Limited, a company commercializing technology from Imperial College, London and RepRegen. Mark previously worked at JP Morgan and AIG Financial Products where he was in charge of corporate finance in Europe and President of Banque AIG.
He has a degree from Cambridge University.
Mark Giles
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHAIRMAN OF REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
A seasoned executive with over 25 years experience in the ICT industry, Mark Giles has held senior management positions with global companies such as IBM, Alcatel, and Vodafone.
He headed sales divisions at both IBM and Vodafone New Zealand, and served as the Managing Director of Alcatel NZ. Mark has extensive international sales and marketing experience having managed sales teams across retail, distribution, channel, B2B, online and services.
Mark is currently the Chairperson of Commit Services Limited. He has previously held board positions at Vodafone New Zealand Ltd and Vodafone Mobile New Zealand Ltd and was a board member and director of Alcatel New Zealand Limited.
Mark holds trustee positions on a number of trusts and currently serves as Chairperson for the Youthline Auckland Charitable Trust. He has a Bachelor of Agricultural Economics from Massey University.
Clayton Wakefield
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Clayton is an Executive Director and owner of Techspace Consulting Ltd, a leading New Zealand independent IT advisory company working with New Zealand’s major corporates. As part of its portfolio Techspace has a centre of excellence in the provision of next generation Data Centre and infrastructure capability to meet the enhanced corporate requirements of the 21st century.
From 2001 to 2007 he was Head of Technology and Operations at ASB Bank Ltd, one of the largest providers of financial and insurance services in New Zealand. Clayton has over 30 years’ experience in the banking, financial services, telecommunications and technology industries. Clayton was previously a Director and Chairman of Electronic Transactions Services Ltd, New Zealand's leading electronic payments provider and also previously a Director and Chairman of Visa New Zealand Ltd.
Clayton holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics from Waikato University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from University of Auckland.
Mike Riley
Chief Executive Officer
Mike joined Endace in November 2006 as VP Worldwide Marketing for Endace before taking up the role of CEO in July 2007. Mike has over 25 years experience in the networking and security marketplace. Prior to joining Endace he served for four years as Vice President of Marketing and Strategy at Network Engines, Inc. (NASDAQ: NENG), a leading manufacturer of server appliances for the security and storage networking market place.
Prior to his tenure at Network Engines, Mike served as Chief Marketing Officer at Sonexis, Inc.,and Senior Vice President Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Artel Video Systems,Inc. Mike was previously General Manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa for Premisys Communications, and held various technical and sales roles at Newbridge Networks in Europe.
Mike is a Director of REANNZ, the New Zealand Crown Company responsible for operating the KAREN advanced research network in New Zealand.
He holds a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Southampton, UK.