Jon Raab
Technical Director

Jon has been Technical Director of Adgistics since 2004. He trained initially as an engineer and prior to Adgistics he spent 7 years working for both blue chip companies and start up ventures at the forefront of e-commerce initiatives. Roles from Technical Consultant to Technology Director in a diverse range of industries provided an in-depth experience of web technology and delivery management. Highlights include a global e-procurement project for Stolt Offshore, an e-sourcing project for Phillips and a dynamic pricing project for Volkswagen.

At Adgistics Jon is responsible for all Client system and product development, managing a team of developers, designers and content managers.

Sanjay Patel
Chief Financial Officer

Sanjay joined Adgistics in October 2007 and is Company Secretary as well as having responsibility for the Company’s financial management.

A qualified Chartered Accountant, he was previously Group Financial Controller of an AIM listed business in the media industry and has experience in the video publishing and television production sectors.

Colin Hooper
Head of Development

Colin has worked at Adgistics since 2003. He has a wealth of experience in working as a Senior Developer for a range of blue-chip companies.

He originally worked in developing client server applications in languages such as C++ and Delphi and progressed into web development mainly using Microsoft technologies, starting with ASP and COM through to the latest cutting edge technologies in .Net.

Colin has been instrumental in developing much of our technology and spearheads our product development.

Nick Morley
Head of Design

Nick joined Adgistics in late 2005 to meet the creative demands of the company. Since his arrival he has taken on the responsibility of implementing clients brand guidelines into our software, ensuring brand consistency throughout.

He has over 16 years experience in the design field working on varied projects including magazine advertising, direct mail, book publishing, exhibition stands and product packaging. In the past 5 years he has turned his attention to designing for websites and banner advertising using both HTML and Flash technologies.

Past clients he has undertaken work for include major blue chip companies and advertising agencies including 3M, Carphone Warehouse, Daily & Sunday Telegraph and L'Oreal to name but a few of the brands.

Jim Hubbard
Non-Executive Director

A respected and innovative Creative Services Director, Jim is now Managing Director of White Door Consulting specialising in operational optimisation of the communications development process and in finding new ways to help creative businesses grow and prosper.

During his 20-year career of managing the creative services function in leading advertising agencies, he set up the advertising industry's first client-facing project management department incorporating new techniques such as TOC and global sourcing of production resulting in a much greater degree of speed, quality of service and client satisfaction.

Jim conceived and co-founded Adgistics in 1999.

James Waite
Chairman

James Waite co-founded Adgistics, and was appointed Chairman in 2009. Between 1994 and 2000 he established and ran a digital design agency within the Leagas Delaney Group. Subsequently he has contributed as a strategist and writer to an array of agency and client organisations, and co-founded an international photojournalism agency. He is a partner in Globalegacy LLP, consulting for commercial development in emerging economies with multinational business and advisory groups.

John Plimmer
Non-Executive Director

John joined the Adgistics Board in 2001 and served as Chairman in 2004-2009. He is a director and major shareholder of Tower Hill Investment Partners which hold an equity interest in Adgistics, and also Managing Director of JZ International, a European industrial and investment holding group with operations in the UK, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Scandinavia.

Prior to this John enjoyed a 17-year career with Hambros Bank in Melbourne, Sydney and London.

Ben Richardson
Non-Executive Director

Ben founded the imaging group, Metro, over 25 years ago, now a 150 staff, £10m operation providing studio, lighting and camera hire, film and consumable sales, film processing and printing, image manipulation and pre-press services.

Coming from an image production background Ben could see the advantages of centralisation and rationalisation of image storage and distribution and was the first investor in Adgistics .

Jeremy Hicks
Non-Executive Director

A qualified chartered accountant, Jeremy has followed up a 15 year career in investment banking with a further 12 years to date in financial management of publicly quoted advertising and media companies; firstly as Finance Director of Abbott Mead Vickers plc and more recently as Chief Financial Officer of Aegis Group plc.

Jeremy co-founded Adgistics in 1999. He also holds a non executive directorship with First Choice Holidays plc.