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Management Board




 
Rudolf van Megen,
born in 1954, is Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). He graduated with a degree in business administration from the University of Cologne specialising in informatics, after which he completed a three year research and development project at the University of Cologne sponsored by the Federal Secretary of Finance and Siemens AG, dealing with software testing and cost estimation. He subsequently co-founded the Company, together with Heinz Bons in 1982, where he was responsible for the industry and telecommunications sectors. He has particular responsibility for strategy, sales, marketing and services.
     

 
René Gawron,
born in 1961, is Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). His main responsibilities are adminstration, accounting, finance, M&A, human resources and investor relations. After graduating with a degree in business adminstration from the University of Berlin, he held various positions at Siemens AG between 1985
and 2000, including, among others, head of business development for its mobile telecom networks. Before joining SQS as CFO in 2001, Mr Gawron was a member of the management board of a software company
called Artificial Life (Deutschland) AG, and an electronics company called Meads Inc.
     

 
David Cotterell ,
Born in 1952, is Chief Sales & Marketing Officer (‘CSO’). His main responsibilities are for setting sales and marketing policies for the group. Additionally he is CEO of UKIISA region, which consists of UK, Ireland, India and South Africa. Before SQS, he held senior management roles with organisations such as ACT Financial Systems, DST International, Customer Analytics and Advent. He has always placed great emphasis on being client-facing and creating new and sustainable business revenue streams. He joined Cresta (acquired by SQS in 2006) as Group CEO in 2002. In the last six years he has focussed on retaining and expanding clients and managing significant step-change growth on an annual basis. He joined SQS main board in July 2008.