NCC Group plc Annual Report 2021

Executive Committee

Max Baldwin Group Sales and Marketing Director

Steve Boughton Global Operations Director

Max joined the Group in October 2019 and is responsible for inspiring and challenging its business growth plans towards continued sustainable and profitable revenue. Max owns the Group Marketing function and provides regional sales and portfolio teams with global insight, tools, techniques and direction that support their business winning objectives. Max was the Executive sponsor of the Race and Ethnicity resource group in FY21.

Steve is responsible for our Group transformation programme and for Group central services around the world. He joined the business in March 2018 from the NSL Group where he was the Chief Operating Officer supporting the business through its sale in 2017, and previously served as Managing Director of QinetiQ’s technical advisory business, leading software and service subsidiaries in the UK, Canada and Australia. In FY22 Steve will be the Executive sponsor of the new Accessibility resource group.

Simon Fieldhouse Global Managing Director, Software Resilience

Yvonne Harley Global Director of Sustainability and Corporate Affairs

Simon is Global Managing Director of the Software Resilience division, with locations in the UK, the USA, Europe and the Middle East. Simon is focused on returning the division to sustainable growth, supporting Group investment in product innovation to underpin growth across our EaaS cloud portfolio. Having completed the acquisition of the Intellectual Property Management company from Iron Mountain, Simon is leading the integration of the IPM business into NCC Group. Prior to NCC Group, Simon was the CEO of Hardware.com, an international value-added reseller of hybrid IT solutions operating in the UK, the USA, Europe and South Africa. In FY22 Simon will be Executive sponsor alongside Tim Kowalski of the Race and Ethnicity resource group.

Yvonne is Global Director of Sustainability and Corporate Affairs responsible for driving our sustainability strategy and setting communication standards, channels, brand reputation, colleague communication, public relations and crisis communication as well as co-sponsoring our inclusion and diversity engagement initiatives with Chief People Officer, Colin Watt. Joining the Group in July 2018, Yvonne has international experience across a range of industry sectors, which includes senior roles in financial services, oil and gas, and shipping.

Robert Horton Global Head of Assurance Delivery

Nick Rowe Managing Director, Assurance North America

Nick is Managing Director of the North American Assurance division based in California. He has held positions across business development, consulting and operations management since joining the firm in 1998. Currently Nick is responsible for the Group’s North American operations since relocating from the UK in 2013 and while the primary focus is on the growth of this region Nick also sponsors global initiatives across sales, marketing and, as part of the Group-wide commitment to diversity and inclusion, the Neurodiversity resource group in FY21.

Robert has worked in a number of areas across the Group, most recently on the creation of the single European division. He is also the Executive sponsor for Global Managed Services. Currently he is involved in the business transformation programme driving business alignment. Robert was a Director of NGS Software, a security consulting company he co-founded, from its formation in 2001 through to its acquisition by and successful integration into the Group in 2008.

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NCC Group plc — Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 May 2021

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