– USA, CA – WANdisco (LON: WAND), the data activation platform, today announced the appointments of Xenia Walters and Chris Baker to its Board as Non-Executive Directors effective 25 July 2023.
“I am delighted that Chris and Xenia have agreed to join us at this very important juncture in the re-establishment of the Company as a leading business in the data-integration software market,” said Interim Board Chairman, Ken Lever.
Xenia Walters will join the Audit and Risk Committee as its Chair, while Chris Baker will serve as Chair of the Remuneration Committee.
Concurrently, the company also announced that Interim CEO Stephen Kelly will join the Board as CEO while Interim CFO Ijoma Maluza will join the Board as CFO effective 25 July 2023.
Karl Monaghan will step down from the Board ahead of the next AGM in August.
About Xenia Walters
Xenia Walters is a senior finance leader with an excellent track record of delivering operational and profit improvements within fast-paced environments – both on the public markets and within private equity-backed global operations. Xenia began her career with PriceWaterhouseCoopers and worked in various finance roles at Allied Colloids plc, Ciba Speciality Chemicals, and Huntsman Chemicals. Xenia was with Regus plc, initially as Group Financial Controller and then as UK CFO. She was Group Finance Director of INTO University Partnerships and then Interim CFO of Oxford International Education Group until 2015, ultimately leading to her assuming the role of Group CFO of SDL plc and then Group CFO of Snowfox Group.
About Chris Baker
Chris Baker is an experienced leader in the international technology industry and is currently a partner of CBCS Associates, a software advisory business. Chris was with Digital Equipment Company, rising to serve as UK Sales Director for Outsourcing. Chris held several senior roles within Oracle, rising to SVP and Worldwide Head of ISV/OEM/Java Sales. Chris was then Executive Director of Xchanging plc from 2014 to 2016, leading the Xuber Insurance Software business, and Chris was CEO of Capita Software.
About WANdisco
WANdisco is the data activation platform for accelerating digital transformation at scale. WANdisco makes infinite data actionable across clouds and enterprises in real-time. WANdisco customers unleash the business value of the cloud with zero downtime, data loss, or disruption to fuel AI and machine learning, create new services, and transform businesses.
Source: https://www.wandisco.com/
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