"...Having previously sourced telecoms services from huge organisations such as BT, I was all too familiar with being treated as just another number. With PCS, I was determined that things would be different and wanted a supplier who could give us the same kind of personal service we offer to our own customers..."
All the members of our senior management team have many years' experience in the telecoms sector and together form the ideal team to provide converged voice and data solutions to the business market.
Tim founded the Project Telecom Group in 1987 and managed its development and growth as an independent telecommunications service provider. The company floated on the London Stock Exchange in September 2000 and continued to grow rapidly, achieving revenues of £330m in 2002. In September 2003, the company was successfully sold to Vodafone for £162m.
Chris has over 20 years' experience in the mobile industry and joined Timico from three years at Vodafone UK where he was Director of Enterprise customer management. Prior to this, Chris's roles include five years as a Director of Project Telecom plc and a further 14 years at Vodafone in sales/marketing roles.
Trefor has worked in the emerging field of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) for the past ten years. He was Assistant Vice President of NGN technology strategy at Mitel Corporation before founding online VoIP retailer ETphones. Trefor was for 4 years a member of the Board of Directors of the SIP Forum, the trade association of the VoIP industry, during the critical period of the introduction of the technology. Tref now serves on the Industrial Panel of the University of Wales School of Informatics and is also on the council of the UK Internet Telephony Service Providers Association (ITSPA) and the Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA).
Jonathan qualified as a chartered accountant in 1984 with Peat Marwick. In 1986 he joined Stag Furniture plc and subsequently became Group Company Secretary and then Group Finance Director. From 1996 until 2001, Jonathan was CEO of Elit Group, one of the largest manufacturers of men's formal wear in Europe and since then he has become a Director, investor and Chairman of a number of small and medium size businesses. Jonathan was a founding shareholder of Project Telecom.
James joined the Timico Group following the acquisition of Twang.net in 2008, a business he founded ten years earlier. As Twang.net's Managing Director, he was responsible for the overall direction and strategy of the business. Prior to that, James served an engineering apprenticeship with the Royal Navy before going on to take technical and management roles with Vodafone and NTL. James also holds Non Executive Director positions for other companies.