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Team

Dedication and experience

The focus and track record of our senior team ensures that we're aligned with our clients' priorities.

Tom Ray

CEO

James Dalziel

Deputy Group CEO & COO

Martin Trower

Chief Financial Officer (Interim)

Hugh Simpson

Chief Delivery Officer

Tom Ray

CEO

Tom’s role as CEO is to guide the business through its next phase of growth in Europe. His long track record in the cloud world started at Cloudreach in 2010, where he worked as US General Manager, helping grow the business from 7 to 900 employees. Tom joined CTS in 2020 as COO, becoming CEO in 2021 and leading significant growth in the group’s revenues, headcount and geographical reach. Before working in cloud, Tom worked in technology roles in the shipping and oil & gas industries. Tom has an MA in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Aberdeen, UK.

James Dalziel

Deputy Group CEO & COO

James is responsible for all commercial and delivery operations across the group & all country operations as we drive our expansion and growth across Europe. An experienced board level executive leader, he has covered a multitude of industry vertical sectors across private and public markets and has worked internationally with responsibilities spanning across the Americas, APAC and EMEA.

After an executive leadership career with EDS, Unisys & T-Systems, Xerox & Samsung, James for the last 11 years has focused on transforming private equity portfolio companies, which he has done for Bregal Capital, EMK Capital and Soros Fund Management & Marlin Equity.

James joined Qodea in October of 2023 as Deputy CEO having worked with Marlin Equity for the last 5 years, supporting the operations group across a number of their portfolio companies.

Martin Trower

Chief Financial Officer (Interim)

Martin oversees the company's financial operations, including planning, risk management and reporting. With two decades of experience across technology, manufacturing, consumer goods and professional services, he excels in strategic financial planning and digital transformation. Martin's broad-based knowledge and proven track record bring fresh perspectives to the team, fostering collaboration and driving the company's financial strategy towards sustained growth and success.

He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and holds an Executive MBA from Ducere Global Business School (University of East London).

Hugh Simpson

Chief Delivery Officer

Hugh joined the team in 2024 and leads the engineering and delivery organisation for Qodea. With over 20 years’ experience in technology, data and applied AI, he was formerly co-founder and CEO of data and AI nearshore engineering company Liquid Technology, VP Data & AI at transformation partner Ciklum and worked at EY’s global data and analytics practice. Hugh is a former officer in the Royal Australian Navy. He holds an MBA from the University of Sydney, a GDComms and BA from the University of New South Wales and a range of technology accreditations.

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