SpiriTel Plc Board of Directors

Steven Scott (44) Non-Executive Director

Steven is a Chartered Accountant, having trained with Arthur Andersen after graduating from Glasgow University. He is a founding Director of Penta Capital, a venture capital fund manager that has invested in SpiriTel. Prior to establishing Penta, he was a Director in The Royal Bank of Scotland's private equity division.

Steven Maine (58) Non-Executive Deputy Chairman

Steven has extensive experience in the telecommunications and media sectors, having served as Chief Executive Officer of Kingston Communications Plc between 1997 and 2003 and having previously held senior positions in the satellite and video communications businesses of BT Plc.

Lord St John of Bletso (52) Non-Executive Chairman

Anthony St John qualified as an attorney in South Africa. Since 1985 he has worked as a stockbroker in the City and currently consults to Merrill Lynch. He served as Managing Director at Globix, a managed services web-hosting business from 1998-2002 and consults to several IT companies.

Alastair Mills (37) Chief Executive

Alastair joined SpiriTel in 2004 from Telewest Communications, having previously worked in consultancy and corporate finance for KPMG. Following his appointment to the position of CEO in 2005 and as one of the youngest CEO's of a listed company, he initiated the restructure of the Group.  Alastair led the buy and build strategy that followed and today SpiriTel is established as one of the country's leading providers of integrated communications services to business customers.  In 2009 he was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the prestigious National Comms Business Awards.

Ronnie Smith (46) Chief Financial Officer

Ronnie qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1988 with Arthur Young (now Ernst & Young) following graduation from The University of Glasgow. Ronnie has held senior finance roles in a number of listed and private equity backed UK and US businesses, including Sigma Aldrich Inc., ICN Biomedicals Inc., The Ritchie Group Plc and The Rope Company Group Limited.