Board of Directors

Richard Greco
CEO and Chairman

 

Harvey Boulter
Non Executive Director

Richard Greco, CEO and Chairman, CellcryptRichard has over 30 years of global experience in the internet and telecommunications industries in leadership roles. In addition to being Chairman and CEO of Cellcrypt, Richard is Chairman and CEO of Treasure Investments Limited, a company that invests in broadband enabled services and technology companies.

Richard was the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Bulldog Communications Limited, a UK based provider of broadband services which he sold to Cable and Wireless in May 2004.

Prior to Bulldog, Richard was CEO and Director of NASDAQ listed, UK-based, ICO Global Communications a global mobile satellite services provider. Prior to ICO, Richard served as President of NASDAQ listed Orion (Loral-Cyberstar), the world's leading provider of satellite-based internet connectivity services.

He spent 10 years at Northern Telecom (Nortel) in senior global marketing, sales and general management positions.

Richard earned his BA in Accounting from the Pennsylvania State University.

 

Harvey BoultonHarvey Boulter is the Managing Director of Porton Capital, which has been established to manage the private equity funds that he initially created around a military commercialization theme. The first of these private equity funds was launched in June 2000 and the range has now expanded to include four funds. Harvey has been instrumental in forming a number of strong relationships, in particular with DSTL (the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory - an agency of the UK Ministry of Defence) who together have partnered a number of commercialization ventures based on technology created at DSTL's headquarters at Porton Down.

Harvey also has many years' experience in corporate finance, primarily with UBS Warburg in London , where he headed the investment banking team that focused on Aerospace and Defence. This role covered a number of clients and government defence departments in Europe and North America . He was also an advisor to the UK Ministry of Defence in relation to the spin out of part of the then DERA, which became QinetiQ and DSTL.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Accountants, having qualified with the specialist valuations group within Deloitte and Touche London Corporate Finance in 1994, and is also a Fellow of the Securities Institute. He is a graduate of the University of Bristol , in the UK , having read Economics and Accountancy.

Andrew Hegarty
Non Executive Director

 

Fiona Strens
Non Executive Director

Andrew HegartyAndrew began his career as a corporate financier in 1994 with HSBC Investment Bank, involved in numerous public market transactions including IPOs, capital raisings, and M&A.

He left in 1999 to join Hanson Capital, a privately-owned investment and advisory firm, based in London and Los Angeles, which specialised in early-stage situations and principal investing.

In 2001, he joined Touchstone Securities, an independent advisory boutique, based in London, which provided high-level corporate finance advice to large corporates, private families and institutions. In 2003 he left to become a principal with P&P Partners, a private family office with £150m under management, engaged in private equity and direct investment. In 2006 Andrew was appointed a Director of Synergis Technologies, the UK arm of venture investment firm Porton Capital.

He now represents Porton Capital as an investor director on five of their UK portfolio companies: Alaska Food Diagnostics, Cellcrypt, Hydroventuri, P2i and Smart Holograms. Andrew studied Management Administration at Aston University.

 

Fiona StrensFiona brings to Cellcrypt a wealth of experience gained in the defence and security sector.

After completing a degree in Computer Sciences at Cambridge University , Fiona joined the Ministry of Defence and spent 11 years there focusing on policy and technology.

Fiona has most recently been working as a consultant to Government and Industry in the defence and security sector and has a particular interest and expertise in the information security needs of the UK Government market.