About Us - Management

About Us - Management
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Senior Management Team

Nick Gregg, CEO

Nick started his career with US strategy consulting firm Monitor Company in Europe and Asia, focusing on clients in the telecoms and media sectors.

From 1996 Nick then spent six years in technology equity research. He firstly established the emerging technology team at HSBC Securities and subsequently ran European software and Internet coverage at Wall Street firm Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette (now Credit Suisse), including managing several high-profile Nasdaq and LSE IPOs. Following DLJ.s acquisition he led a number of venture capital investments in early-stage software companies and formally launched MarketClusters in 2004.

Nick also co-founded Milkround Online in 1996. Milkround quickly became the leading UK online graduate recruitment company and was sold in October 2006 to News Corporation.

Nick remains an active seed investor in several successful technology and media companies.

He holds an MA in Engineering from Cambridge University.

Jeremy Phillips, COO

Jeremy spent four years from 1993 as a strategy consultant with Accenture, advising on the effective adoption of new communications and distribution technologies.

Jeremy then worked for The Boots Company plc for three years as Business Development Manager, developing new direct-to-consumer offers and partnerships in retail financial services and co-founding Boots Internet Ventures.

Jeremy next became COO and Finance Director of First Property Group plc, an AIM-listed provider of market intelligence and financial solutions to the commercial property sector, building the company up over three years from startup to sustainable profitability with multi-£m turnover, through organic growth and multiple acquisitions, before co-founding MarketClusters.

Jeremy holds an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University.

Non-Executive Directors

Manoj Badale, Non-Executive Director

Manoj Badale is the CEO of Netdecisions Investments, and co-founder of the netdecisions Group. He is also on the board of Agilisys, TDX group, Clear Start, Eviivo, BMS and Investors in Cricket. He is the Vice Chairman of Operation Smile and a trustee of Charity Technology. He manages many of the company's and group's key relationships. He was formerly a global account manager at Monitor Company, where he spent significant time in Europe and India. In India, he has worked extensively within media and telecommunications and has sat on the national advisory committee on telecommunications and media policy.

Jay Patel, Non-Executive Director

Jay is a director of NewMediaSPARK plc and was part of its founding team in 1999. SPARK is an early stage technology investment company managing $100m of assets. Jay is currently focused on opportunities in the mobile sector and India. He has previously held executive positions at UBS Warburg and BSkyB. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG and holds degrees from INSEAD and the London School of Economics.