Board of Directors

The role of the Board of Maintel is first and foremost to steer, monitor and oversee the businesses and activities of the Company in order to safeguard and enhance its total value and returns.

Board of Directors

Carol Thompson
Executive Chairman

Carol was appointed Executive Chairman of Maintel in November 2022. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and has over 20 years’ experience in Senior Finance roles, gained in both private and public companies. Between 2011 and 2015 she held the position of Chief Financial Officer at SSP plc, the global software company. Prior to SSP plc, she was Chief Financial Officer at Electricity North West, and has also served as Finance Director at The Tote, and at Stanley Leisure plc, acquiring significant knowledge of company strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and refinancing. 

Dan Davies
Interim CEO and Chief Technology Officer

Dan joined Maintel in 2013 as part of the acquisition of Proximity Communications, where he was the Product and Solutions Director and board member. With over 20 years experience in the communications sector and an engineering and design consultancy background, he is driven by making sure our technology has a meaningful impact on our customers’ organisations, with business focussed outcomes that help them to achieve success.

Dan leads all R&D activity within Maintel including our Product Management, R&D engineering and software development functions, as well as heading up our Information Systems and Security teams.

Dan was appointed Interim CEO in February 2024.

Gabriel Pirona
Chief Financial Officer

Gabriel Pirona trained at PwC and has over 25 years of financial experience, gained in both industry and public practice. Prior to joining Maintel, he held the position of Group Chief Financial Officer at Agilisys, the fast-growing cloud and digital transformation specialists. Prior to Agilisys, he was Group Chief Financial Officer at Selecta, and has also served as Group Chief Financial Officer at Photo-Me International plc, and as Regional Chief Financial Officer at Recall, gaining extensive and relevant strategic financial and business transformation experience.

Clare Bates
Non-Executive Director

Clare has over 20 years’ experience in senior human resources roles, gained in both private and public companies. Between 2009 and 2017 she held the position of HR and Transformation Director at SSP Limited, the global software company, where she had the responsibility of leading the global people agenda through multiple corporate events. Prior to SSP Limited, she held senior HR roles at Saint Gobain plc, E.ON AG, and Powergen plc, acquiring significant knowledge of organisational development, employee engagement, remuneration, recruitment and corporate governance. Most recently she has been applying her knowledge and experience as a consultant across a range of sectors.

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John Booth
Deputy-Chairman

John was appointed Deputy- Chairman in November 2022, previous to that he was Chairman of Maintel from 1996-2022. He also chairs or acts as a non-executive director of several private companies in investment management, telecoms, and media and is a consultant to Herald Venture Partners.

John is Chairman of The Prince’s Trust and of The National Gallery. John studied Modern Languages at Oxford University and is a Fellow of Merton College. He acts as an ambassador for the homelessness charity DePaul International and is Deputy Lieutenant of West Sussex.





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