Dufrain, one of the UK’s leading data analytics consultancies, today announces it has appointed Mark Fowle as Chairman to support the business through the next stage of its growth.
Fowle brings substantial and invaluable experience to the board. He is a successful and established tech entrepreneur with over 30 years’ experience in the IT industry, having co-founded and led multiple businesses in this space including Xplora, Connect-2 and Attenda, a provider of IT Managed Services to large businesses, that he subsequently sold to Ensono for over £100m.
Since then, Fowle has established himself as an experienced and successful private equity chairman. Following successful tenures at Ensono, MC Ventures and Datum, he currently serves as Chairman at both CTS, a provider of hosted and managed IT services, and CSI, which specialises in IBM and data centric IT services. All of these businesses have benefitted from private equity investment, making Mark a clear fit for Dufrain.
Fowle joins Dufrain at a crucial and exciting time for the business. Following a major investment from Phoenix Equity Partners earlier this year as part of a management buyout, Dufrain is set to expand by up to three times its current size across all regions. To do so, it will expand its services into new sectors to help more clients better manage and optimise their data. The company’s diverse range of solutions offer a reliable service to help clients make best use of their data via data management, data platforming, cloud engineering and analytics.
Mark will work closely with CEO Joseph George to ensure accelerated growth across all markets and help businesses derive better insights from their data to assist them in navigating the current economic circumstances and in continuing to provide the best possible service to their customers.
Joseph George, Chief Executive Officer at Dufrain commented:
“Mark’s experience will be invaluable as we look to deliver our exciting plans for growth. With Mark’s expertise and demonstrated history of driving growth in our space, Dufrain will be well equipped to attract top talent to drive our innovative projects and we look forward to working with him as Dufrain charts a course into a bright and fascinating future.”
Mark Fowle, Chairman, added:
“Dufrain is at such a pivotal point in its journey - Joseph and his team have built a fantastic business where outstanding people are nurtured at every step of the way and that goes a long way when it comes to driving growth. The investment from Phoenix is a testament to the business and its vision, and it shows huge potential for expansion – I’m excited to be a part of it and I’m confident we can build upon the team’s already stellar work to make a powerful impression in the global data management sector.”
