Board of Directors

Mark McMenemy, non-executive Chairman, aged 51

Mark has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants since 1984 and has significant experience in the retail industry. He has held senior directorships at major high street and international retailers and was Group Finance Director at Clarks Shoes, Mothercare and Monsoon. At Monsoon, Mark was responsible for finance, property, legal, logistics and IT. He left Monsoon in March 2007 to pursue an alternative career through Pensive Solutions Ltd, a management consultancy he formed in 2003.

Gordon Smith, Chief Executive Officer, aged 46

Having spent a number of years as an international engineering consultant on projects in the Middle East, China and Africa, Gordon spent six years as a senior manager in Exel in key account management and third party logistics. He left Exel to found Greenstone Automation Limited (now called SDIGreenstone Limited) in 1997. Gordon holds a Bachelor of Engineering, a Master of Business Administration and is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer.

Steve Butler, Group CFO, aged 34

Steve Joined SDI in August 2009. Prior to joining SDI, Steve held the position of VP Finance & Commercial with DHL Exel Supply Chain and prior to this was a management consultant with Willis, IBM Business Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Steve qualified as a Chartered Management Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2001 and has a degree in Economics, Politics and Geography from the University of Wales, Swansea.

Richard Arkle, non-executive Director, aged 60

Richard Arkle is currently a non-executive director of Volex Group plc, a global manufacturer of cable assembly solutions to the electronic industries, and a non-executive Director of Cash Management Systems Limited, a provider of cash management services to retailers and financial institutions. He was a partner at KPMG LLP (and predecessor practices) from 1 October 1982 until he retired on 30 September 2004, where as a senior partner he played a leading role in the development of the Transaction Services practice into a UK market leading position. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.