Biography

Wayne Edmunds has served as a Director since March 2015. Mr. Edmunds previously served as the Interim Group Chief Executive of BBA Aviation plc from July 2017 to March 2018. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Invensys plc at Invensys Systems, Inc. from 2011 until his retirement in 2014. Previously, Mr. Edmunds was Chief Financial Officer of Invensys. Prior to joining Invensys in 2008, Mr. Edmunds was Senior Vice President of Finance at Reuters America, Inc. from 2005 to 2008. Mr. Edmunds served as the Chief Financial Officer of Innovance Networks Inc. (“Innovance”) from 2000 to 2004, where he was responsible for financial planning and operations. Prior to joining Innovance, Mr. Edmunds held other senior management roles in the technology sector, including working 17 years at Lucent Technologies, Inc., where he served as Vice President of Finance for the Optical Networking Division and as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development and was responsible for Europe, Middle East and Africa operations. Mr. Edmunds began his career at Amerada Hess Oil as an analyst in Corporate Treasury. Mr. Edmunds holds a Bachelor of Arts in accounting from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. in finance from Pace University.

Mr. Edmunds has extensive insight into global companies in the technology sector, with prior memberships on the Boards of multiple international companies. As the former CEO and CFO of several large companies, and through his board and committee memberships, he has accumulated extensive experience in corporate finance and accounting, financial reporting and internal controls, human resources and compensation.