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.

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Dan Davies

Chief Executive Officer

Dan joined Maintel in 2014 as part of the acquisition of Proximity Communications, where he was the Product and Solutions Director and board member.

With nearly 25 years of experience in the communications sector and an engineering, design consultancy, commercial and business 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 assumed the role of CEO in February 2025, having been Interim CEO of the Company since February 2024. Prior to becoming CEO, Dan served as the CTO from 2020 to 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.

Stephen Beynon

Non-Executive Chair

Stephen has over 30 years’ experience leading telecoms and energy businesses including running the B2B divisions of Virgin Media in the UK and Optus in Australia. Most recently he was co-President of Eutelsat’s Connectivity Business and CEO of their low earth orbit satellite subsidiary OneWeb.

Stephen is married with 3 adult children. He lives in Hertfordshire and his hobbies include gardening and fell walking. He is a keen follower of cricket and an Arsenal season ticket holder.

Angus McCaffery

Non-Executive Director

Angus McCaffery, joined the board in July 2024 as a non-executive director of the Company and has joined the Company’s Nomination Committee.

Angus Co-founded Maintel in 1991, becoming a non-exec director in 2019, stepping down from the main board in 2020. In 2019 Angus became the cornerstone investor in 4GD a high-tech Defence business leading the way in immersive close quarter combat training, with facilities in UK and US for Elite Special Forces.

More recently Angus has backed Peter Page to form Peter Page Ltd, suppliers of the finest rugs and carpets through the UKs top interior designers.

Bob Beveridge

Non-Executive Director

Bob Beveridge FCA, joined the Board in July 2024 as Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee.

Bob has wide-ranging Non-executive Director and public company experience; he is currently Chairman of the Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership, Audit Committee Chair and Senior Independent Director of Inspiration Healthcare plc and member of the Audit Committee of the Health Foundation.

Previously he was Group Finance Director of McBride plc, Marlborough Stirling plc and Cable and Wireless Communications plc.

He is married with four grown-up sons and two grandsons and lives in Reading, Berkshire.

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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