Leadership

Mr. Jacques Guers is the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Company. He has 40+ years of experience in the industry, having worked in various commercial and managerial positions within Europe and the Emerging Markets. Today Jacques is leading a family business focused on Urban Mobility and Motorcycling. In 2007, Jacques got appointed as ‘Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur’ for his contribution to the French economy as a member of MEDEF – the leading network of entrepreneurs in France, a result of his significant involvement in efforts with the French government to improve the economy’s attractiveness for foreign investments.

Mr. Karl Robb has been appointed as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director. He has 39 years of experience in the software engineering and IT solutions industries. Mr. Robb began his extensive career in 1982 with the global solutions provider ICL and spent seven years in the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Sweden in a variety of roles, including: Business Analyst, Sales, Product Management and Marketing and Major Account Management with EU Governmental Institutions. In 1993, Mr. Robb co-founded Mobile Computing Systems, a mobile enterprise development platform and vertical applications provider in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy, which was acquired by the Malaysian telecom operator. In 2001, Mr. Robb co-founded Fathom Technology and served as its CEO until it was acquired by EPAM Systems Europe in 2004. Mr. Robb joined EPAM after the acquisition and served as the Executive Vice President of EPAM Systems Inc. and the President of EPAM Systems Europe until 2015. He continues to serve on the board of directors for EPAM.

As a global senior executive with decades of international experience in US publicly traded company, Hervé Tessler brings a wealth of experience to his role at Noventiq in building diverse, high-performing teams across multiple geographies and functions. Hervé is well-versed in driving results and leading initiatives on a global scale to transform international operations and company-wide functions. In his previous position as Executive Vice President and President of International Operations at Xerox which he held between 2017 to 2020, Hervé played a pivotal role in shaping Xerox’s strategic direction whilst concurrently leading operational teams across an extensive footprint encompassing more than 150 countries in Eurasia incl India, MEA, LATAM. Before this role, Hervé held several other senior management positions in emerging markets and at corporate headquarters. Hervé's extensive global experience extends to his personal life, having lived and worked in five different countries spanning four different continents.

Mr. Sergey Chernovolenko joined the Company as Global CEO in May 2018. During his tenure, he has been responsible for the exemplary growth of the company, the successful IPO in London in October 2021 and many of Noventiq’s strategic acquisitions. As Chief Operating Officer, he brings enormous energy, operational excellence and customer focus to all aspects of the business. Sergey has been working in the IT industry since 1997 and brings extensive International experience having held senior positions with Cisco as a Country Managing Director and at Xerox in various country and regional leadership positions around the world. He is based in Dubai and has degree in finance.

As a global senior executive with decades of international experience in US publicly traded company, Hervé Tessler brings a wealth of experience to his role at Noventiq in building diverse, high-performing teams across multiple geographies and functions. Hervé is well-versed in driving results and leading initiatives on a global scale to transform international operations and company-wide functions. In his previous position as Executive Vice President and President of International Operations at Xerox which he held between 2017 to 2020, Hervé played a pivotal role in shaping Xerox’s strategic direction whilst concurrently leading operational teams across an extensive footprint encompassing more than 150 countries in Eurasia incl India, MEA, LATAM. Before this role, Hervé held several other senior management positions in emerging markets and at corporate headquarters. Hervé's extensive global experience extends to his personal life, having lived and worked in five different countries spanning four different continents.

Mr. Sergey Chernovolenko joined the Company as Global CEO in May 2018. During his tenure, he has been responsible for the exemplary growth of the company, the successful IPO in London in October 2021 and many of Noventiq’s strategic acquisitions. As Chief Operating Officer, he brings enormous energy, operational excellence and customer focus to all aspects of the business. Sergey has been working in the IT industry since 1997 and brings extensive International experience having held senior positions with Cisco as a Country Managing Director and at Xerox in various country and regional leadership positions around the world. He is based in Dubai and has degree in finance.

Gareth is a highly accomplished senior executive with over 20 years’ experience in ITC, operating at board level across a range of public and private sector organisations. He is a powerful advocate for responsible corporate governance with in-depth knowledge of designing, implementing and managing effective risk frameworks, ethics and compliance programmes and systems of corporate governance. Gareth has held various positions at BT Group plc 2004-2020, the most recent being a seven-year tenure as Group Director, Ethics, Compliance and Governance. Gareth has also served as Board Director at BT Law and EE. He has previously held positions at the Department for Work and Pensions, GM and Thomas Cook, among others. Gareth is also Non-Executive Director at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. Gareth has a proven track record in managing complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions and large-scale transformational change programmes. He has a pragmatic and motivational leadership style consistent with delivering excellent results, whilst maintaining an environment based on honesty, trust and professional integrity.

Prior to joining Noventiq, Jerry was Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Partner at Corner Ventures and Corner Capital Management, a global technology venture capital fund and investment platform. Prior, he served in various roles for Airbnb (Nasdaq: ABNB) from 2017 until 2021, including as a member of Airbnb Global Leadership Team as Director of Operations and Finance and as the Chief Operations and Financial Officer for Airbnb’s luxury business unit. From 2005 to 2017, Mr. Letter served as a Partner and the Chief Financial Officer at InterMedia Partners, a media and technology focused private equity fund. At InterMedia, he led the sourcing and execution of multiple buy-side transactions, financings and sell-side transactions while also utilizing operational expertise working closely with portfolio company management to drive value creation post investment. Prior to that, he was a member of the initial executive management team at the Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network serving as its senior most financial executive, and before that, he was based in Silicon Valley and held senior finance positions at technology providers Exodus Communications, Inc. and GlobalCenter Inc. Jerry began his career at Arthur Andersen LLP where he became a Certified Public Accountant (currently inactive). He is a graduate of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and received his MBA from Columbia Business School.

Marina joined Noventiq in 2018 to lead our international and fast-growing HR team. During her time with Noventiq, Marina has led the integration and transformation projects, as well as coordinating the HR aspects of Noventiq´s demerger. Marina has a demonstrable track record for helping international organisations transform into mature, employee-centric companies. Specifically, her expertise is in achieving high levels of employee engagement, trust, and loyalty, while also reducing attrition, and empowering talent. With almost 20 years of experience managing multicultural and diverse HR global teams, Marina joined Noventiq after 13 years working in numerous senior HR roles at BBDO Group. Her main achievement there was introducing and developing a rich recognition feedback system to implement the organisational policies relating to employees´ dignity and respect, wellbeing, and fair treatment. She also spearheaded multiple initiatives relating to the professional growth and success of employees.

Since 2019, Andrew Morrison has been the Senior Vice President of Noventiq Global Services responsible for building strategic relationships with vendors, providers and partners. Andrew graduated from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh with a master’s degree in engineering and has over 30 years’ experience in IT and BPO services, leading Global and International business development, portfolio management, sales, delivery and supply chain management. From 2009 to 2014, he held executive positions at Xerox Global Services based in the USA, returning to Europe in 2014 to lead the European Services business for Xerox. More recently, he was Non-Executive Director for M4 Managed Services, a cyber security and digital transformation business, working primarily within the UK Public Sector. He has extensive experience in the Government, Financial, Manufacturing and Commercial sectors in Europe, USA and emerging markets, having led numerous global and international customer deployments and transformation projects.