New top team for Leicestershire software firm

Leicestershire software firm Evolve has unveiled a new management team as it looks to top the £5m turnover mark in the next five years.

The move sees a new managing director Nigel Bates join the Ratby-based business on the 1st May.

Previously led by founder and chief executive Leanne Bonner-Cooke, and chief technology officer, Colette Wyatt, the company says it plans to reach its £5m target with a “bigger, broader” management team. Evolve has also hired Matthew Broadbent as finance director and Neil Malpas as non-executive director.

Bates has worked at Microsoft, Capita, Serco amongst others.

Bonner-Cooke said: “I’m delighted to welcome Nigel to the team and confident that he will lead the business into its next phase of major growth. His passion for technology along with his people and customer focus are critically important to the Evolve culture.The team and I are looking forward to welcoming him into the business alongside Matthew and Neil as part of our new management team.”

She added: “I wanted to bring in new blood to Evolve, but having run the business myself with the support of my team for over ten years, I knew that handing over the reins would be a test for me personally. I am relived to say I can’t think of a better group of people to shoulder Evolve with besides Nigel, Neil and Matthew.”