Board appointments made following upheaval at Wandisco
SOFTWARE developer Wandisco has announced the appointment of two board members after a rollercoaster few months.
Erik Miller has joined officially as chief financial officer on a full time basis, whilst Karl Monaghan has been hired as a non-executive director.
This follows major board upheaval in which the company’s founder David Richards announced he was stepping down on September 29 but on October 6 announced his return – with chairman Paul Walker and non-executive director Ian Duncan departing instead.
Mr Monaghan is currently managing partner at Ashling Capital LLP, which he founded in December 2002 to provide consultancy services to both quoted and private companies.
Prior this he worked in corporate finance for Robert W Baird, Credit Lyonnais Securities, Bank of Ireland, Johnson Fry and BDO Stoy Hayward. He trained as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in Dublin and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from University College Dublin.
Erik Edwin Miller has rejoined the company on a full time basis as chief financial officer and reappointed as a board director. Mr Miller has held the role of interim senior vice president of finance at Wandisco since 10 October 2016 following the move of his predecessor to Just Eat, and will assume his new role with immediate effect.
Mr Miller has held a number of senior financial positions, most recently serving between 2010 and 2016 as CFO of Envivio, Inc, a NASDAQ-listed, multinational software-based video processing company. Envivio was purchased by Ericsson AB in October 2015.
David Richards, chief executive officer and interim chairman of WANdisco, commented: “We are delighted to welcome Karl to the Board of WANdisco and believe he brings a good combination of advising high growth companies alongside extensive UK capital markets exposure.
“His appointment, along with the return of Erik Miller as full time CFO and Board Director is a strong statement of intent by WANdisco as we look to aggressively grow our business in the medium term.
“I look forward to working alongside both Karl and Erik as we continue to progress and execute on our strategic ambitions.”
