Role
As founder and CEO of the Commify group of companies, Geoff built one of Europe's largest business messaging providers. Headquartered in Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé and a significant local employer, Commify comprises over a dozen global brands and serves almost 50,000 companies, with annual turnover approaching €100m. Geoff is looking to replicate this success with another private equity backed software company, Business Systems, as Executive Chairman of the London-based contact centre specialists. He also works with a number of local tech startups, as a mentor and angel investor.
After graduating from Sheffield University with a degree in Business Studies, Geoff started his career in retail banking, specialising in marketing, where he held a number of senior roles with the likes of Lloyds TSB and Alliance & Leicester. He was Customer Marketing Director of HomeServe and a member of its UK board, seeing its sales increase tenfold during his tenure, before swapping insurance for software.
Geoff lives in Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé with his wife, who is an Educational Developer at NTU, and they have two children at university.