A wealth of experience

When working with Asite, you will benefit from the depth of knowledge gained from many years of experience in a vast array of industries.

Colin Goodall, Chairman (63)
Colin Goodall was appointed Non-Executive Chairman of Dana Petroleum plc in 2005, after 3 years as a non-executive member of the board. His appointment follows a successful 24-year upstream oil career with the BP group. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1966, Goodall worked in Africa for a number of organisations, including Anglo American Corporation and Touche Ross. He joined the finance team at BP plc in 1975, later becoming the first Chief of Staff within the BP group. From 1995 to 1999 he served as Chief Financial Officer of BP Europe and then as BP’s senior representative in Russia. He served as Chairman of Bidcom Limited from 2001 to 2002. Colin is a member of the Executive Committee.

Walter Goldsmith, Non-Executive Director (69)
Walter Goldsmith is chairman and non-executive director of a number of public companies, including Fitness First plc and is an adviser to the Rotch Property Group. He was Corporate Vice President and President of Pacific and International Operations of Black & Decker and was responsible for starting Black & Decker operations in 22 countries. A former Director General of the Institute of Directors, he has published a number of books on business strategy, including 'The Winning Streak' and 'The New Elite'. Walter is a member of the Executive Committee, Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee.

Peter Rogers, Non-Executive Director (60)
Director and co-founder of Stanhope Plc, a Chartered Engineer, involved with the property and construction industry at government and trade level, instrumental in driving changes to working practices, safety and efficiency, responsible for the construction of the £700m Broadgate development. Currently involved in the Treasury PFI, business parks, Stratford regeneration, Bracknell Town Centre redevelopment and various office developments. Chairman of the Strategic Forum for Construction and Chairman of Constructing Excellence. Trustee of the V&A, advisor to the Royal Shakespeare Company, Serpentine Gallery, and Channel 4 Steering Group for the Castleford Regeneration Project. Fellow Royal Society of Arts, Honorary Fellow RIBA.

Robert Tchenguiz, Non-Executive Director (46)
Robert Tchenguiz is co-chairman of Rotch Property Group, the company he founded in 1982. Over the last 20 years, Rotch has become one of the largest and innovative property and finance groups in the UK, owning properties with a value of over £3.5 billion and interests in operating businesses which have significant property assets. These include a substantial interest in Whyte and Mackay as well as the largest freehold ground rent portfolio in the country.

Gordon Ashworth, Non-Executive Director (44)
Gordon is the former CEO of Asite and helped restructure the business in 2005 - 2006. Gordon worked with K2 IT Consultants Limited, an IT sector recruitment consultancy, where he was group finance director for the £25 million turnover business. Gordon has significant experience of managing finance in fast-growing companies and has valuable industry experience gained in the consulting and new media sectors. Gordon is a member of the Audit Committee.

Tony Ryan, Chief Executive Officer (37)
Tony has worked in information technology since 1989 and has a wide range of experience in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and E-Business solutions. Tony brings with him the experience of working with large publicly-held corporations as well as small entrepreneurial start-up companies. Tony specialises in helping emerging businesses succeed. Tony joined Asite in December 2003. Prior to joining Asite, Tony worked for a number of successful business start-ups, after heading up sales for EMEA at Renaissance Worldwide, a global E-Business consulting practice. Tony is a member of the Executive Committee.

Nathan R. Doughty, Chief Operations Officer (33)
Nathan joined Asite in 2002 from Bidcom, technology solutions providers for the construction industry (later acquired by Citadon Inc) where he was Director of Product Development. Prior to Bidcom, Nathan was Chief Technology Officer for Spill Industries, an award-winning web design and development company based in Paris, France. Nathan started his career at KPMG Consulting in the US, where he worked on web application architecture projects for leading global banks in KPMG's financial services eCommerce Practice. Nathan is a member of the Executive Committee.