The Board

The Board comprises two non-executive directors and four executive directors and is responsible to shareholders for the proper management of the group. Under the chairmanship of Lord Sheppard, the Board normally meets monthly.

In addition, the executive directors regularly meet on a formal basis with senior managers within the group to consider and review operational performance and financial management.

The Rt. Hon Lord Sheppard of Didgemere KCVO FCMA FCIS

Non-Executive Chairman
Lord Sheppard of Didgemere is non-executive Chairman. Lord Sheppard was previously Group Chief Executive (1986 – 1993) and Group Chairman (1987 – 1996) of Grand Metropolitan plc, and is currently Chairman of GB Railways plc, McBride plc, the Unipart Group of Companies, Group Trust plc and London First. Lord Sheppard’s other directorships and interests include being a director of the London Development Partnership, a Governor of the London School of Economics and a Vice-President of Business in the Community. He was appointed non-executive Chairman of OneClickHR in May 1999.

Peter Sedman B.Eng

Technical Director
Peter Sedman is Technical Director. Peter graduated with a degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Hertfordshire. Peter has a wide range of technical development knowledge and experience, being responsible for a major financial management development project at the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development in London. Peter previously worked as a senior software developer with responsibility for HR systems development at Paladin Solutions. He has been Technical Director since he co-founded OneClickHR in September 1996.

Mark Loveland

Non-Executive Director
Mark Loveland is a non-executive Director and head of the audit committee and remuneration committee. Mark was Head of European Technology Strategy for the Investment Bank JP Morgan until 2002. Prior to that he was working at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson as the Head of European Technology Research. He has vast experience working with Technology companies and has floated and raised equity capital for over 50 public companies. He was educated at Eltham College and Oxford University. Mark is also a non-executive director at Manpower Software plc and IBS Open Systems plc.

Stephen Oliver ACA

Chief Financial Officer
Stephen Oliver is Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary. He joined OneClickHR in April 2006. Having spent the previous 5 years as Chief Financial Officer at Epic Group Plc, an AIM listed technology company, ultimately seeing its successful acquisition by a publishing group. Prior to this he worked for an international media group, listed on the London Stock Exchange, as group financial controller. Within the accountancy profession, Stephen qualified as a chartered accountant with Grant Thornton and then worked for KPMG.

Frank Beechinor-Collins MBA

Chief Executive Officer
Frank Beechinor is CEO. Prior to founding OneClickHR with Peter Sedman, Frank worked as a marketing and sales strategy adviser for Paladin Solutions, an HR software development company. Before joining Paladin Solutions, Frank was the marketing manager for Grand Metropolitan Community Services Trust, the community affairs arm of Grand Metropolitan plc. Frank has a BSc from University College, Cork and an MBA from Henley Management College. He has been CEO since he co-founded OneClickHR, in September 1996.

Trevor Townsend

Operation Director
Trevor has over 5 years experience within the group working in many aspects of sales, implementation and software development. He was appointed Operations Director in October 2008. Experience outside of the group includes working as a Software Development Manager with Marconi.