Management Team

General management team.

John Wilson
Chairman and Chief Executive

With a background in statistics, John began his career as a management trainee with ITT, the former US multinational,

where he worked on developing complex business systems such as inventory management in a number of different departments before transferring to the main IT department. He then progressed to a systems management role with C E Heath PLC, where he was responsible for successfully designing and developing a London market underwriting system. John was next appointed by C E Heath as a founding director of Datasure (which later became Rebus). He was director of underwriting and responsible for sales, product direction, product development and all aspects of client support. Seeking a new challenge, John was appointed UK managing director of Rendeck, a Dutch software company, where he restored the company to profit and operated in a broader international environment. He left Rendeck in the late 1980’s to found Eurobase Systems, where he is managing director, and has grown the company from nothing to become a leading international IT services company.

Peter Morgan Hare
Group Operations Director

Peter joined Eurobase in April 2006 bringing with him experience in the systems integration,

consultancy, software and services industries, with a particular focus on the Financial Services Sector. He has performed key roles in companies such as Hoskyns, Merrill Lynch, Coopers & Lybrand, Ernst & Young, PLAUT Consulting, Intelligroup Europe and most recently Telehouse Europe. These roles have given Peter board level experience in major consultancies and IT companies and have comprised responsibilities ranging from senior project and programme management, man management of large, skilled teams and business units, business and product development, including start-ups and the building of successful partnerships. As the Group Operations Director of Eurobase, Peter is responsible for the successful planning and delivery of all implementation projects, product development and customer service throughout the growing Insurance and Banking divisions, as well as having a seat on the International board.

Christopher Kirk
Group Financial Director and Company Secretary

With a degree in statistics, Chris joined the London audit office of Arthur Andersen & Co in 1977. He qualified as an ACA in 1980.

During eight years at AA he undertook or led audits of multinational oil, manufacturing and construction companies as well as a variety of insurance, software and other companies. He also took a major role with training and practice development. Chris then joined BOC Group plc, first as deputy manager of their group international audit department, where he conducted audits of the Gases and Healthcare operations around Europe, India and the Far East. Then, after a project role setting up an MBO for a divested operation, he was appointed site controller of a major manufacturing facility in Wisconsin, USA, where he fundamentally improved the costing systems for a major new product line of anaesthesia machines. On his return to the UK as international controller for BOC Healthcare, he played a major role in the (aborted) project to float the global Healthcare division separately from the Gases operations. BOC then appointed Chris as finance director of its medical devices facility in Sweden, where he introduced new systems and restructured the operations to good effect. He became an FCA in 1995. On his second return to the UK he moved to the Distribution division and headed up the finance function at BOC Cargo Services based at London’s Heathrow airport. In 1999, Chris joined Eurobase as Financial Director and Company Secretary.

Edwin Rogers
Group Director

Edwin joined Eurobase in 1993, having previously held varied roles in IT and HR management, mainly within the financial sector. He has been HR Director at Eurobase since 1995 and in 2010 moved sideways from HR to focus on special assignments supporting the company’s strategic growth.

His career commenced with commercial training and duties at the Port of London Authority, followed by pharmaceutical product manufacturing control with Burroughs Wellcome. Edwin commenced his IT career as a Systems Analyst with civil engineering construction company Balfour Beatty in the late 1970s, moving on to insurance systems development with Lloyd's of London and banking systems development with merchant bankers William Brandts and then Schroders. Throughout the 80s he was a Project Manager with US bankers Manufacturers Hannover Trust [MHT]. In the late 1980s Edwin made a career switch into Human Resources management taking responsibility for HR in the Overseas Automated Systems division of MHT, based in London followed by general responsibility for management training for MHT in London. He made a brief return to IT, as Systems Implementation Manager with the Lloyd's managing agency Sturge Holdings, working alongside Arthur Andersen consultants. Following self-employed consultancy assignments in outplacement, recruitment and training, Edwin joined Eurobase in 1993. Initially he undertook quality assurance and account management roles and in 1995 returned to HR, taking on the responsibility for Human Resources at a time of exciting and dramatic organisational growth, which then lead to his appointment to the Board, whilst continuing to maintain qualifications and practice experience in stress management, performance coaching and psychometric profiling.