• Name: Steven Hughes
• Email: steve@stevehughes.ceo
• Date of birth: 18 September 1958
• Nationality: British

Professional Profile

Joined IT industry in 1978 and have held senior management positions since 1985 in fast growing software companies such as Legent Corporation (acquired by Computer Associates), Seer Technologies (IPO), POINT Information Systems (acquired by S1 Corporation), YOUcentric Inc (acquired by J D Edwards, became Peoplesoft, now Oracle), Carnegie Information Systems (now part of RHL) and Aspect Enterprise Solutions (formerly OILspace), a company providing enterprise solutions to the oil, energy and shipping sectors. Aspect was acquired by ION in January 2018 and I was Chief Commercial Offer at ION Corporates Group to the end of 2019. I am also Chairman at Pozitive Energy, an emerging energy provider, and at Livvy Nicole, an emerging music management organisation and Owner at iCottage Group (music record label, recording studios and publishing).

Specialties: Building (typically) start-up software companies looking to grow rapidly and find an exit (acquisition, IPO, trade sale), general management, 'big ticket' solution sales to large corporates, strategic marketing, investor relations, extensive board-level experience, excellent communications skills