The Management Team
The enterprising spirit of Nigel Steljes, the company's founder and chairperson, is one of the main driving forces of the company. Nigel's management team reflects his values and business ethos. Each member brings a wealth of experience from a wide variety of market sectors and organisations.
The Steljes management team:
 | Nigel Steljes, Chairman
Nigel has been a successful entrepreneur for most of his life. In 1986, after seeing a prototype of an LCD data projection panel, Nigel believed that he had found a product of significant importance to start up a business to sell this new technology. Steljes Limited was founded on April 1st 1987 and its first customer was IBM. In 2005, Nigel became Company Chairman and remains actively involved in helping the business continue with its tradition of identifying and delivering new technology. |
 | Martin Large, Group Chief Executive
Martin joined Steljes as Finance Director in June 1996 and took on the role of Group Chief Executive in July 2005. Since his appointment, Steljes has shipped over 350,000 SMART Board™ interactive whiteboards to customers in the UK and Ireland, securing a total UK market share for SMART Technologies' of 58%. Martin is also responsible for the company's investment in its mobile learning proposition, Steljes Anytime, over the last three years. |
| Ian Goodhind, Chief Operations Officer
Ian has been with the company for over ten years. During his time at Steljes he has been responsible for many key intitiatives that have helped drive the business, such as the launch and introduction of the SMART software accreditation scheme for resellers. Ian has held the roles of Product Marketing Director and Finance Director. In November 2007, he was promoted to Chief Operations Officer and is responsible for driving the company's SMART and Anytime Learning Strategies. |
| Colin Bingham, Group Innovation Director
Colin has over 15 years experience of developing innovative technologies for start-up businesses within the venture capital industry. He has held senior management posts for companies such as LD Technology Ltd, BBV Digital Ltd and Liquid Display Technology Ltd. As Innovation Director, Colin is responsible for driving the company's new product strategy and roadmap for the UK and overseas markets. |
| Craig McKeown, Group Finance Director
Craig has over 12 years’ commercial accountancy experience. Prior to working for Steljes, Craig was Commercial Manager for Ergon Energy Corporation Limited, the largest electricity distributor in Australia. In April 2007, Craig was promoted from Head of Group Finance to Group Finance Director. As Group Finance Director, Craig defines future financial strategy to support the development of the business. |
| Nigel Peck, Group Technical and Customer Service Director
Nigel has spent much of his career with the Granada Group and prior to joining Steljes he was Client Director at Acentic Ltd, Europe’s leading interactive services provider. Nigel was previously Managing Director for Steljes Technical Services and was promoted to Group Technical & Customer Services Director in 2007. Nigel is responsible for ensuring full end-to-end support for the channel, education, IT and corporate business. |
| Graham Wylie, Group Product Marketing Director
Graham has previously held marketing leadership roles within Reed, RAC, NCP and Shell. His early career was spent in sales and marketing at Air Products and Chemicals Inc. Graham is responsible for driving the marketing strategy for Steljes and heads up the product management and marketing teams. |