ValueLink

Directors

John East, CBE
Chairman

John East became Chairman of ValueLink in 1995. He has great depth and variety of experience and is Chairman or Non Executive Director of several companies including Past Forward Limited, Heritage Limited, Tourism for All Holidays Limited and the Continuum Group Limited. Previous directorships include Strategy International Limited, Jigsaw Day Nurseries Limited, JPI Group Limited and PFM Limited. Between 1985 and 1995 John was Chief Executive of the English Tourist Board.

Stephen Choate
Chief Executive

Stephen Choate joined ValueLink in 1997 as Chief Executive. He is responsible for the strategic development of the company. During this time ValueLink has enjoyed consistent and considerable growth in revenues and profitability. Previous career - 1995 to 1997 Managing Director, JPI Group, prior to this he spent seven years with NatWest Investment Bank, latterly with NatWest Ventures, and before that as operational auditor in its securities and fund management businesses. Stephen has a PhD in Development Economics, is a Chartered Accountant and a Member of the Securities Institute.

Trevor Beach
Operations Director

Trevor Beach joined ValueLink in 1995 as Pricing Manager. He was appointed Operations Director in 2000. Trevor has overall responsibility for the collection and processing of data, the development and support of IT and operational systems and for the client administration team. Under his management ValueLink have developed systems and procedures and built an operations team that enables us to deliver a first class service. Previous career - 1987 to 1995 responsible for international corporate actions at Kleinwort Benson, in 1983 he started his career in financial services with NPI.