Prof. Dr. Werner Mellis

born in 1951, is a professor of information systems specialising in software engineering management. After studying mathematics and physics at the University of Cologne, he was awarded a doctorate in mathematics in 1980. From 1984 to 1992 he held executive positions with Nixdorf Computer AG, in the area of product development, and with Daimler Benz AG, in the area of research and development, prior to his appointment as professor at Cologne University in 1993.

Scott Hansen

born in 1960, is a management consultant based in Brussels. He received a joint bachelor of science degree in computer science, statistics and business management at Kansas State University in the United States and his Master of Science degree in management sciences at Stanford University, USA. He has served as a director of The Open Group and since 1997 has been on the board of several international organisations including 3SEI, QAI and The Procurement Forum. Mr Hansen is currently Project Director of four international projects funded by the European Commission in the areas of E-commerce, business innovation and software engineering. Previously, he was a managing director of several international IT companies and was a director at AT&T Data Systems until 1991.

Jeremy Hamer FCA

born in 1953, was appointed to the Supervisory Board on 25 August 2005. A qualified chartered accountant, he was previously an associate of Elderstreet Private Equity Limited. He is also a director of a number of other quoted and unquoted companies, including Inter Link Foods plc and Avingtrans plc, and is non-executive chairman of Glisten plc and Berkeley Scott Group plc.