Key People

Anne Thomas

Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer

Anne has 6 years experience within the mobile industry and has a deep knowledge of mobile internet and user behaviour. She has expertise in mobile marketing, project management and business operations. In addition she has strategically developed Wapple to its existing position as a leading mobile technology provider. Anne was recently voted one of the top 50 international women in mobile content.

Rich Holdsworth

Co-founder & Chief Technical Officer

A recognized name within the mobile industry for having true, proven, foresight into mobile internet Rich has been key in the creation of Wapple core technology. Rich has 8 years background in Web and Mobile Development and 8 years within Video Games Creation and Development as Lead Designer on 'Number 1' products. He was credited in the Sunday Times for creating the first ever WAP game.

Bill Andrewes

After service in the Scots Guards, Bill went into the service industries as a salesman and marketing manager with the Rank Organistation. In 1968 he joined Granada and after 12 years became Managing Director of Granada TV Rental. He joined the Group Board in 1981 with responsibility for all Granada's rental and retail operations. In 1990 he took over the Leisure division. He left Granada to start Two Way TV in 1992, a company developing technology for interactive television. 11 years later he left to focus on angel investments.

John Leftwich

Chairman

John was formerly Corporate Vice President of Microsoft responsible for Sales, Marketing and Service in Europe, the Middle East and Africa; a $9 billion business across 40 subsidiaries. John has almost 25 years experience in the PC industry and is widely regarded as one of the "founding fathers" of the industry in the UK.

Nick James

Legal Director

Nick James has over 25 years experience of giving legal and general advice to industry. He has held senior positions in Taylor Woodrow and Burmah Castrol. Latterly he has acted as a consultant to BP. He was appointed Group Legal Advisor to Burmah and was a Director of several of their subsidiary companies. He specialises in acquisitions and disposals, joint venturing and project work, but he has also been involved with most of the legal and commercial aspects of international business.