Appian Technology PLC

Directors and Committees

Pat Ryan is Executive Chairman and CEO. He is responsible for the management of the group and together with the board its strategic direction. Pat is also the Chairman of National Avionics Limited. He has private venture capital interests with an emphasis on early stage and developing businesses and has business experience in developing technology businesses.  

Tom Keene

Tom Keene joined Appian in June 2004 as Sales and Marketing Manager and was promoted to the Board as an executive Director in March 2005. He has extensive sales and marketing experience gained from the telecom and robotics industries, prior to joining Appian he was the Sales and Marketing Manager at Seaeye Marine. Tom spent his early career as an Army Officer in the infantry. A qualified computer systems engineer, Tom successfully reorganised Appian's sales and marketing effort and is responsible for all sales and marketing activity.

Fred Newton

Fred Newton, a former Assistant Chief Constable, was appointed to Appian's Board in September 2002 following his retirement from the police service after 33 years' service. As National Co-ordinator of Ports Policing for the UK he was involved with counter-terrorism at ports involving the application of ANPR technology, and, in particular the development of network integration of both fixed sites and mobile systems. He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal for services to Ports Policing in the 2000 New Year's Honours List and was at one time the Senior Investigating Officer of the Lockerbie Air Disaster.

Peter Coyle

Peter Coyle holds a master's degree in economics and has extensive international negotiating and business development experience. As an Executive Director of the Irish Government's industrial development agency, he was responsible for all global trade development beyond Europe and has deep experience of negotiations at the highest levels in international business and government. He has led and actively participated in a successful programme to actively scale up high potential technology businesses and provide strategic advice and guidance to them at chief executive officer and board level.

Remuneration Committee

The remuneration committee consists of the two non-executive Directors. It meets as required during the year. The committee determines the remuneration and benefits of the executive Directors

Audit Committee

The audit committee consists of the two non-executive Directors. The other Directors attend by invitation. It meets as required during the year, at least once with the Group's external auditors. Its role is to review the interim and final financial statements for approval by the Board, to ensure that appropriate financial and operating controls are functioning properly and to provide the forum through which the Group's external auditors report to the Board.