Executive Profiles
Reggie James | Managing Director, Digital Clarity
Reggie James is founder of Digital Clarity, a leading Search Marketing and Digital Advertising Agency. The company helps major brands and medium sized companies take advantage of the digital economy focusing on areas such as Search Engine Marketing (Google, Yahoo! & Bing), Social Media (Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn) and Internet Strategy Planning.
Reggie has been involved in the commercial element of the internet since its inception and has been instrumental in driving forward business models that are common place today. Further to running Digital Clarity, Reggie is a minor shareholder and former founder of an internet analytics technology software house as well as an AIM listed marketing service company. Prior to launching Digital Clarity, Reggie has been involved with publishing groups such as VNU & Ziff-Davis as well as leading search company AltaVista, now part of Yahoo inc.
Jasper Dalgliesh | Commercial Director, RTG Payments
Eleven years experience in account management and sales with a further ten years management gained in the Army (operated in specialist units). Conducted consultative work for large and small companies; analytical and able to keep the ‘big picture’, focussed on getting results. Highly developed communication, negotiation and leadership skills and a senior account manager used to dealing with high level executives. Fluent French speaker and graduate from Cranfield School of Management
Neil Gray | Chairman & Director
Between 1999 and 2007, Gray was involved as an officer and equity participant of a privately held UK based Healthcare Group. Prior to leaving the group, a stable, conservative growth model was created to establish growth organically and by acquisition through operational knowledge and accurate prediction of cash flow/interest rates within the group’s debt/equity structure. The group’s interests were not restricted to the UK with alliances and interests developed into the European Union.
From 1994 to 1999, a “Hands On” approach to operational involvement and investment with personal financial incentives was garnered whist working in different cultural and geographical locations. These locations were Africa (South-West and West), South America (Equatorial), Spain (Mainland and The Canary Islands) and the Black Sea. The projects developed and entered into were engineering, textiles and import/export with the UK and EU.
The initial development of Gray’s understanding of business strategy was as part of a “think tank” team of individuals in a UK based insurance company between 1989 and 1994. The team’s role was to understand, develop and test their ideas against actuarial professionals. Gray sought out risk management knowledge and understanding of the global business of his employer during this time.
Gray’s formative years were spent as an employee of a UK based electrical engineering firm based in Northern England from 1985 to 1989 and in the engineering department of a British Coal deep mine colliery between 1979 and 1985.
Linda Perry | Chair: Nomination & Compensation & Audit Committees & Director
Before April 1, 2010, Linda Perry served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of RTG Ventures, Inc., a position she had held from September 1, 2003 excepting the period from April 19, 2005-April 24, 2006. She has had an extensive career in global and entrepreneurial businesses. Prior to that time, from 2001-2002, she was the senior advisor to the Board of Directors of The Balli Group, where her role was to integrate the acquisition of Klockner & Co. The acquisition resulted in the creation of the world’s largest steel, multi-metal, distribution and trading company.
Between 1999-2001, she was appointed a director and a member of the Executive Committee of Churchill Insurance Group, Plc., a division of the Credit Suisse Group. Ms. Perry was President of GWR Enterprises, Inc., from 1997-1999, focused on new business opportunities through private equity and special situation investments. She was a senior executive at ExxonMobil Corporation from 1983-1996, holding general management positions with global responsibility in finance, marketing and organization (described as corporate governance, management succession and executive compensation.) The latter role was under the aegis of the Board of Directors, entitled Compensation, Organization and Executive Development Committee/COED, of which she was a member. Ms. Perry holds an MBA from Harvard University.
She has been a visiting lecturer/professor at IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France and the Stern School of Business at New York University throughout her career.