Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 13, 2005

Hugh Humphreys – Delcam Plc (dlc.l)

HUGH HUMPHREYS, is CEO and one of the founder directors of Delcam Plc. Mr. Humphreys trained as an aircraft engineer and worked for British Aerospace for 10 years before leaving to study for his Masters Degree in Production Management at Birmingham University. He joined the Delta Group in 1974 as an advisor on production and management techniques. Mr. Humphreys led a staff/management buy out in 1989 and the float the company on AIM in 1997. He was awarded the OBE in 1994 recognising Delcam's export success. He spends part of his time developing the Russian market for Delcam products and was made an honorary professor of Irkutsk Technical University in 1999 and Samara Technical University 2001. Profile
TWST: We'd like to begin with a brief historical sketch of Delcam and a

picture of things as they are now.

Mr. Humphreys: The company started life around 1975, at that time as

part of a large