Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 11, 2001

Don Babbs – Vi Group Plc (vig.l)

DON BABBS is the Chief Executive of VI Group Plc. He graduated as an Engineer in Aeronautics and Astronautics before joining the British Aerospace Concorde sales team. He joined British Olivetti in 1980 where he became Software Manager and ultimately Marketing Manger (CAD/CAM). He moved to Italy in 1985 to take responsibility for worldwide corporate marketing of engineering workstations and CAD/CAM software for Olivetti in Italy before becoming a founder member of VI Group in 1988. He moved the company headquarters to the UK in 1998 when the company floated on the London Stock Exchange AIM market. Profile
TWST: Please give us a brief overview and history of your company.

Mr. Babbs: The company was formed nearly 13 years ago in 1988 in

Northern Italy where I had been working for three years. The