Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 8, 1999
HILARY CROPPER CBE, joined F.I.Group in 1985 and has been Chief
Executive Officer since 1987. Hilary led an employee buy-out in 1991
and subsequently floated the Company on the London Stock Exchange in
April 1996. The workforce collectively owns about 40% of the equity.
FI is a business technology services company and a UK market leader in
Applications Management. Ms Cropper is a Non-Executive Director of
Barclays Plc (appointed in June 1998), a Governor of the University of
Hertfordshire (appointed in September 1995) and a Member of the
Financial Reporting Council (appointed in November 1997). In the past,
she has served as a Non-Executive Member of the Post Office Board
(1990-96), as a Non-Executive Director of TSB Bank plc (1987-90) and as
a Non-Executive Director of London First (1996-99). A Freeman of the
City of London and a Founder Member of the Worshipful Company of
Information Technologists. Companion of the Institute of Management,
Fellow of the British Computer Society and Fellow of the Royal Society
of Arts. Profile
little bit of history; what are your core activities, and where you see
yourselves today?
Ms. Cropper: FI is basically an
