Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 31, 2000

Malcolm Roberts – Kalamazoo Computer Group Plc (klmz.l)

MALCOM ROBERTS is Group Chief Executive Officer of Kalamazoo Computer Group Plc. He is a BSc graduate of the Royal Institute of Chemistry at Teeside University. Mr Roberts joined Kalamazoo for the challenge of turning the company round. Together with a new management team in the throes of a comprehensive change programme designed to return the company to profit and position the organisation for sustainable profit growth. He has a track record as a business manager for always achieving or exceeding business objectives, usually through causing change in motivation, behaviour or practises in small, medium and large business units in the IT industry both in the UK and across Europe. Mr Roberts has a varied background prior to the last 17 years in the IT industry which includes seven years in the Steel and Chemical Industries as Quality Control Metallurgist and Research Chemist respectively. Mr Roberts is married with two children. Profile
TWST: Can you give us a bit of a background summary on the company, and

then bring us up to date as to what you see as the company and business

today.

Mr. Roberts: The company has a long and