Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 29, 1999
GORDON CRAWFORD is Chairman and Managing Director of London Bridge
Software Holdings Plc. He has been involved in the computer software
industry for over 20 years. After graduation from the University of
Newcastle upon Tyne, he spent a number of years in software development
before joining a large US computer manufacturer in June 1982 where he
was involved in the management of sales and marketing of the company's
hardware and software products to the insurance sector. He left in
February 1987, when he started London Bridge Software provider of
financial market based software and consultancy services. The company
was listed on the London Stock Exchange in March 1997 and entered the
mid-cap index in September 1998. Gordon Crawford is still Chairman and
Managing Director of the Group, which has offices in Atlanta, San
Francisco, Charlotte, Orlando, London and Singapore. Since its initial
public offering on the London Stock Exchange, the company quickly
entered the mid-cap index and is now one of the top then UK software
companies by market capitalisation. The company has experienced 100%
compound revenue growth over the last five years, whilst maintaining
profit before tax margins of approximately 30%. London Bridge Software
Holdings has a geographical split of approximately 60% US revenue, 30%
European and 10% Asia and is generally regarded as one of the few UK
product based software companies with proven ability to sell, deliver
and support on a global basis. Profile
then, in that context, bring us up-to-date as to what you see as the
company and business today?
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