Technology >> CEO Interviews >> March 19, 2001

Mike Harrison – Cedar Group Plc (ced.l)

MIKE HARRISON is Chief Executive Officer of Cedar Group Plc. Cedar is an IT software and services company specialising in the delivery of knowledge-based enterprise solutions. Having spent over 30 years in senior roles in the IT industry Mr Harrison has been building a new generation enterprise IT solutions company aggressively over the last four years. Mr Harrison held a number of executive positions with several US-owned IT multi-nationals. These include IBM, Borroughs, Data General, Informix and Oracle where he ran the UK operations for five years. Since joining Cedar in 1997, Mr Harrison has transformed the company from a specialist financial and accounting applications supplier into a global enterprise solutions provider. Through strong organic growth combined with strategic acquisitions Mr Harrison's strategy is showing excellent results. Profile
TWST: Could you start us off with a quick corporate profile of Cedar?

Mr. Harrison: Cedar is an IT software and services company headquartered

in the UK. Over the last three years Cedar has