AVEVA
www.aveva.com.Symbol: AVV.L
Currently trading at: 1117p UP 2.00
AVEVA Group plc is one of the world’s foremost and fastest-growing lifecycle engineering IT solutions and services providers to the oil and gas, paper and pulp, power, chemical, pharmaceutical and shipbuilding industries.
The Group reported for the year ended March 2005 a growth in turnover of 51% over 2004. The Group has grown consistently since 1967 on the strength of pioneering engineering technology that protects the information assets of its customers from the volatile nature of the IT industry.
The Group's history of innovation spans five decades and has produced most of today's major engineering IT technologies. Serving over 1500 clients, AVEVA has a dominant position in many market sectors both on and offshore. In May 2004, the Group acquired Tribon Solutions AB, the market-leading shipbuilding solution company and now serves 85% of the world's top 20 shipbuilders.
Staff
 Richard Longdon, Chief ExecutiveRichard Longdon received an engineering training in the defence industry then gained experience in the project management of high value engineering projects. He moved into sales and held a series of international sales and marketing positions. He joined AVEVA in 1984 and, shortly afterwards, was made marketing manager for the process products. In January 1992 he relocated to Frankfurt, where he was responsible for setting up and running the group's German office. He returned to the UK as part of the management buyout team in 1994, taking responsibility for the group's worldwide sales and marketing activities, before being appointed Managing Director in May 1999. He took over as Group Chief Executive in December 1999. |  Paul Taylor, Finance Director and Company SecretaryPaul Taylor is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and joined AVEVA in 1989. He was heavily involved in the flotation process and has been responsible for UK accounting and for the development of AVEVA's overseas subsidiaries including adherence to group standards. Between 1998 and 2001, Paul was also UK Director of Human Resources and was appointed to the position of Finance Director and Company Secretary of AVEVA Group plc on 1 March 2001. Before joining AVEVA, Paul trained within the accountancy profession before moving to Philips Telecommunications (UK) where he was responsible for the management accounts of its Public Sectors division. |
Contact details
Madingley Rd
Cambridge
CB3 0HB
UK
Tel +44 (0)1223 556655
