KENNETH LEVER
Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Ken joins Xchanging from Numonyx B.V., the Swiss-based technology company, where he was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President. He joined private equity financed Numonyx B.V. in 2008 having previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Tomkins plc, the global engineering and manufacturing group, from 1999 to 2007. From 1995 - 1999 Ken was Finance Director at Albright & Wilson plc, the FTSE 250 chemicals manufacturer, and prior to that he was Finance Director at the international construction, house building and aggregates group, Alfred McAlpine.

Since September 2008, Ken has been a member of the Accounting Standards Board, the UK accounting standard setting authority of the Financial Reporting Council, having previously chaired the Financial Reporting Committee of the UK 100 Group of Finance Directors.