Gordon Edwards

Gordon is an international business developer and entrepreneur in the IT Service and Telecommunications sectors. Having led the formation of numerous consortia in different geographies, Gordon has an in-depth understanding of both the challenges and the opportunities emerging markets present. He was a founding member of Datatec and a part of the team that listed the company in 1994. Subsequent to the listing, Gordon took charge of the mobile subsidiaries' growth within the international market and served as Executive Chairman of the Datatec subsidiary, RangeGate (UK). It was in this role that he architected and led an international expansion strategy, which saw the subsidiary successfully enter the UK market. After leaving Datatec in 2002, Gordon became a founding member of the Adage Group of Companies in the UK. The Group plays advisory and principal roles in telecommunication-, IT- and financial services businesses in the UK and in Africa. Gordon serves as director on several boards - both in the UK and locally. Gordon is a founding member of ConvergeNet Holdings.