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David Southworth , Chairman

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Global Experience

David comes to i-Prophets with a wide-ranging understanding and experience of both quoted and unquoted companies the majority of which operate from the North West of England, where he has spent the majority of his working life. He has been and is currently chairman of a number of
diverse businesses, listed and private, whose activities stretch from manufacture to marketing and software.

Background

David Southworth, FCCA, age 57 was Chief Executive and then Executive Chairman of P&P plc,
which subsequently became Skillsgroup plc, a market leader in the IT technical training market.
David was instrumental in transforming the business from a small private product-based
business, to a major provider of people-based IT consultancy and training. Over the course of his
fourteen year tenure at P&P / Skillsgroup he oversaw more than 20 acquisitions, flotation in 1988,
and grew the business to a market capitalisation of over £300 million.