Phil Race
Phil Race
CEO
AdEPT Technology

Over a 25-year career Phil has been the CEO of AIM listed Managed Service Provider, AdEPT Technology, and Fintech software business Agencyport. He has also headed businesses within CSC, SSP, Sirius, Logica (formerly CMG) and ICL (now Fujitsu). He has worked extensively with Private Equity companies such as Vista and Thomas H Lee and has led the sale of two businesses - Agencyport Europe to Xchanging and AdEPT to Macquarie backed Wavenet. He has also driven sales teams at software firm Advanced and outsourcer Xchanging. He has been instrumental in the transformation of companies who trade globally – having led companies that deployed complex, mission critical projects. Most recently he was the CEO of AIM listed AdEPT Technology Group plc, a full-service MSP providing cloud services, communications, and networking capability to over 10,000 customers across the UK. A company of over 340 staff with a turnover of over £70m with a mission of ‘Uniting Technology, Inspiring People’. The take private of AdEPT being at a value of c. £100m. Born in Cambridge and an Electronic Engineering graduate of Nottingham University, in 2000 Phil was awarded an MBA from Henley Management College. The dissertation title being “eCommerce & the Financial Services Marketplace – Paradigm Shift or Flash in the Pan?” Phil is married with three children, is a part-time

Email: phil.Race@thechannelcompany.com