The Board

Bill Allan

William Allan - Non-Executive Chairman

William (Bill) Allan, is the Group's Non-Executive Chairman. Prior to joining Pinnacle he was Chief Executive of THUS Group plc from February 1999 until December 2008. Bill has more than 25 years' experience in the telecommunications industry. In previous years he has also been Chief Executive of Cable & Wireless Regional Businesses, and a director on the boards of Telecommunications of Jamaica, Entel Panama, the Barbados Telephone Company, and the Barbados External Telecommunications Company.

 

Between 1995 and 1997, Bill was Regional Director for Cable & Wireless North East Asia Region, President and Representative Director of Cable & Wireless Japan, and Chairman of Cable & Wireless Communication Services Limited (Japan). He was also a Director on the boards of International Digital Communications (IDC Japan), Sakhalin Electrosvyaz, Sakhalin Telecom, Sakhalin Telecom Mobile and Nakhodka Telecom.

 

Alan Bonner

Alan Bonner - CEO

Alan is the group’s CEO. He founded Pinnacle Telecom PLC in 1998. The business, including Pinnacle Mobile Limited and Sports Club Telecom Limited, was brought into Glen Group plc (later renamed Pinnacle Telecom Group plc) in June 2007. Pinnacle, based in Scotland, grew very rapidly as a provider of solutions based telecoms services to the SME market. The company has received numerous awards for its growth profile, and the entrepreneurial nature of the way it helped businesses by taking a solutions based approach to their telecoms requirements.

 

John Anderson

John Anderson - Non-Executive Director

John is a Non-Executive Director. A Chartered Accountant and a former partner at Grant Thornton, he has worked with many of Scotland’s most exciting growth companies. He is the CEO of The Entrepreneurial Exchange, The Entrepreneurial Exchange is Scotland's leading members' organisation for ambitious, growth-orientated entrepreneurs. Formed in 1994, it has 450 members, representing over £22 billion of turnover and 290,000 employees. John is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Strathclyde, a founding GlobalScot member, a Saltire Foundation Fellowship advisory board member and sits on the boards of PSYBT and Stirling University Innovation Park.