Advanced Meet our Leadership Team Gordon Wilson, CEO Since joining Advanced in September 2015, Gordon has led the successful transformation of Advanced driving a people-centric approach to achieving sustainable and responsible business growth. Having secured the largest software investment deal in the last decade with BC Partners and Vista Equity Partners in 2019, Gordon has led Advanced through an ambitions phase of growth and acquisition. He takes pride in enabling customers to adopt a digital first mindset by empowering people with the technology and tools to do their job with a strong social and environmental conscious. Gordon sits on the board of techUK and is a member of the Confederation of British Industry South East Council. He is passionate about, and instrumental in driving the diversity and inclusion agenda at Advanced and throughout the wider industry. Alex Arundale, CPO Alex Arundale joined the company in February 2016 and is our Chief People Officer. She is responsible for leading the company’s talent management and development initiatives, from recruitment through to retention. Alex has already made a huge impact, introducing innovative new people-focused approaches, including attraction strategies which actively avoid unconscious bias. She was one of the first to famously ‘throw CVs out of the window’ in the recruitment process. Prior to Advanced, Alex held a number of HR positions, most recently as Director of HR Operations at CDK International and HR Director at APD Dealer Services. She is a regular industry commentator in leading titles such as HR Magazine. Yasmin Mangalji General Counsel Yasmin Mangalji, our General Counsel, joined us in September 2021 with over 15 years of cross-border experience advising high-growth businesses. She is responsible for leading our Commercial & Legal team, supporting our M&A strategy and advising across all areas of the business, while maintaining a sharp focus on enhancing shareholder value and supporting growth. Yasmin started her career as a technology lawyer working for international law firms. She joined us from SS&C Intralinks where she was Head of Legal and prior to that she held senior roles in a number of public and private-equity backed technology companies. Yasmin is experienced at, and passionate about, building diverse, high-performing and customer-focused global teams. Mark Dewell Public, Private & Third Sector Mark quickly progressed to leadership roles in the UK and Australia after he joined his first software company. He moved to Iris Software in 2008, taking up the role of Managing Director of the Ticketing business, and joined Advanced in 2013 when Iris divested that part of its portfolio. Since that time Mark has held senior leadership roles, acquiring an extensive level of strategic expertise and driving growth for both customers and the business. As Managing Director of the Public, Private and Third Sector division he leads a team that delivers connected technology and digital transformation to organisations, helping them revolutionise the way they deliver services and achieve operational efficiencies. Doug Hargrove Education & Legal Doug is the Managing Director for Education and Legal, based in our Knutsford office. He is focused on creating industry-leading technology solutions that transform the way these industries serve their customers, and in creating best-in-class services to support these solutions. Prior to joining Advanced in 2013 via acquisition, Doug was Managing Director of Iris Legal for three years. In October 2018 he added the Education division to his portfolio of responsibilities, with an additional annual £20m turnover. Doug has over 20 years’ executive management experience in software companies all over the world, and is a well-known industry contributor on the impact of emerging technologies. Ric Thompson Health & Care Ric joined Advanced in July 2018, following our acquisition of Docman, as part of plans to further accelerate our Cloud-first strategy. Ric is an experienced technology business leader, with over 19 years of board-level expertise in delivering innovative solutions to the UK public sector - including the NHS, Local Government and Education. The latter part of Ric’s career has been working exclusively with the NHS where, through his entrepreneurial approach to business, he successfully positioned Docman as the market-leader within its field. Ric is passionate about how software can help transform the NHS and enable integration with the care sector. He is a regular commentator on these issues. James Green IT Services James Green is Managing Director of IT Services at Advanced. He has 20 years’ experience in the IT industry, and is passionate about the use of technology to enable growth in business and to catalyse change. James and his team partner with organisations who are looking to maximise their IT investment and transform existing applications. Previously CTO for ten years at Alternative Networks, James specialised in the creation and delivery of go-to-market strategy. He was responsible for architecting and implementing the technology plan to migrate from traditional technology platforms to Cloud-enabled and emerging digital technology. James is a proponent of utilising and protecting data in order to maximise business success. Advanced About Us Careers Locations Support Contact Privacy TruePartner Modern Slavery Act statement Tax Strategy Code of Conduct Sitemap Cookie Preferences © Advanced. All rights reserved. Sales: 0330 404 0592 Switchboard: 0330 343 4000 Get in touch Contact Us Twitter LinkedIn