Our Team

John Pocock

Chairman
Pocock has a strong background in the IT and financial services industries and a track record of building and managing successful business. As CEO of IT services company Druid Group, Pocock built the company from revenues of zero to £60 million culminating in a £760 million disposal in 2000. Pocock holds chairmanships at software company Cognito, Maven Income and Growth Venture Capital Trust, and Electric and General Investment Trust, and previously served as a non-executive director of Xansa plc.
 

George Knox

Chief Executive Officer
An experienced CEO, Entrepreneur and board member, Knox has successfully started, grown and sold a number of innovative software companies over the past 20 years. George started his career at Computer Associates, and has since served as Chief Executive and Executive Chairman of Vamosa, Executive Chairman of Eclectic Group and Managing Director of Gamut Technologies.
 
 

Alex Bligh

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technical Officer
A serial entrepreneur, Bligh has founded or co-founded several successful technology businesses, including Xara Networks (one of the first UK business to business internet service providers), Nominet (the UK internet domain registry), and co-location provider Redbus Interhouse. He has served on the board of several companies, predominantly in the internet sector. Previously, Bligh served as CTO for XO Communications Europe and GX Networks.
 

Tony Lucas

Founder
Lucas spent twelve years as CEO and majority owner of XCalibre Communications, a web hosting company. During the latter half of this period, he developed the FlexiScale cloud computing technology, which now forms the core component of Flexiant’s Extility platform. Lucas is a frequent speaker at cloud computing conferences and a recognised expert in his field.

 

Robert Karssiens

Director of Sales and Marketing
Karssiens’ career spans over twenty years during which he has held senior sales and marketing roles in the information technology sector at firms such as Computer Associates, Pansophic Systems, Memec, i2 Mobile solutions, and Fleetwood. Immediately prior to joining Flexiant, Karssiens was Chief Executive Officer of Orchestrator, a fleet telemetry company.