Our Board

Stephen Yapp has been Executive Chairman since 4 June 2007. During this period he also held the position of Executive Chairman at Redstone plc  from September 2009 to September 2010 and non-executive director of Imagesound plc from December 2007 to December 2009.  Previous to that he was Chief Executive of the DCS Group Plc between 2001 and 2006 and held the position of Finance Director at SBG from 1997 to 2000. Stephen has been a director of a number of private and public companies during the course of his career. He is also a Fellow Chartered Management Accountant and holds an MBA.

Carl Fry joined in January 2008 as Interim Chief Financial Officer. He became a member of the Board on 22 December 2009 and has significant experience of serving on boards of both publicly listed and private companies. Until 2007 Carl was Group Finance Director of former private-equity owned TeleCity Group which he joined following its merger with Redbus Interhouse in January 2006. He became Group Finance Director of Redbus in 2000 and was Group Finance Director of Creston plc from 1995 to 2000. Carl is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds a first class honours degreee in Mathematics from Southampton University.

David Young became a member of the Board on 19th February 2009, after joining as Managing Director for the Products Division in January 2008. David’s previous roles include General Manager, Inflight Services for Qantas and Vice-President, Inflight for Air New Zealand. David is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Masters in Commercial Law. David is also the current Chairman of International Travel Catering Association.

Joseph Golio joined in June 2008 and was instrumental in the start-up of Air Fayre CA Inc’s Los Angeles facility. He became President of Air Fayre CA Inc shortly after joining and became a member of the Board on 22 December 2009. As an industry veteran, Joseph has held a number of key roles within the airline catering industry. He began his career with Dobbs International in 1978 and progressed to become Vice-President and Managing Director in 1998, responsible for thirty nine kitchens serving United Airlines. During 2000 to 2001 Joseph was Senior Vice-President of North America West Operations for Gate Gourmet. In 2001 he became Executive Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer for exhibition group Exhibit Group/Giltspur. Joseph has a B.Sc. in Business Administration and Economics from Wagner College.

Graham Bird joined the Board on 4 January 2007. His previous roles include Investment Fund Manager for SVG, Director of Corporate Finance at JP Morgan Cazenove and Head of Corporate Finance for Cazenove in South Africa. He is currently Corporate Development Director for Paypoint plc. After training with Deloitte, he qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1997.

Dimitri Goulandris joined the Board on 19th February 2009 as a Non-Executive Director. Dimitri is Managing Partner of Cycladic Capital LLP, set up in November 2002 to focus on making public and private investments in small and medium sized companies, predominantly in Europe. Previously Dimitri set up and ran the European operations of a private equity firm Whitney & Company, and spent eight years at Morgan Stanley in the private equity group structuring derivative products and executing mergers and acquisitions both in New York and in London. Dimitri has an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a Masters in Electrical and Information Sciences from Cambridge University. Dimitri sits on the boards of Teleplan International NV, MonuRent Limited, Gemini Equipment and Rentals, Knightsbridge Schools Limited and Knightsbridge Schools International limited. He also sits on the Council of the Institute of Contemporary Arts.