Visual technology specialist Datapath announced Howard Ford as its new chairman on April 28, 2020.
Howard has experience in IT, telecoms and electronics industries and has chaired the boards of privately
held and public companies in the UK and France. He has held executive roles at IBM Europe,
was chief executive at Cellnet, and president of Equant (sold to France Telecom). In addition to his
role at Datapath, Howard is a private investor in technology companies and chairman of Displaydata.
The appointment
comes hot on the heels of other additions to the Datapath team including
David Griffiths as VP
of global sales,
Steve Leyland to the board of directors, and new territory heads in
Eastern USA and South East Asia.
Bjorn Krylander, managing director at Datapath, said: “The immediate future of
the global economy remains in flux, but our recent new boardroom additions put us in the best
possible position to ensure Datapath continues to grow as a business and increase its market share across the world.”