Terry Matthews

Terry Matthews

Chairman

Terry Matthews is the founder and Chairman of Wesley Clover International, a private, global investment management firm and holding company. Since 1972, Terry has founded or funded more than 100 companies. Early data networking giant Newbridge Networks and current business communications leader Mitel are highlights. Today, Wesley Clover has active interests in a range of… Read more
Paul Chiarelli

Paul Chiarelli

President and COO

Paul’s responsibilities at Wesley Clover include oversight of all aspects of accounting, financing and regulatory compliance for the company, as well as for many of the technology, real estate and leisure companies in the portfolio. He brings much of this same expertise to the Alacrity Global initiative. Prior to Wesley Clover, Paul was Director of… Read more
Christa Plumley

Christa Plumley

General Counsel

Christa maintains a focus on corporate, commercial and intellectual property law for the company, particularly as it pertains to the commercialization of information technology. She provides advice of this nature as it relates to investment fund formation, technology development, licensing, reselling and distribution matters. Christa has more than 20 years of experience working with clients… Read more
Don Smith

Don Smith

Partner

Don is an accomplished executive with international experience across several industries.  From 1981 to 1986, Don was Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing at Mitel Corporation.  He then left Mitel to become President of AIT Corporation, a company focused on automated border control technologies, leading the company to a 90% global market share position… Read more
Simon Gibson, CBE

Simon Gibson, CBE

Chief Executive, Wesley Clover Wales;
Chairman, Alacrity U.K.

Simon is Chairman of the Alacrity Graduate Entrepreneurship Foundation and Chief Executive of Wesley Clover Wales. Before joining Wesley Clover, he was co-founder, President and CEO of Ubiquity Software Corporation, a pioneer in the development of media protocols and service platforms for the internet. Simon is Chairman of a number of technology companies and a… Read more
Owen Matthews

Owen Matthews

General Partner, Wesley Clover, Chairman, Alacrity Canada and Managing Partner, Emend Vision Fund

Owen is a successful technology entrepreneur and investor. He is a General Partner at Wesley Clover International, Chairman of Alacrity Canada and Managing Partner for the Emend Vision Fund. Owen formed a company (Newheights) while studying computer sciences and psychology at the University of Victoria. Newheights grew into the publicly listed company, CounterPath, with over… Read more
Lionel Hovsepian

Lionel Hovsepian

Chairman, Alacrité France

A graduate of Paris-based business school Institut Superieur de Gestion (ISG), Lionel’s career spans more than 30 years in major Information and Communication Technology companies that include Alcatel, Newbridge, Mitel and France communications provider SFR. Since 2013, Lionel has managed European sales activities for Wesley Clover International, and is now Chairman of the company’s France… Read more
Leo Lax

Leo Lax

Executive Managing Director, L-SPARK

Leo is a veteran of both the corporate and entrepreneurial sides of the telecom industry.  As CEO and co-founder of Skypoint Capital, a venture capital firm that specializes in telecom, he served as principal for each successive telecom fund within the firm.  Before creating Skypoint, he was Assistant Vice President and member of the Chairman’s… Read more
Mario Vazquez

Mario Vazquez

Chairman, Alacrity Mexico

Mario has more than 40 years of ICT industry experience in Mexico and Latin America, including 26 years as Director/General Manager roles for Mexican, U.S. and Canadian companies. Mario has held positions on the boards of leading technology companies and is currently a member of the technical board at the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA), in the… Read more
Ben Morris

Ben Morris

V.P. Technology Strategies

Ben Morris is currently the Vice President of Technology Strategies at Wesley Clover. He helps manage business development, sales and marketing operations for a number of Wesley Clover companies, leveraging his wireless and telecom industry experience and network of contacts. Ben has been involved in all product lifecycle stages in start-ups through to publicly listed… Read more
Veronica Farmer

Veronica Farmer

V.P. Marketing

Veronica Farmer is currently the Vice President of Marketing and responsible for all aspects related to the promotion and management of the Wesley Clover International brand. Veronica works closely with many of the Wesley Clover companies, providing marketing mentorship gained through her years of entrepreneurship, business, branding and marketing experience. Veronica sits on the Board… Read more
Michael Turner

Michael Turner

V.P. System Strategies

Michael Turner provides strategic analysis, government relations management and support to Wesley Clover, the Alacrity Global technology incubator program and WCS Global international sales programs. Previously, Michael was a senior executive with the Canadian Government, leading the Information Technologies and Telecommunications operations of the federal common services agency, Public Works and Government Services. During this… Read more
Arda Ozgun

Arda Ozgun

V.P. Product Management

Arda is responsible for oversight of the technology and product aspects of many of the Wesley Clover portfolio companies, including those under the Alacrity Global initiative. Prior to Wesley Clover, Arda was Director of Products and Services at Turkcell, the leading Turkish telecoms provider based in Istanbul.  Before that, he worked for Vodafone, focusing on… Read more
Ahmed Al-Hayderi

Ahmed Al-Hayderi

President, WCS Middle East and Africa

Based in Dubai, UAE, Ahmed heads WCS-MEA (Middle East and Africa), the technology integration, sales and services company formed by Wesley Clover and operating in multiple countries/regions around the globe. Ahmed has more than 40 years of Canadian and international experience providing innovative technology solutions to a variety of Telecom and IT business sectors, and… Read more