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
Greg Vanclief
Managing Director, Global Investments
As a member of the Wesley Clover Investment Committee, Greg is responsible for portfolio management and new investments, and holds Directorships with a number of the investee firms. In particular, Greg develops and manages investment opportunities in global markets under the Alacrity brand, and leads international business development for portfolio companies. Previously, Greg served as… Read more
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
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
Chief Executive, Wesley Clover Wales;
Chairman, Alacrity U.K.
Owen Matthews
Chairman, Alacrity Canada
Owen helps lead the vision and direction of the Alacrity Foundation and is a major contributor to the local technology community in Victoria. He donates his time and resources to multiple groups within and outside of the Alacrity portfolio. Owen is also a General Partner at Wesley Clover International, responsible for managing their technology portfolio.… Read more
Mike Manson
General Partner, Alacrity India
Mike is General Partner of Alacrity India and is Partner-India at Wesley Clover International and Chairman of TaraSpan Inc, a company based in Canada and India which he co-founded in 2005 with a focus on accelerating market access to India for western technology companies. Previous to this Mike was Senior Vice President at the telecom… Read more
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
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
Steve Langford
V.P. Marketing
Steve is a member of the management team for Wesley Clover International, and is responsible for all aspects related to the promotion and management of the company brand. By extension, this includes oversight of the Alacrity global initiative. Steve also mentors from a marketing perspective a number of the companies in the Wesley Clover portfolio,… Read more
Michael Turner
V.P. System Strategies
Michael Turner provides the company with strategic analysis, government relations management and support of the Alacrity business incubators program. Previously, Michael was a senior executive with the Canadian Government, leading the IT and telecommunications operations within the common services agency. During this period, he was a member of the executive team responsible for implementing over… Read more
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