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Philip, who has been a non-executive director of PCS since 2005, took over as MD at the beginning of April 2008 after moving from his role as IT Director for the Claverley Publishing companies. Philip joined the Midland News Association, publishers of the Express and Star in Wolverhampton and the Shropshire Star evening titles and their associated weeklies, as Group IT Manager in 1995. He became Group IT Director for the MNA in 1999. Following the MNA's acquisition of the Guiton Group of Companies, Philip was appointed to the board of Guiton Publishing Ltd, which incorporates the Jersey Evening Post and Guernsey Press.

Mark Read - Sales Director

Mark joined PCS in 1999 from the Midland News Association, where he was responsible for managing advertising in editions of the Express and Star and weekly Chronicle series. Mark has enjoyed roles as Sales Executive and Sales Manager at PCS and now heads the Sales Department as Sales Director, covering all aspects of product sales, sales support and marketing.

Peter Cole - Editorial and Product Manager

Peter has been with PCS for over 20 years and has been involved in the design, implementation and sales of PCS's pagination suite throughout this period. Peter and his team have the responsibility for the development and support of PCS's editorial, planning and production products including researching new products and technologies.

Jerry Hall - Commercial Team Manager

Jerry has been with PCS for over 15 years, having previously worked for BT and Parascan Technologies, the later being where Jerry got his first taste of the newspaper industry (other than being the son of a newsagent and an ex-paperboy) in developing pre-press control and registration systems. Jerry is responsible for the development, implementation and support of PCS's commercial solutions with main emphasis on the Circulation and Distribution system.

Kenny Shepherd - Property Team Manager

Kenny has been with PCS for over ten years and originally started as a developer in 1998. Since then he has been responsible for the design, development and support of PropertyNet within the company. Kenny has been a driving force behind introducing more progressive development practices such as agile development and continuous integration systems to the company's workflow.

Lynda Holloway - Financial Controller

Lynda has been with PCS for over seven years as Financial Controller and has over twenty five years experience in accountancy. She is responsible for all the day-to-day functions of the accounts and administration departments.

Simon Welch - Head of Managed Services

Simon has worked in IT within the Claverley Group of Companies, for more than 20 years, starting as a computer operator in 1990 and heading the MNA IT department since 2005 before moving to PCS along with the other IT team members. The Managed Service Division of Press Computers is a newly formed business unit which provides the technical architecture to enable PCS to implement its future development strategy. It is Simon's role to oversee the installation, provisioning and support of new and existing architecture, always delivering the highest quality technical support. Managed Services is responsible for supporting all hardware and for the delivery of services within a high availability hosted environment.

Michelle McClure - Events Manager and PA to Managing Director

Michelle served for more than seven years in the RAF in postings as varied as serving Royalty, a stint at the Prime Minister's country residence, Chequers and a four month detachment in the Falklands. She joined PCS in September 2008. Although she came initially as PA to Managing Director Phil Walker, she has put her organisational skills into action as Events Manager, marshalling the PCS team, guests and visitors on the road at shows and exhibitions.