About us

Brett is a serial entrepreneur and has successfully launched and grown international tech businesses for more than three decades. With a background in marketing and engineering, Brett’s leadership has driven Cloud Direct to become a leading cloud services provider, known for innovation and customer service.

Ian is an experienced management executive with a strong record of growing businesses across the UK and Europe. With a focus on customer experience that has been a key driver of Cloud Direct’s success, he now oversees the delivery of our Microsoft cloud services ensuring they meet customer needs, objectives and expectations.

Jade has more than 15 years’ experience of managing IT service operations, having previously held key roles at Logicalis and Computercenter. Jade leads our Managed Service Centre of Excellence in Cape Town, and is known for her strategic leadership, operational excellence, and focus on customer service delivery.

Paul has been transforming technology operations for more than 35 years. He’s passionate about leveraging the power of Cloud Technology to transform businesses, and is responsible for guiding our technical vision and strategy, ensuring the delivery of high-quality cloud solutions and driving innovation and excellence through our Cloud Centre of Excellence.

Guy is an experienced finance leader with a proven track record in scaling fast-growing technology companies. With international experience, he has successfully led growth initiatives, acquisitions and debt raises, with the expertise in financial planning, PE funding, tax structures, and business system implementations. A qualified ACA professional, he combines practical experience with a strong academic foundation.

Jane is an experienced chartered accountant and board director with more than 25 years’ experience. As both a business leader and a non-executive director, she has delivered strong growth projects, overseen international mergers and acquisitions, and is armed with a deep understanding of technology and business operations that supports Cloud Direct’s continued growth.

Alex has spent more than 15 years running B2B marketing teams in technology environments and with Microsoft partners. He has a proven ability to drive growth at scale-up IT businesses with innovative and creative marketing strategies, and now leads Cloud Direct’s product and campaign teams while steering our go-to-market approach.

Steve has been in the Microsoft ecosystem for more than 20 years, working both internally and with partners. His focus on growth and innovation arms Cloud Direct with a transformative sales approach, where he is responsible for helping new and existing customers modernise their businesses with Microsoft cloud.

In his 20 years as a sales leader in the Microsoft ecosystem, Jon has supported countless organisations with their digital transformations.  Jon and his team are passionate about helping customers innovate and grow through their partnership with Cloud Direct, and by maximising their investments in Microsoft’s services.

Richard takes charge of all things Azure. Having joined Cloud Direct from Microsoft, he is responsible for ensuring that we’re perfectly positioned to help customers leverage the power of Microsoft’s public cloud platform.

Pete transforms the way businesses work. His role is to ensure that our customers are maximising their use of the Microsoft 365 toolkit in their day-to-day operations, and keep them secure while doing so.

Dan is our data mastermind. He helps businesses make their data dreams a reality by planning and creating data platforms that perform exactly as needed.

Sean has one of the most important roles at Cloud Direct. His team helps our customers make the most of their investment in Microsoft, and he’s in constant communication with Practice Leads, customers and project managers to ensure everything is running smoothly.

Sophie is the glue between Cloud Direct and Microsoft. Her role is crucial in keeping us tightly aligned with Microsoft and making sure that our partnership is as strong as can be, while ensuring that we are doing all we can to help our customers make the most of Microsoft.