Who's who at Tenet?
Martin Greenwood FCA, Chief Executive
Martin qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1976.
In 1978, he joined Armitage Norton Consultants Limited and spent a number of years working as a Management Consultant, participating in projects for major clients in both the private and public sector throughout the UK and overseas.
In March 1984, he moved into industry and purchased an equity stake in an electrical contracting company. In 1987, terms were agreed for the successful sale of the company.
Following the sale, Martin joined DBS Management plc, a company active in the Life and Pensions Industry, and was appointed Chief Executive of the Group in May 1996.
In July 1995, the Group joined the Alternative Investment Market and in March 1997, its shares were admitted to the full Official List of The London Stock Exchange.
After leaving DBS in early 1998, Martin enjoyed a career break.
In the summer of 2000, he was invited to join the Boards of Kingsbridge Holdings PLC and Tenet Limited as a Non-Executive Director.
Kingsbridge Holdings PLC, a financial services company, joined AIM in July 2000. After following an aggressive acquisition strategy, the Board invited him to take on the role of Chief Executive. Martin resigned this Directorship in early 2003.
Whilst a member of the Board of Tenet, Martin has chaired the working party charged with developing the ARRM in-house software solution and represented the group and, more generally, IFAs as a director of AIFA. Latterly, Martin has served as Chairman of both the Risk and Audit Committees.
Martin has been married to his wife Claire for the past 33 years. They have two children, Nicola aged 30 and James aged 28. Martin and Claire are both keen golfers, being members of The Huddersfield and Ganton Golf Clubs.
Geoffrey Clarkson, Director, Group Director (Regulation & Risk), Company Secretary and Solicitor
Geoffrey Clarkson is a UK Solicitor with extensive experience in the financial services industry within the United Kingdom and in off-shore jurisdictions.
Currently Geoffrey is a main board Director of the Tenet Group, one of the largest distributors of retail financial services products in Great Britain and elsewhere in the European Union. For several years he has been closely involved in the successful development of the group through both acquisition and new business creation.
Geoffrey has both an honours degree in law and a masters degree, the latter in European law and awarded by the University of Exeter. His career began with the London and Manchester Group plc where he had a number of senior positions, ultimately as Director responsible for the group's distribution arm. Other directorships included The 1928 Investment Trust plc, London Trust plc and HSBC Global Securities Limited before Geoffrey joined a major law firm in the south of England where he specialised in financial services law. There he became an adviser to the London Stock Exchange, a frequent speaker at conferences and an active participant in the development of web-based financial services in Ireland and mainland Europe.
More recently Geoffrey was appointed to an FSA committee involved in the development of a new regulatory approach to retail financial services. He has also created a captive insurance company in Guernsey specialising in professional indemnity insurance and been appointed to the board of the National Skills Academy.
Mike O'Brien, Managing Director of TenetConnect & TenetSelect
Mike has been in the financial services industry for over 30 years, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute.
Prior to joining Tenet, Mike had spent the last several years working in the US, where he was Chief Operating Officer of Old Mutual's US life Operations and also Chief Executive Officer for Mid-America Agency Services.
Mike originally joined Tenet in December 2009, as RDR Programme Director and in July 2010 was appointed to the role of Managing Director of TenetConnect and TenetSelect.
Gemma Harle, Managing Director of Tenetlime
Gemma has been in the financial services industry for over 20 years with experience at both Mortgage Lenders and Distributors. She was Head of New Business at Mortgage Trust for 12 years and then moved to Mortgage Next and became Managing Director in 2005. In March 2010, Gemma joined the Tenet group as Managing Director of Tenetlime with overall responsibility for the non investment proposition. Gemma sits on the Tenet Ltd board.
Gemma has two children (a son and a daughter) and her interests are cycling, travel and family.
Mark Youngman, Finance Director
Mark Youngman joined Tenet in January 2008. He is registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales as an FCA.
An honours graduate, Mark qualified in 1984 with a well known Yorkshire practice. On qualification he moved to Price Waterhouse and in 1986 he then took a role as financial controller with one of their blue chip clients Courtaulds plc - Courtelle Division. Courtelle was a large manufacturing business with over 3,000 employees and factories throughout Europe. In 1996 he moved to ISA International plc, one of the largest computer consumable distribution companies in Europe and in 2000 was promoted to Finance Director of their UK business. Shortly after this business was acquired by a NASDAQ company to become a part of the largest distributor of computer consumables in the world, Mark continuing to perform the role of UK FD.
Mark is married and enjoys a range of sports.
Graeham Sampson, Group Finance Director
Graeham is a qualified chartered account with over 15 years experience in financial management.
Originally qualifying with one of the Big-4 accountancy practices Graeham has subsequently held senior positions within Big-4, FTSE-250 and SME businesses – both in the UK and internationally. Graeham joined Tenet in April 2011 and is charged with ensuring the Group’s financial strategy helps the Group deliver its overall strategy and objectives.
Graeham is married with two children (son and daughter) and enjoys travel and family
