Directors

Richard Merrigan, Chairman

With over 25 years of experience of managing Software Consulting and Recruitment businesses in the UK, US and Europe, Richard Merrigan started The Raretec group in the spring of 2001, after 20 years of service at Abraxas PLC. Richard then co-founded CInergy International in June 2003 with Brian Boroff. As the main Board Director responsible for Abraxas PLC's professional services growth throughout the 80's and 90's he was responsible for one of the most successful privately held IT recruitment businesses in the UK, with 1000 consultants in the field. Key UK national accounts included: Inland Revenue, British Gas, British Telecom, Lloyd Bank, Ford Motor, The Bank of England, Alcatel, Nortel, and Glaxo. Notable US accounts included Citibank, Siemens, Nortel, ATT, SAP and Qualcomm.

Brian Boroff, Managing Director

Brian Boroff is the Managing Director and co-founder of CInergy International. Based in London UK, CInergy International is a leading provider of customer acquisition and retention solutions to mobile network operators, and now offers Mobilife™ – the service that makes mobile price comparison easy for consumers.

Brian formerly worked for AT&T Wireless Services where he was a founding member of the National Competitive Intelligence (CI) department. During his tenure at AT&T he worked closely with senior executives to plan and implement a world-class customer retention system used by more than 30K employees. Brian has been an active member of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) for several years and has been accepted as an author and subject matter expert in the fields of CI technology and customer retention. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars and has won numerous awards for his accomplishments in the field. He holds a B.S.B.A degree in Marketing from the University of Central Florida.

Amir Azulay, Non-Executive Director

Amir Azulay is a mobile industry expert and has been involved in the mobile industry since 1999 when he co-founded the leading mobile VAS in Israel. He led the equity investment for the business and sold it to iTouch PLC in 2000. Amir remained as MD until 2003, where he led the sale of the company to the Fishman Investment Group. Subsequently Amir joined iTouch PLC management and was involved in global expansion and acquisitions. In 2007 Amir was appointed as Corporate Development Director and CCO at Muzicall and was responsible for fundraising and commercial activities of the company. In 2009, the Capital Fund appointed Amir as an NED of CInergy International where he serves to date. Amir has a BA Econ and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

Karen McCormick, Non-Executive Director

Karen's experience comes from a variety of consulting and corporate positions, specifically in the consumer products and financial services sectors. As a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group and Kurt Salmon Associates, her project work focused on developing growth strategies and hands-on implementation. While Director of Watches for Wenger/Swiss Army, she increased divisional revenues by over 70% and margins by 15% within one year. She has also worked with several start-up and small growth companies, including the co-founding of a luxury products retail and lifestyle website in the Middle East.

Karen has lived and worked in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and has an MBA from INSEAD and a BSBA from Boston University.