Chairman
Dr Ernst Wustinger
Dr Wustinger studied Law in Vienna obtaining a doctorate in 1979. Between 1980 and 1991 he worked for the Styrian Economic Cluster and was also a partner of a Marketing agency. From 1991 to 1997 he worked as restructuring Manager at Stoelzle Oberglas and Schladminger Brauerei GmbH. He started as Chief Financial Officer with Pankl Racing Systems GmbH and acquired a stake in this company. In 1998 the company was listed on EASDAQ and in 1999 on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FRA: PARS). In February 2003 he became Chief Executive Officer of PANKL Racing Systems www.pankl.com. He sold his interest in the company and resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer at the end of January 2007.
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Bryan Smart FCA
Mr Smart joined the Board of SCOTTY in December 2006. His career started with Deloitte & Touche, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. In 1981 he joined Daimler Chrysler UK Ltd to establish an internal audit function. He then progressed through financial management roles with this £3 billion company, finally becoming Chief Financial Officer in 1996, a post he held until he left the company in September 2006.
Chief Executive Officer
Kurt Kerschat
Mr Kerschat is a co-founder of SCOTTY Tele-Transport Corporation (now SCOTTY Group Austria GmbH) in Austria. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of SCOTTY Group plc (now SE) in 2004. He acts as the key account manager for German and Dutch military forces. Prior to founding SCOTTY he worked at the Joanneum Research Institute on the Multipoint Videoconference System for the European Space Agency and designed and implemented the videoconference networks for the AUSTROMIR 91, MIR 92, Euromir 94 and Euromir 95 missions. He is a graduate of the Technical University of Graz, Austria, where he read Electrical Engineering.
Finance Director & Company Secretary
Hugh Edmonds FCA
Mr Edmonds was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of SCOTTY Group plc (now SE) in 2005. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the United Kingdom, with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell (now KPMG), following which he spent ten years in financial management roles with Schlumberger, the oilfield services and electronics multinational. Since then he has held senior financial management positions with UK technology companies including, most recently, eight years as Finance Director and Company Secretary of Advanced Power Components plc, a company listed on the Alternative Investment Market. He is a graduate of the University of Bristol, where he read French, Economics and Commercial Law.
