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Management Team

Intersum has an executive team with many years of experience in both the Oil and Gas and IT industries. This team has the industry knowledge, contacts and experience required to drive success in the company.

Bill Henderson, Chairman
 Bill graduated in Geology from Cambridge University. Over the past 37 years, Bill has gained a broad experience as geologist, IT consultant, project facilitator, investor and company director. He was a Principal Scientific Officer in the British Geological Survey in Edinburgh and an international IT consultant and project manager with BP in Glasgow and Aberdeen.

Bill's project facilitation business specialised for many years in helping drilling and sub-surface teams in the oil industry. Bill is an investor in several developing companies in Scotland and was formerly Deputy Chairman of Aurora Private Equity - Aberdeen's principal business angel group. He now is Managing Director of Equityworks (see below) and Chairman of Intersum.

Apart from work, Bill enjoys life in the Aberdeenshire countryside with family and friends and, knees permitting, is a keen but slow hill runner, and maintains an interest in geological research in Scotland.

John Gillies, Managing Director
 John is one of the founders of Intersum bringing over 10 years of experience gained within the telecoms and IT industry. John has worked within multi-national corporations such as ConocoPhillips, BT, GE and UK Atomic Energy Authority.

In his role as Managing Director John takes responsibility for the commercial and sales activities at Intersum. John attended Aberdeen University and gained diplomas in Gaelic and Celtic studies.In his spare time he enjoys outdoor pursuits in the West Coast of Scotland.

Hamish Milne, Finance Director
 A maths and science graduate of Aberdeen University, Hamish is an experienced CEO and CFO. Hamish held a number of key roles and responsibilities as a founder director of one of Scotland's largest private property development groups while also contributing to external public sector and charitable bodies.

An active member of the wider business community, including Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce (where he served as President), Hamish was a founder member and director of local business angel syndicate Aurora Private Equity. Hamish is Commercial Director of Equityworks (see below), interim Finance Director of Intersum Limited and is also a director of, and investor in, a number of developing companies in Scotland.

Apart from work, and as well as enjoying family activities, Hamish has interests in golf, tennis, theatre and travel.

Equityworks Limited

In 2008, Hamish Milne, Bill Henderson and Mike Fleming set up Equityworks with aim of helping new businesses with high growth potential. Equityworks provides experienced business and investment advice, hands-on participation, and mentoring coupled, where necessary, with seed capital - all in exchange for a modest equity stake. Start-up funding for Equityworks was achieved from private sources in the North-East of Scotland. Equityworks has three high-growth clients at present, one of which is Intersum.