Keith Bates has been Chairman of the Cloud Computing Centre since its launch at the beginning of 2010. Formerly Chairman of ESG Group, he has been at the forefront of the technology industry for over 25 years. Keith is driving The Cloud Computing Centre’s financial and technological future and is responsible for the development of its long term strategy and planning. Prior to ESG Group, Keith co-founded Concept Integrated Systems, the company that developed the Concept Agency Management system which is today widely recognised as the leading advertising and media agency management system deployed by more than 140 of the top tier communications companies. Prior to this Keith held a number of senior management positions in software and hardware companies including Unisys and NCR.