KEITH Todd CBE is Executive Chairman of FFastFill plc, a software and services company focussed on the capital markets, and Non-executive Chairman Amino Technologies plc of Magic Lantern, a new media company supplying the broadband market.

Keith served as Non-executive Chairman of the UK Broadband Stakeholder Group for three years from February 2002. The group included the key stakeholders, both from the public sector and Industry and is focused on identifying actions that will accelerate the adoption of broadband services in the UK.

He was also Non-executive Chairman of Easynet plc - a telecom services company focused on broadband services - until January 2006, when it was sold to BSkyB, and of EC Soft, which was sold to Cyber Inc. in January 2003 He was previously Chief Executive of ICL plc (now Fujitsu Services) from 1996-2000 and responsible for the transformation of ICL from a hardware product company to a $4bn IT services company.

He held a number of other senior executive positions in ICL and GEC Marconi defence business, including working in the US for five years between 1981-1986.He started his career in the public sector.

He was awarded the CBE in June 2006 for his services to the Telcoms industry.

He was the treasurer of the Open University for eight years and is a lifetime member of BAFTA, a Fellow of the Institute of Management Accountants and of the Royal Society for the Arts and enjoys all sport. He has been a Plymouth Argyle fan since the 1960s.

Keith was born in Glasgow but grew up in Malta, Singapore and - most importantly - in Plymouth, He attended Hyde Park Junior School and, later, Plymstock Comprehensive.

His parents both worked in Plymouth, his father at the Royal William Yard and the Dockyard and his late mother at Plymouth College of Technology as a lecturer. His sister went to Plympton Grammar.