In an increasingly ‘interesting’ twist to the ‘how do you solve a problem like Maxima’ saga, the affable founder and executive chairman of the venerable but troubled mid-market software and IT services firm, Kelvin Harrison, has invited entrepreneur Ian Smith to join the Board as a non-exec director. Smith is currently a director of Accumuli, Redstone and his own M&A consultancy, MXC Capital. He has also previously been on the board of no fewer than 33 'interesting' companies over the past 5 years, a number of which we have written about – you might want to start here and work your way back through the UKHotViews archives!
Harrison recently took down the ‘for sale’ sign at Maxima (see here) and continues to review the company’s strategic options. I would just love to be a fly on the wall at the next board meeting!