About CPiO

Rebecca Bradley

Commercial Director

Rebecca joined CPiO in September 1999. She has been instrumental in shaping and controlling the sales and marketing departments since this time. Rebecca is passionate about delivering an excellent end to end customer service and she drives innovative, commercial initiatives with this in the forefront of her mind.

Appointed to the Board in January 2012 to support the general management function of the Group, Rebecca has played an integral part in Board-level communications, strategic planning, change-management programmes, sales strategy alignment and HR development.

Aside from Rebecca’s  commercial role, she supports the Managing Director, Andrew Watkinson in focussing on the future of the business, ensuring customers are at the heart of every decision.

James Bedford

Technical Director

James joined CPiO in March 1997 as Internal Systems Manager during which time he gained an understanding of CPiO’s product portfolio which enabled him to move into a customer facing technical consultancy and presales role. James was instrumental in the design, development and successful launch of CPiO Cloud, our dedicated hosted managed service which, at launch, was unique in the UK channel.

In 2012 James was appointed as Director of Infrastructure Services for The Waterdale Group. James is now the CPiO Technical Director responsible for the strategic direction and management of CPiO’s growing cloud, technical and product development portfolio. He also holds Board responsibility for the management of CPiO’s professional services department, supporting the consulting teams across Sage 200, Sage X3 and Sage 1000.

Karl Webb

Finance Director

Karl’s career spans 20 plus years as FD/CFO working in numerous sectors including Manufacturing, Agriculture, Not-for-profit, Oil and IT, with turnover ranging from start-up to $1billion. He holds experience in running teams in the UK, Europe, North America, Central and South America, Far East & Australasia.

Karl was appointed to the Board in early 2021 to support the other Directors in the strong day to day management and assist the organisation in the next phase of growth.

Paul Hanson

eSpida Director

Following a successful career delivering complicated and maintained systems to large accountancy companies, Paul began his career at The Waterdale Group in 1994 heading Technical Services to advise large customers in the Tetra base on complex project requirements and deliverables.

Subsequently over the next six years Paul’s career flourished as more customers capitalised on his specialist expertise and knowledge in architectural design. It was Paul’s skill that recognised the value of business opportunities beyond the more complicated ERP opportunities and he was appointed Director of the newly formed eSpida Limited in the year 2000. Since then, there has been a strong focus on expanding the consultancy practice by targeting better asset custodianship with both problem solving and qualification at the core of all pursuits. His passion for evolving technologies and people places Paul at the heart of customer projects from inception, helping to strategise and build solutions that are both commercially and technically relevant for the future.

A well-respected Director of eSpida, Paul manages a highly specialised team of technical consultants who work within IT departments in some of the UK and Europe’s largest businesses.

Rebecca Bradley

Commercial Director

Rebecca joined CPiO in September 1999. She has been instrumental in shaping and controlling the sales and marketing departments since this time. Rebecca is passionate about delivering an excellent end to end customer service and she drives innovative, commercial initiatives with this in the forefront of her mind.

Appointed to the Board in January 2012 to support the general management function of the Group, Rebecca has played an integral part in Board-level communications, strategic planning, change-management programmes, sales strategy alignment and HR development.

Aside from Rebecca’s  commercial role, she supports the Managing Director, Andrew Watkinson in focussing on the future of the business, ensuring customers are at the heart of every decision.

James Bedford

Technical Director

James joined CPiO in March 1997 as Internal Systems Manager during which time he gained an understanding of CPiO’s product portfolio which enabled him to move into a customer facing technical consultancy and presales role. James was instrumental in the design, development and successful launch of CPiO Cloud, our dedicated hosted managed service which, at launch, was unique in the UK channel.

In 2012 James was appointed as Director of Infrastructure Services for The Waterdale Group. James is now the CPiO Technical Director responsible for the strategic direction and management of CPiO’s growing cloud, technical and product development portfolio. He also holds Board responsibility for the management of CPiO’s professional services department, supporting the consulting teams across Sage 200, Sage X3 and Sage 1000.

Karl Webb

Finance Director

Karl’s career spans 20 plus years as FD/CFO working in numerous sectors including Manufacturing, Agriculture, Not-for-profit, Oil and IT, with turnover ranging from start-up to $1billion. He holds experience in running teams in the UK, Europe, North America, Central and South America, Far East & Australasia.

Karl was appointed to the Board in early 2021 to support the other Directors in the strong day to day management and assist the organisation in the next phase of growth.

Paul Hanson

eSpida Director

Following a successful career delivering complicated and maintained systems to large accountancy companies, Paul began his career at The Waterdale Group in 1994 heading Technical Services to advise large customers in the Tetra base on complex project requirements and deliverables.

Subsequently over the next six years Paul’s career flourished as more customers capitalised on his specialist expertise and knowledge in architectural design. It was Paul’s skill that recognised the value of business opportunities beyond the more complicated ERP opportunities and he was appointed Director of the newly formed eSpida Limited in the year 2000. Since then, there has been a strong focus on expanding the consultancy practice by targeting better asset custodianship with both problem solving and qualification at the core of all pursuits. His passion for evolving technologies and people places Paul at the heart of customer projects from inception, helping to strategise and build solutions that are both commercially and technically relevant for the future.

A well-respected Director of eSpida, Paul manages a highly specialised team of technical consultants who work within IT departments in some of the UK and Europe’s largest businesses.