Mr. O'Driscoll began his career at Deloitte's (now Coopers & Lybrand). In 1978 he joined Merrydown plc, and became Financial Director and Company Secretary where he oversaw the float on the Unlisted Securities Market of London Stock Exchange as CFO, ultimately taking it to full listing at £60 m market cap. While at Merrydown, Mr.O'Driscoll negotiated multiple acquisitions, mainly financed via share issues on the London Market. From 1994 to 1995 he worked with Key Finance Limited to assist in refinancing for expansion. Key Finance are a specialist computer leasing company, whose customers included Rolls Royce, Bank of America, Nynex, P&O, Massey Ferguson, BP, Amoco and Shell. From 1995 to date, he has held the position of Non-Executive Chairman of QV Foods Limited, a large produce supplier to Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury, Tesco and the United Kingdom wholesale market. QV Foods are a private company with a turnover of £45m. He is also a non executive director of its holding company A.H.Worth Limited. In 2005 Mr O'Driscoll was invited to join the board of Aftersoft Inc.
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