Nick Pointon
International Director and COO, SQS India
Nick was one of the original founders of Cresta and his energy and commitment over 10 years enabled Cresta to become the market leader in software testing in the UK and Ireland. When Cresta was acquired by SQS in July 2006, Nick continued as part of the management team to drive forward SQS’s consultancy in the UK, Ireland and South Africa and to expand its leadership position.As Consultancy Director within SQS, Nick orchestrated a period of superb market-beating growth, creating the biggest and most successful region within the SQS Group. This region spanned 7 offices in 3 countries and, through Nick’s leadership and vision, has achieved sales of over £30m annually and more than 450 consultants.Nick is currently the International Director for SQS in UK, USA, Ireland, India, Nordics and South Africa, responsible for all the offshore services provided by SQS to its customers. In 2008, having negotiated, executed and integrated SQS’s acquisition in India, he relocated to Pune, India, to work more closely with SQS’s offshore delivery centres in India and South Africa. From there, he oversees the activities of 500 offshore consultants in India and South Africa, delivering services to SQS’s customers in across the world. He currently works as the COO at SQS India.