Karl ChapmanFounder

United Kingdom - Greater Cheshire West and Chester Area

After reading law at Birmingham University, I joined Guinness Mahon Investment Management (GMIM) in 1985. In 1987 I (somehow!) was Money Observer's top-performing UK unit trust fund manager.

I left GMIM in 1989 to set up CRT Group plc a consultancy, recruitment and training business which we later renamed Spring. With a great team we grew Spring, both organically and by acquisition, to a market capitalisation of over £600 million, sales in excess of £400 million with 2,500 employees operating from over 200 locations. In 1996 Spring sold 50.1% of its equity for £109 million to Knowledge Universe, a private US-based company.

I left Spring in 1999 and set up AdviserPlus Business Solutions in 2000. AdviserPlus is the leading advisory outsourcing organisation in the UK providing HR, employee relations and H&S solutions to primarily FTSE 100 companies. AdviserPlus was acquired by a Private Equity investor in November 2016.

I joined Riverview Law, a legal services business, as Chief Executive in the summer of 2011 following its creation by AdviserPlus. Riverview Law provides managed services to corporate legal departments. Riverview Law was acquired by EY in August 2018.

I am Chief Executive of Kim Technologies (www.kimdocument.com). Kim is a leading no-code, configurable technology platform that helps organisations of all sizes to automate their workflows, case management and documents.