About Claude Systems
Claude (CLear AUDio Equipment) Systems, since inception in 1993, has continued the same business ethos of it's founders - Marconi - by designing, developing and supplying the best quality products coupled with a first class installation service using only it's own engineers.
The CLAUDE SPEECH ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM, uniquely patent-protected, and INDUCTION LOOPS FIXED AND PORTABLE, together with an extensive range of Counter Top Housings, are renowned for their sound reproduction quality and give trouble-free operation for long periods.
Additionally, the skills of the Claude engineers enable projects to be undertaken and managed successfully, especially when interfacing with other electronic equipment including INFRA RED transmission systems.
We have an extensive customer base serving organisations of varying size, many of which have used Claude products since it was part of The Marconi Group.
Executive Team
Tom McGregor - Chairman & Founder
Kim Rose - Chief Executive Officer
Martin White - Finance Director
Dr Mike Eccles - Technical Director
Martin McCloskey - Business Development Manager & co-Founder
Tom McGregor - Company Founder & Chairman
Graduated from Glasgow University with a 1st class honours degree in Civil Engineering. Tom McGregor is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers. He is currently the Honorary Secretary of the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) in Scotland and takes a leading role in representing Consulting Engineering Companies views to the Scottish Parliament.
After graduating, Tom McGregor worked for a large multi disciplinary company both in the UK and in the Middle East and North Africa. He set up his own consulting engineering practice in Fife in the early 1980s. Today his company McGregor McMahon and Associates is a well established and well known firm of independent consultants with a wide range of national clients.
In 1988 Tom McGregor conceived the idea of the speech enhancement system to facilitate speech transfer through glass security screens. He commissioned St Andrews University to develop the concept into a working prototype and took out Patents in the UK, the US, Canada and Europe. The Marconi company were licensed to develop the prototypes and produced the first Clear Audio products in 1991. These products were immediately successful. In 1993 the Marconi team left the company and with the support of Fife Enterprise set up Claude Systems Ltd in June 1993 with Tom McGregor as non executive Chairman. The company developed new products and over the years built up an enviable client base amongst the UK’s Banks and bluechip companies.
Kim Rose - Chief Executive Officer
Kim Rose was appointed CEO in January 2009 and has pulled together the new management team.
Kim has worked for many corporate companies which include Hewlett-Packard, Compaq Computer, Oki Systems, TDK and SMART Modular Technologies; Kim has both a strong technical and commercial background which he has built over a 30 year period within the IT, Technology and Systems industries.
For the past 7 years, Kim has successfully founded 3 companies and has been a Non-Executive Director and Consultant across the UK.
Having travelled extensively during his career, Kim has acquired many contacts and is an Avid Professional Networker.
Married with 2 Children, Kim is a keen musician, golfer and enjoys practical "Hands on" tasks.
Martin White - Finance Director
Martin trained and qualified as a CA with Touche Ross, Glasgow
from 1979 – 1984.
Following on from this Martin spent 10 years at Price Waterhouse in their Chile and Glasgow offices. Martin joined Davidson & Workman, Accountants as a partner in 1989. In 1992 Martin joined Scott Oswald Accountants in Glasgow as a partner until 1996.
Currently Principal at Wallace White, Accountants, in Glasgow, Martin is also the Finance Director at Claude Systems.
Martin is married with three children ages 30, 28 and 19. He is also a keen golfer and has a membership at Loch Lomond Golf Club.
Dr Mike Eccles - Technical Director
Graduated from Liverpool University with a B.Eng. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, and from the University of Victoria, Canada, with a M.Sc. in Physics. Started career in the mid 70’s as a design engineer with Hewlett-Packard Corporation, working in Germany, Pennsylvania and HP labs in Palo Alto, California.
Moved to Scotland in the late 1970s as electronics support engineer at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. Joined Burr-brown Corp. in early 80’s as Engineering Manager responsible for formation of new Systems Division, becoming Director in 1988. Left to co-found engineering design consultancy which took on major design projects for companies such as Ferranti, British Steel, Rolls Royce and RHP Bearings throughout the 90’s.
In 2000 joined the fledgling Tality Corp, a division of Cadence, responsible for leading a major multi-site multi-national cable TV project. In late 2001 recruited by Plexus Corp as Technical Director and tasked with setting up and managing European Design Centre in Livingston. In 2004, after design centre up and running, formed technical management consultancy, Dynamic Instrumentation Ltd., working with a range of companies including ABSL (battery systems) and Pace Micro (set-top boxes) and a number of smaller organisations in various project management roles.
In 2007 set up Eagle Gardens Trading Ltd. to develop a 34 acre site in the Scottish Borders into a major world class Birds of Prey Conservation and Visitor Centre, scheduled for opening in 2010. In early 2009 joined Claude Systems Ltd. as Technical Director responsible for all engineering activities.
Martin McCloskey - Business Development Manager & co-Founder
From the Foundation of Claude Systems, Martin has been involved with ongoing product development & design of the range of CLAUDE products. He has unique perspective and historical knowledge of Customer liaison, product support, skills that are now contributing to his current role as the business development manager within CLAUDE.
Martin has been involved in the "Audio" market for approximately 30 years, he has been involved in Public Address System design, implementation, Front of House Mixing, Stage Management and has worked with many well know Bands/Artists such as Nazareth, Frankie Miller, Wired Desire and others. Martin is known for "Getting the Job Done on Time".
Martin is also an accomplished Guitarist who is well known locally.