services founded brighton 1991 1991 headquarters london united kingdom key people rod flavell ceo ivan martin non executive chairman sheila flavell chief operating officer mike mclaren chief financial officer andy brown group commercial director jonathan young chief information officer number of employees 1300 2014 website www.fdmgroup.com fdm group is an international it services company headquartered in london united kingdom with offices in leeds glasgow brighton new york city toronto frankfurt hong kong and singapore . fdm group is composed mostly of recent university graduates and ex military personnel who are trained in the fdm group academies before working as consultants for one of fdm group s clients primarily financial institutions and banks around the world . 1 contents 1 history 2 training and initiatives 3 references 4 external links history edit fdm was founded as brighton based it services provider flavell divett international in 1991 founded by present day ceo rod flavell and his partners brian ross divett and john kienander divett . the company focused on it recruitment until acquiring mountfield software in 1995 . in 1998 the name changed to fdm group to reflect this acquisition and the company began hiring training and placing their own consultants on site with their clients . 2 since this time fdm has opened further offices in the uk and across mainland europe north america and asia . in april 2005 fdm group floated on the alternative investment market raising 3m net for the company . 3 by 2010 the company completed a management buyout to once again bring the company private . in june 2014 fdm again had a floatation this time valued at 308m on the london stock exchange . fdm group remains publicly traded on the london stock exchange today . 4 in 2015 the company opened new offices in the city centres of leeds 5 and glasgow . 6 training and initiatives edit fdm group s model involves recruiting recent university graduates and ex forces to turn into consultants for their clients . these graduates and ex forces go through 12 16 weeks of training in one of fdm group s academy facilities before signing a two year contract with the company to work as a consultant . as consultants the employees work on the site of their clients which include mostly the banking and finance industry . 7 fdm group has a women in it initiative focused on hiring and inspiring women to pursue jobs in stem fields . as part of their efforts they have sponsored the 2013 2014 2015 and 2016 everywoman in technology awards in london . 8 9 fdm group also has an ex forces initiative which began in their new york academy as the veterans initiative . through this they have partnered with the british forces resettlement services 10 and signed the ministry of defence armed forces corporate covenant 11 as well as a us army memorandum of agreement with the army pays programme . 12 in new york fdm group has sponsored the wall street rocks charity concert 13 and marched in the veterans day parade 14 to further support the cause of helping veterans find jobs . references edit http www.fdmgroup.com uk about our clients http www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk fdm http www.investegate.co.uk fdm group plc fdmg rns final results 200604040700349069a http www.londonstockexchange.com exchange prices and markets stocks summary company summary gb00blwdvp51gbgbxssmm.html http www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk news business news business headlines major it firm provides jobs boost for leeds 1 7440587 http www.heraldscotland.com business 13785701 . fdm is latest to sign up at 1 west regent street http www.fdmgroup.com uk careers http www.computerweekly.com news 2240242646 winners of the 2015 fdm everywoman in technology awards announced https www.everywoman.com award 2016 fdm everywoman technology awards http www.bfrss.org.uk profiles companies 59399 https www.gov.uk government publications e to g signed pledges armed forces corporate covenant https www.armypays.com newsletter edition104 newsletter.html fdm http dealbook.nytimes.com 2012 07 11 wall street musicians trade pinstripes for guitars r 0 https www.youtube.com watch v bngl9qjmlba external links edit fdmgroup.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fdm group & oldid 741914993 categories companies established in 1991multinational companiescompanies of the united kingdomcomputer companies of the united kingdomweb service providerscompanies based in brighton1991 establishments in englandhidden categories use british english from april 2014use dmy dates from july 2013pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page 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