Background & management
Local Data Company consists of over 70 people that make up our sales, office and field research department and IT team. LDC is passionate about its approach to its clients, employees and the environment. This is demonstrated by its commitment to have at least 75% of the company's workforce locally deployed to the centres they research every 26 weeks, whilst harnessing the latest wireless technologies.
Barnaby Oswald
Managing Director
Co-Founder of LDC, Barnaby started the business in 2003 with his brother, Alex, and leads the charge in LDC's ambition to both map the retail universe; and maintain our impressive growth record of increasing sales every year.
Alexander Oswald
Commercial Director
As a founding member of LDC, Alex has played a key role in the development and vision of the company, right from the initial concept through to the technology and innovative products available today.
Matthew Hopkinson
Business Development Director
Matthew joined LDC in 2008 having previously been the UK Operations Director at FOCUS and CoStar Group, a global provider of commercial real estate information. He has been nicknamed 'the whirlwind' due to his enthusiasm and drive to continually improve what we do as a company.
Steve Thomson
Non-Exec Director
Steve Thomson founded Ebiquity (previously Thomson Intermedia) an AIM-listed company which specialises in media and marketing analytics. Steve has a strong technology background and is also involved in a number of other businesses, which include First News and Babylicious.
Simon Devonshire
Non-Exec Director
Simon Devonshire is currently Head of SME at O2. He previously worked at Yell - the UK's leading directory publisher - and has significant data, marketing and management experience and is expert in branding and market development. Simon is also involved in a number of other businesses and ventures.
Veronique Salle-Fertat
Head of Operations
Veronique joined LDC in mid 2008. Veronique is passionate about people and about making the work environment the best possible for people, bringing out their best and in turn providing the best possible platform for her team to thrive and produce the highest quality work.
Ivana Mogin
Head of I.T.
Ivana has strong experience of consulting with new and established businesses, particularly in the property and Real Estate markets. Beside an extensive technical background, Ivana has more than 10 years of IT project management experience. Ivana heads up our I.T. Team and is responsible for all software and development.
