Samantha Mudd

Chief Executive Officer, Bytes Technology

Samantha Mudd is Chief Executive Officer of Bytes Technology, in the role since May 2024.

Bytes Technology is a software reseller and IT services group based in Leatherhead, England, listed in London with a secondary listing on the JSE after its 2020 demerger from Altron. In 2026 it restructured so that Phoenix Software serves only public-sector customers.

In the job

  1. Chief executive Neil Murphy resigned after the board learned of undisclosed trades in the company's shares, and Mudd took over as interim chief executive. Source

  2. Bytes reported gross invoiced income up 15.2% to 2.1 billion pounds for the year to February 2025, with operating profit up 17.1% to 66.4 million pounds. Source

  3. Bytes restructured so that Bytes Software Services serves private-sector customers and Phoenix Software serves only public-sector organisations. Source

Career before

  1. Managing director, Phoenix Software (acquired by Bytes in 2017)
  2. 2024Interim chief executive, Bytes Technology

Education

Psychology degree

Sources

  1. en.wikipedia.org
  2. itchanneloxygen.com
  3. techcentral.co.za

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