Keith Birch

Keith has been Managing Director of the Touchstone Group since 1986 and is responsible for their growth and development as an IT group. Keith has overall responsibility for group operations and strategic direction and concentrates on driving acquisition strategy. Keith has overseen many initiatives in his 30-year tenure at Touchstone, including being the first UK Value Added software partner to IPO on a public market. The Group now has 3 principal business units (FMS (Infor), CRM (Microsoft) and Trust) and employs 120 staff operating from offices in London, Watford, Manchester, Jersey and Sydney. Before joining Touchstone, Keith spent 4 years in a small London firm of chartered accountants and prior to this qualified as a teacher. Keith lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and 3 children.