Board of Directors
Executive Director
Gregory Carter joined BSG in 2004 after serving two years as Vice President of Sales for nii communications - a San Antonio-based CLEC. Previous to nii, Mr. Carter served as Vice President of Operator Services for Qwest Communications after leaving Billing Concepts (dba Aptis Software) in 2000. From 1991 through 1998, Mr. Carter served in various sales and marketing management roles at US Long Distance (USLD). Mr. Carter began his telecommunications career in 1988 when he joined Teleconnect, an Iowa-based long distance, database marketing and operator services company.
Non-Executive Directors
Patrick D. Heneghan is Chairman of the Board of Billing Services Group Limited. He is the founder (retired) of Heneghan PR, one of Ireland’s leading corporate communications agencies, and has been actively involved in many of the country’s most high-profile public relations issues and M&A transactions. He was formerly Public Relations Manager and a Director of the tobacco firm P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. A Fellow of the Public Relations Institute of Ireland, a founding member of the US-Ireland Council for Commerce & Industry and a former Director of the state-owned National Concert Hall.
Thomas H. Richter is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants with over 35 years of experience.
Mr. Richter graduated from Texas A&M University with a BBA in 1972, and joined Ernst & Young LLP, becoming a partner of that firm in 1984 until his retirement in 2009. Mr. Richter’s practice involved auditing financial statements and providing consulting services. From December 2000 to March 2009, Mr. Richter was the partner of Ernst & Young responsible for the provision of audit services to BSG and its predecessor entities.
Admiral Leighton W. Smith retired from the U.S. Navy on 1 October 1996 and is now President of consulting firm Leighton Smith Associates, Inc. He is a Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Naval Analysis, Chairman Emeritus of the board of Trustees for the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation and a past chairman of the board of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association. Admiral Smith sits on the boards of several corporations and, amongst numerous awards and decorations, he is an Honorary Knight of the British Empire.