2019 Hedge Fund

4 Acquisition International - Hedge Fund Awards 2019 Charles Square Limited (“CSq”) specialises in providing premium IT services to the Finance Sector in the UK and Globally. As part of our overview of a selection of this year’s winners from our prestigious Hedge Fund Awards programme we profile the firm to find out more and explore the secrets behind the success it enjoys today. Sq was formed in 2014 by Craig Harris and Gareth Broekmann in order to help financial services companies get the most value from their IT budgets. Over the past 5 years, CSq has expanded into a global company offering Premium 24x7 Support, Private and Public Cloud, CTO-as-Service and Procurement, delivering solutions that set a high bar on reliability, security and customer service. Described by their clients as providing a “White Glove” service, they offer the best of both worlds: an in-house understanding of their client’s businesses and how best to align IT strategy to this, as well as an outsourced model of lower overheads and the added-value of a more extensive experience and skill-set. With over 30 years combined experience in the financial sector working as in-house CTOs and Heads of IT, the duo saw a critical gap; companies wanted to ensure success but often lacked time, resources or even the knowledge to initiate a technology solution or vision capable of taking them there. Charles Square With the addition of Barry Cohen in 2017 and his 20 years of experience working as a Value Added Reseller (VAR), CSq were finally able to provide a full 360 solution to its clients. They found the IT landscape extremely competitive with very little to differentiate the current list of MSPs and their services, finding that most new business was actually won on price and not quality. Craig Harris explained: “When setting up CSq – the plan was never tobe anotherMSP,but tooffer clients amore personalised,premium service”, this is where they coined TSP – Technology Services Partner – providing Premium technology services to the Financial Industry. CSq differentiate themselves from the pack on their reputation of superior client service, professionalism and service offering. Craig, Gareth and Barry have always seen their staff as CSq’s greatest asset and marketing tool. Their goal was to build a company – where staff felt valued, part of something special , shared with a feeling of unity and pride . For a young company, CSq prides itself on a strong set of values, rich culture and ethos, and strongly believe, incorporating these into C