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Micro Focus Global Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 30

  1. Graham Howard Norton 2014-2021 Director View profile
  2. Dilip Kumar Upmanyu 2014-2015 Director View profile
  3. Jennifer Guild 2011-2015 Director View profile
  4. Jeffrey Scott Hawn 2011-2014 Director View profile
  5. Mervyn Cajetan Fernandez 2009-2011 Director View profile
  6. Richard John Commins 2006-2009 Director View profile
  7. Christopher Papayianni 2006-2007 Director View profile
  8. Steven John Tilbury 2005-2006 Director View profile
  9. Stephen Phillip Bath 2004-2006 Director View profile
  10. Michel Goossens 2002-2005 Director View profile
  11. Richard Francis 2002-2004 Director View profile
  12. Tom Hartman 2001-2001 Director View profile
  13. Steven Astley Brown 1999-2005 Director View profile
  14. Andrew Edward Roy Sadler-Smith 1998-1999 Director View profile
  15. Mark Wheelhouse 1998-2001 Director View profile
  16. Thomas Leo Schuster 1997-1997 Director View profile
  17. Stephen John Tilbury 1996-1997 Director View profile
  18. Nitin Maru 1995-2005 Director View profile
  19. Dallis Radamaker 1994-1997 Director View profile
  20. Simpson, Clifford, Vice President 1994-2005 Director View profile
  21. Robert Johann Frankenberg 1994-1996 Director View profile
  22. Ian David Fraser 1994-1996 Director View profile
  23. Raymond John Noorda 1994 Director View profile
  24. Candice Tiffany Chisholm 2022-2023 Secretary View profile
  25. Helen Maria Ratsey 2022-2022 Secretary View profile
  26. Jane Smithard 2015-2022 Secretary View profile
  27. Joanna Claire Lightning 2009-2009 Secretary View profile
  28. Djamel Souici 2005-2009 Secretary View profile
  29. Anthony Scrivens 1992 Secretary View profile
  30. David Bradford 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
02/07/1986

Ownership

Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Micro Focus Global Limited is controlled by Micro Focus Software Holdings LTD
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-07-24 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Micro Focus Software Holdings LTD is controlled by Micro Focus Software (IP) Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-06-30 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Micro Focus Software (IP) Holdings Limited is controlled by Micro Focus Foreign Holdco LTD
    Evidence
    active 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-10-22 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Micro Focus Foreign Holdco LTD is controlled by Micro Focus Situla Holding LTD
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-09-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Micro Focus Situla Holding LTD is controlled by Micro Focus (US) Holdings
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-08-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. Micro Focus (US) Holdings is controlled by Micro Focus Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  7. Micro Focus Group Limited is controlled by Micro Focus Midco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  8. Micro Focus Midco Limited is controlled by Micro Focus Midco Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2017-10-31 · source: Companies House PSC register
  9. Micro Focus Midco Holdings Limited is controlled by Micro Focus International Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-08-21 · source: Companies House PSC register
  10. Micro Focus International Limited is controlled by Open Text UK Holding Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-01-31 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Open Text UK Holding Limited.

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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

2 directors on the board

10.9y median 10.9y
average tenure
16.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Tech and media 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
02033363
Status
Liquidation
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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