Hes not part of ans he uses ans as a work provider.
Malcolm Knowles is DMK which pass the chargeable work to ans and its dmk who take a charge direct from the customer he may well pay ans for the privelage of using them of that I have no knowledge so I can only speculate.
ANS pay ok espcially when you compare it against other wp. For diplomat calls they do say you must use a w services for thats the prices they will pay you on. Been with ANS from start.