Executive Team

Based in London, Nick Parsons has over 30 years of experience in the IT industry, specialising in financial sector solutions for platforms, fund managers and transfer agents.

Joining Bravura in 2007 as Global Chief Technology Officer, Nick also fulfilled a range of senior leadership roles including Business Development Director before moving into the Global Operating Chief Officer role in 2020.

Prior to joining Bravura, Nick was the Chief Technology Officer for DST Global Solutions where he was responsible for driving technical innovation across a diverse product range and implementing a number of complex global projects.

Based in Sydney, Martin Deda has over 28 years of experience in senior finance and operations roles, predominately within the IT and professional services industry sectors.

Throughout his career, Martin has worked for private and public companies across Australia, Asia, the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States.

He has extensive experience in financial and management accounting and reporting, tax, treasury, commercial, mergers and acquisitions and bid and contract management, investor relations, company secretarial, facilities management, IT infrastructure, applications and support, and shared services.

Prior to joining Bravura in September 2014, Martin was the Chief Operating Officer for top tier law firm Minter Ellison. He previously held senior positions at ASX 200 listed global healthcare IT provider, iSOFT and Computer Sciences Corporation for central and eastern Europe. He has also held senior finance and operations roles at TNT and StorageTek in EMEA.

Based in London, Megan Owen has over 25 years of experience in the IT services industry and is a highly accomplished operations leader with a strong results focus and a collaborative style.

Megan is Global Chief Operating Officer for Bravura, responsible for implementing and supporting Bravura’s software products globally. She has been with Bravura since July 2021.

Prior to joining Bravura Solutions, Megan worked for 17 years in Capgemini as a client-facing Programme Director, then as Head of Digital Consulting at Dell EMC and more recently as Managing Director at Sopra Steria where she ran a £120m private sector delivery and was responsible for 1700 people.

Based in London, Simon is the Global Chief Technology Officer for Bravura Solutions. He is responsible for managing Bravura’s technical product roadmap and identifying how emerging technologies impact the wealth management and savings industry, particularly the technical and ethical questions surrounding the use of machine learning in financial services.

Simon has an academic background in software engineering and mathematics. His career has primarily been spent in financial services, with experience in software development, solution architecture, product management and strategy. He has been with Bravura since May 2013.

Christine Kiener is the Business Development Director for EMEA at Bravura Solutions. She is based in London and has over 18 years of experience within the financial data and technology industry. Christine drives our business development strategy and vision while exploring new business opportunities across the region.

Previous to Bravura, Christine was the Head of Enterprise Data Specialist Sales at Bloomberg, leading the growth of the sales group in the EMEA region. Before Bloomberg, Christine held senior roles at Interactive Data, now ICE Data Services, based in Paris. Her primary focus was generating new business and maintaining relationships with key institutional clients and partners.

Christine’s experience of working across data and technology markets combined with her range of skills as a highly accomplished leader is instrumental in accelerating our growth as the leading provider of software solutions.

Based in Sydney, Paul Dunn has over 25 years of experience in the financial services sector – having worked for major banks, life companies and global consulting firms. Throughout his career, Paul has held senior leadership roles in business development, account management, corporate consulting and operational administration.

Paul joined Bravura in September 2018 and is responsible for leading sales growth in the APAC region across current and future customers.

Paul’s previous role was with ANZ where he worked as the National Manager – Institutional Relationships, responsible for all major ANZ superannuation clients. Prior to this, Paul was the Head of Sales at ING Australia. He has considerable experience building effective teams and sales processes associated with the delivery of superannuation, investment and insurance solutions to major corporates.

Based in Sydney, Richard Laidlaw has over 20 years’ experience across APAC and Europe leading company-wide initiatives to build workforce capability, business profitability and organisational culture. Having joined Bravura in March 2017, Richard is responsible for the Human Resources function across all Bravura office locations including recruitment, remuneration, culture and capability development.

Throughout his career, Richard has worked for a variety of public and private organisations covering Professional Services, Retail, Finance, Property, Government and Not- for-Profit. He has extensive experience in human resources management, leadership, organisational development, succession planning, learning and development, diversity and employee engagement.

Richard is a Fellow of the Australian Human Resources Institute of Australia (FAHRI), and has a Masters degree in Education from the University of Technology Sydney, and a Doctor of Education from the University of New South Wales. Richard was awarded a Churchill Fellowship by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust of Australia (1998).

Based in London, Nigel Liddell qualified as a Solicitor in 1993 and has over 27 years of in-house legal experience, mainly in the technology and services industries. He is responsible for managing the global legal affairs of the Group, serves as Joint Company Secretary and is the Head of Facilities for EMEA. In 2020 Nigel also became Bravura’s Global Lead for Diversity and Inclusiveness.

Nigel joined Bravura in March 2008 as the Head of Legal EMEA and took over the global role in July 2011. Prior to joining Bravura, Nigel was Director and Group General Counsel at DST Global Solutions and has held senior roles at GE Capital IT Solutions, Action Computers (a London-listed company) and Hertz Europe.

Eric Welsby is the Global Head of Product and Strategy at Bravura Solutions. He is based in London and has over 20 years of experience within financial services. Eric leads our acquisition strategy and product roadmaps. He is responsible for aligning the Bravura product portfolio to existing and emerging customer needs within each of the global markets we serve.

Eric has worked in the UK’s investment platform and fund supermarket sector since its inception, when he worked as a project manager to establish Cofunds in 2001. He has since held senior roles within operations, sales, consulting and project management.

His most recent role, before re-joining Bravura, was Deputy Chief Executive at EQ Investors, the boutique wealth manager.

Eric has worked across the financial adviser, investment platform and technology markets. This breadth of experience has enabled him to gather first-hand experience and insight into how Bravura’s clients rely on our technology to achieve their business goals.

Based in Jamberoo, Ray has extensive experience working within the wealth management sector. Ray is the Managing Director of FinoComp and joined the Bravura executive team in November 2019 after FinoComp became a member of the Bravura group.

Ray was a founding partner of InfoComp in the late 1980’s, which became the wealth management division of GBST in 2007. He was the principal architect of the wealth management platform Composer. Ray subsequently went on to form FinoComp in 2015 with the distinctive goal of developing a suite of modern microservices for the wealth management industry.

With experience in building and leading cross-functional teams to bring new services to market, Steve combines diverse functional experience with a hunger to improve consumer and business outcomes.

Steve has an earned reputation as a strategic and transformative leader with a diverse and progressive career background spanning digital platforms, SaaS, fintech, financial advice, sales and corporate strategy.

Prior to joining Midwinter in May 2021, Steve held senior roles at Better Trade Off, a Singapore based Fintech developing digital financial planning services, as well as AMP and AXA’s Wealth Management, Transformation and Advice divisions.

Based in Birmingham and London, Michael is Managing Director of Delta Financial Systems and joined the Bravura executive team in October 2020 after Delta became a member of the Bravura group. Michael has over 30 years of experience working in the pension and fintech sectors.

Michael founded a specialist pension consultancy in the early 1990’s that launched the UK’s first pension transfer analysis service for IFAs and one of the first annuity broking services for advisers. He subsequently established Delta Financial Systems in 1996. It created the first commercially available SIPP and SSAS administration software in the UK.