Executive Team

Based in London, Tony Klim has over 29 years of experience in international financial services and has held a number of executive and board positions with private and listed companies focused on technology and outsourcing in support of the international financial services market. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, and in a previous role he sponsored the acquisition of a leading United Kingdom financial intermediary portal, the Exchange. Over the years, Tony has been involved in the development of new products and services targeted at the independent financial adviser community.

Prior to joining Bravura in February 2008 as the CEO for EMEA, Tony was a strategic consultant in the financial services sector. He has specialised in growth businesses, and internet banking and payment systems. His track record includes a number of strategic advisory and management roles for major international banks, life companies and technology businesses.

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, Nick Parsons has over 30 years of experience in the IT industry, specialising in financial sector solutions for platforms, fund managers and transfer agents. Nick is Chief Operating Officer for Bravura, responsible for implementing and supporting Bravura’s software products globally. He has been with Bravura since July 2007.

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 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.

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 has over 25 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.

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.

Based in Sydney, Jeff has over 20 years of experience working in business advisory roles within the financial services and IT industries. Jeff is the Chief Operating Officer of Midwinter and joined the Bravura executive team in November 2019 after Midwinter became a member of the Bravura group. Jeff is responsible for operational functions across Midwinter.

Prior to joining Midwinter, Jeff was a Director at EY consulting within the Technology Performance Improvement Wealth and Asset Management division at EY. He has also worked at Macquarie Bank as Head of Professional Services for COIN financial planning software, working across implementations, business consulting services and product development for large financial institutions. He has also held managerial roles at Accenture.

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.

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.