Board of Directors

Shezad Okhai is a Non-Executive Director as at 1 July 2024. Prior to joining Bravura, he was Chief Investment Officer at Pinetree Capital, an investment and merchant banking firm focused on the technology sector. He also spent more than 10 years with Constellation Software, a leading acquirer and operator of vertical market software companies where he built his expertise in capital allocation and vertical market software operations.

Appointed: As a NED April 2023 and as Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Director from 15 August 2023 to 30 June 2024

Matthew Quinn is a highly experienced chairman and non-executive Director of Australian listed and unlisted companies and was Managing Director of Stockland from 2000 to 2013.

Matthew is currently chairman of private equity owned TSA Management Limited. He was previously chairman of Class Limited and a non-executive director of Elders Limited, CSR Limited and Regis Healthcare Limited.

Appointed: May 2023
Board Committees: Audit and Risk Management Committee, Human Resources Committee

Based in Perth, Russell Baskerville has more than 20 years of experience in leadership, digital business development, transactions and governance in the IT sector. He is founder and Managing Director of IT solutions provider Empired Limited, which he built into one of the largest and most respected digital services firms across Australia and New Zealand.

Prior to joining Empired, Russell was a founding member of Tusk Technologies Pty Ltd, as well as a founder of Procom Solutions Pty Ltd and Procom Holdings Pty Ltd. He is currently Chairman of ASX listed Elmore Limited (ELE), One Click Group Limited (1CG) and a number of private companies, as well as on the board of directors of Procom Holdings Pty Ltd and BigRedSky Limited.

Appointed: February 2023
Board Committees: Audit and Risk Management Committee, Human Resources Committee (Chair)

Sarah Adam-Gedge has extensive global experience leading professional services, consulting, digital, electronics and information technology organisations, working across multiple industries and geographies.

Sarah is currently a non-executive director of Austal Ltd, Codan Ltd, Cricket Australia and Kinetic IT Pty Ltd, as well as an Independent Audit Committee Member of the Australian Sports Foundation. Her previous executive experience includes leadership roles at PwC and Arthur Andersen. Sarah is a Chartered Accountant and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Appointed: September 2023
Board Committees: Audit and Risk Management Committee (Chair), Human Resources Committee

Charles has deep technical knowledge to advise on the technical and operational plans presented by the Company’s CTO organisation for its wide-ranging product portfolio. He has been responsible for leading a global product organisation including product management, product engineering, test engineering and product support. He recently spent 9 years as Chief Product Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Turbonomic, a cloud management tools business and remained with the business after its acquisition by IBM, as Head of Strategy, IT Automation.

Appointed: September 2023

Damien Leonard provides strong expertise in strategic advice and capital allocation through his involvement in numerous enterprise software and technology organisations over the last decade. He has been an executive director of Pinetree Capital since 2017 and has over a decade of public markets investing experience in Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia, specialising in small-cap software company investing and special situation investing.

Appointed: September 2023
Board Committees: Human Resources Committee

Based in Toronto, Dexter has over 30 years of experience in the software industry. From 2004 to 2023 he was President and CEO of Perseus Operating Group, a division of Constellation Software Inc which is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:CSU). He has developed deep skills and experience in operating vertical market software businesses, M&A, financial and strategic acumen, HR, international experience, risk management, marketing, executive leadership and technology.
He holds an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business, Master of Science from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Toronto.

Dexter is currently a director on the boards of Perseus Operating Group and Constellation Software Inc (TSX:CSU), both located in Canada.

Appointed: November 2024