Board of Directors

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 Sydney, Andrew Russell has 20 years of experience in the finance and technology industries. Formerly CEO and Managing Director of ASX-listed SaaS technology firm, Class Limited (Class, formerly ASX – CL1), he led the business through a change strategy which included acquiring and integrating four companies in less than two years. Class delisted in February 2022 following its acquisition by Hub24 Limited. Prior to that, Andrew was founding Executive Director and Executive General Manager, Financial Services, REA Group.

With proven success in planning and deploying robust corporate strategies to establish new lines of business, Andrew has a strong background in identifying and implementing market entry and growth strategies.

He holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), part of City, University of London; a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Macquarie University, Australia; and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors Course. He has completed the Stanford Graduate School of Business’s ‘Innovative Technology Leader Program’ and Harvard Business School’s ‘Authentic Leadership Program’.

Appointed: as a NED February 2023 and Group CEO and Managing Director July 2023

Based in London, Peter Mann was previously Vice Chairman at Old Mutual Group. Peter was integral to the delivery of that organisation’s growth strategy.

Prior to that, he held a number of senior roles including CEO of Skandia, one of the United Kingdom’s largest retail platforms, which was acquired by Old Mutual in 2006, and also CEO of Bankhall, an independent financial adviser network. In his role at Skandia, Peter laid the foundations for expanding the retail platform into the leader it is today. At Bankhall, Peter supported significant revenue growth and steered the company to profit, implementing several new services for existing members across various business lines.

Appointed: December 2015
Chairman for EMEA

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

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

Shezad Okhai was appointed Chief Commercial Officer of Bravura on 15 August 2023. 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 August 2023
Board Committees: Human Resources Committee