Executive Team

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

Based in London, Chris Spencer has more than two decades worth of experience in motivating, inspiring and developing teams to affect positive business change, including process re-engineering, business development and transformation.

As CEO of Bravura’s EMEA region, Chris is responsible for driving the region’s proposition development and leading its sales and account management teams to grow existing and future client revenue and margin.

Prior to joining Bravura, Chris served various companies in the financial services and pensions space as Managing Director, including IFDS Financial Services and most recently, Embark. Before then, he was Head of Client Services at UK-based advisory firm Govett Investments and spent ten years at Fidelity cutting his teeth working across the asset management and brokerage divisions.

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 London, Chris Biddick is a seasoned leader in the financial service technology space with over 25 years’ experience. Known for his ability to build high-performing teams, Chris is deeply committed to delivering exceptional client experiences and driving forward innovation for Bravura’s Transfer Agency business.

As CEO Transfer Agency, Chris is responsible for all client accounts in the UK and creating a culture of collaboration and accountability. His strategic focus on customer-centric solutions and operational excellence has delivered strong client retention and enabled customers to scale and succeed in an ever-evolving and competitive marketplace.

Chris joined Bravura from The Bank of New York in 2006, and has previously served in various other leadership roles at Bravura, including Managing Director, Transfer Agency, and Head of Account Management EMEA.

Neil Montford has over 20 years’ experience in senior finance roles, including within ASX-listed companies. For the past 11 years he has held several senior leadership posts at Fidelity International, latterly as CFO of Asia Pacific, and prior to that led the Finance functions for two of Macquarie Group’s operating divisions. At the start of his career, Neil worked at Deloitte for six years in the UK and Australia.

Based in London, Adam Warwick has worked at the cutting-edge of IT in the finance sector for the best part of two decades and has extensive experience in change management, IT strategy and transformation projects.

As Bravura’s Chief Technology and Product Officer (CTO), Adam is responsible for establishing a forward-looking product framework to support the business’s worldwide client base, both now and in the future. He also leads in managing the company’s Research & Development teams and ensuring its cloud-based delivery mechanism is implemented successfully across the company’s global client portfolio.

Before joining Bravura, Adam was Quilter’s Chief Information Officer (CIO). Before that, he held roles at various leading financial firms, including HBOS, Zurich Insurance Company, and Aviva, as the company’s CIO in the UK and Ireland.

With over 14 years’ experience as a lawyer gained in private practice and in-house at Bravura Solutions, Melissa provides high value strategic advice and works with the business to manage legal risks. Melissa has assisted with the company secretariat function at Bravura Solutions since its listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in 2016 and was appointed Company Secretary in June 2023. Melissa has broad company secretariat and corporate governance experience.