Board of Directors

Based in Sydney, Neil Broekhuizen has over 23 years of experience in private equity with Investcorp and Bridgepoint Capital in Europe and Ironbridge in Australia.

Since co-founding Ironbridge in 2003, Neil has helped grow the business into a leading Australasian private equity manager. Neil has sat on the investment committee of Ironbridge since inception.

Neil has a BSc Honours degree in electical engineering from Imperial College, London and is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Neil is a Non-Executive Director of ASX-listed Monash IVF Group and the privately held Re.Group.

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, 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.

Based in Sydney, Alexa Henderson has over 30 years of experience in finance, accounting and audit across the United Kingdom and Australia. She has worked with KPMG, Arthur Andersen and Deutsche Bank.

Alexa has a strong background in financial institution corporate governance and the guidance of appropriate audit practices and risk management processes.

She is currently on the board of directors of five financial services companies in the United Kingdom, being Adam and Company Private Bank (private wealth subsidiary of RBS), Scottish Building Society (which she chaired for four years), Dunedin Smaller Companies Investment Trust, F&C UK Real Estate Investments and JP Morgan Japan Smaller Companies Trust. She has chaired the audit committee of each of these companies. In addition, Alexa sits on the board of James Walker (Leith) Limited, a diversified construction company.

Alexa holds a BSc in Economics and Accounting from Edinburgh University and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland since 1985.

Based in Sydney, Libby Roy has over 20 years of experience, largely in financial services and wealth management. Libby is currently the Managing Director, Small and Medium Business at Optus. She has held senior divisional roles at American Express, AXA and AMP, gaining experience across payments, credit cards, financial planning, superannuation and travel.
Libby’s board level experience includes her time as Managing Director on the PayPal Australia board. In addition, she has held chairperson and director roles on numerous joint venture and subsidiary boards while working for American Express and AXA.
Libby holds a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales and a Bachelor of Applied Science from Curtin University. Libby is also a member of the Fintech Advisory Panel to the federal government and a member of Chief Executive Women.