Board
Jacqueline de Rojas CBE
Non-Executive Chair
Jacqueline de Rojas CBE
Non-Executive Chair
Appointed as Metapraxis Chair of the Board in April 2021, Jacqueline is President of techUk and is renowned in the technology sector for her forward-thinking, industry-leading approach. She has a wealth of experience advising companies and institutions across a range of sectors. Most notably she sits on the board of directors at Costain plc, Rightmove and FDM Group plc and she serves on the UK government’s Digital Economy Council and is the co-chair at the Institute of Coding. Prior to these roles, Jacqueline held senior executive roles at Citrix, CA Technologies, McAfee, Cartesis and Business Objects.
Naoyoshi Kasuga
Non-Executive Director
Naoyoshi Kasuga
Non-Executive Director
Kasuga-san currently serves as Director and Group CFO of AVANT Corporation having joined Diva Corporation (later renamed as AVANT) in 2010. Kasuga-san started his career at Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan before moving to the Asia Pacific Office of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 1999, where he was later promoted to Vice President with responsibility for NYSE’s listing business in the APAC region.
Teppei Terashima
Non-Executive Director
Teppei Terashima
Non-Executive Director
Terishima-san serves as a Corporate Officer at AVANT Corporation, and Director and Manager of the Business Development Unit at Diva Corporation. Terishima-san joined Diva Corporation (later renamed as AVANT) in 2009 having previously worked at SAP Japan, AC Capital Inc, and on secondment as Director and COO at Green Corporation. He is also a Director at Zeal Corporation.
Simon Bittlestone
CEO
Simon Bittlestone
CEO
Simon is a leading advocate for the role technology can play in shaping the future finance organisation, particularly in helping companies take better decisions using their data assets. He has been CEO of Metapraxis since 2012 after joining the business in 2010 and has previous experience in the technology and services sector with Xchanging plc. Simon also serves on the global governing body of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Outside the office he enjoys travelling, Twickenham and White Hart Lane.
John Masters
CTO
John Masters
CTO
John is responsible for the MPX platform strategy, research and development and the provision of our cloud services. At Metapraxis since 2011, he brings with him extensive technology experience from Accenture and Xchanging across a variety of sectors including insurance, investment banking, energy and utilities. John has two children, is an avid rugby fan, and a highly skilled table football competitor.
Management
Abhishek Singh
Head of Partnering
Abhishek Singh
Head of Partnering
Abhi joined Metapraxis in 2011 and has designed and delivered analytics solutions for customers across a large range of industries. He is passionate about delivering speed-to-value for our customers with our financial analytics applications and heads up our partnership activities. Abhi is a devoted fan of the Indian cricket team and, when not watching cricket, plays cricket at a high level himself.
Darryl Charman
Software Delivery Director
Darryl Charman
Software Delivery Director
Darryl joined Metapraxis in 2019 as Software Delivery Director. Working within Financial Services Technology for 25 years, he has predominantly worked on rules-driven finance sub-ledger applications in the investment banking sector. More recently he has worked on accounting change initiatives across a number of sectors including telecoms and insurance. Darryl has two children and spends much of his limited spare time training for, and competing in, triathlons.
Kate Laughrin
Operations Director
Kate Laughrin
Operations Director
Kate heads up operations across our organisation, including Enablement, PMO, HR, Support and Facilities. She is passionate about developing people and has played a leading role building our team and driving delivery effectiveness since joining Metapraxis in 2011. Kate previously worked at Accenture and has 16+ years’ experience championing and shaping change management, process improvement and business analytics solutions for clients across industries. Kate has two young daughters and in her (limited) spare time loves to travel, dabble in photography, and explore the great outdoors with her family.
Kerry Rice-Oxley
Head of HR
Kerry Rice-Oxley
Head of HR
Nicola Pastore
Head of UK Client Services
Nicola Pastore
Head of UK Client Services
At Metapraxis since 2014, Nicola has led financial analytics engagements across several industries and now leads our UK Client Services team. Prior to joining Metapraxis, Nicola spent 7 years in finance, commercial & strategy roles at Thomson Reuters and Born Group. She has two young children, loves travelling and in her spare time campaigns to improve London’s air quality.
Richard Freeman
Head of US Client Services
Richard Freeman
Head of US Client Services
Rich has spent his career working with large multinational companies on the design and implementation of analytics applications. Rich leads our US delivery team and heads up our New York office. Prior to joining Metapraxis, Rich held various roles within the Accenture Digital practice. He is a cycling enthusiast and thoroughly enjoys exploring Brooklyn.
Tim Flint
Product Director
Tim Flint
Product Director
Tim has been with Metapraxis since 2016, and is responsible for championing customer needs, and shaping our product vision, strategy and roadmap to meet them. Tim also heads our Solutions team, responsible for defining the architecture for our bespoke client solutions. Prior to joining Metapraxis, Tim spent a decade in consulting in both the public and private sector, including five years spent within Deloitte’s UK Analytics practice and has extensive delivery expertise across a range of languages, platforms and technologies in data management and analytics. Away from the office, Tim enjoys photography and cycling holidays with his two young sons.
Xavier Fernandes
Analytics Director
Xavier Fernandes
Analytics Director
Xav leads our advanced analytics and product innovation initiatives, and helps our customers achieve competitive advantage by applying business value-focused, advanced analysis on their data sets. Prior to Metapraxis, Xav managed due diligences and post-merger integrations with the M&A team at EY, giving him insight into the priorities of CFOs and FP&A teams. He cut his teeth in managing major business change programmes with Accenture. In his spare time Xav enjoys modern literature and expedition holidays.