Board of Directors:
Ben Goss, CEO & Co-founder
Ben is the CEO and co-founder of Distribution Technology. DT helps financial services companies improve the productivity and compliance of their distribution and prepare for RDR. Ben has overseen DT’s growth to its current market leading position as a provider of financial planning, sales and servicing technology to over 25 of the UK’s life and pensions companies, intermediaries, platforms and banks, supporting over 29,000 advisers.
DT is the current winner of the Deloitte Fast50 and has been listed in the Sunday Time Microsoft TechTrack 100 consecutively over the last three years. Ben was an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year for financial services.
Ges Whitmore, Non-executive Chairman
Ges set up Crisp Computing in 1981 which he grew until 2000 when he merged Crisp with the quoted business, Moneyextra.com. The firm’s IPSIS technology repeatedly dominated the Point of Sale category at the Financial Adviser Sales Awards during the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. Ges became CEO of the enlarged, renamed business Exchange FS PLC. In 2001 Ges sold Exchange FS to Marlborough Stirling and joined the board as Group Business Development Director. Ges decided to retire from full time business in 2003 and is non executive Chairman of Picture Financial and a non executive director of a number of companies.
Peter Francis, Chief Finance Officer
Peter Francis is the Chief Financial Officer of Distribution Technology. He is responsible for the overall financial management of the organisation, as well as corporate governance, risk management and people. Peter has 17 years financial management experience within public accounting and US-listed software companies.
He began his career as an Audit Manager at Arthur Anderson, then senior moves as Finance Director at Fourth Shift Corporation and EMEA Finance Director at SoftBrands Corporation.
Neil Brown, Non-executive Director
Neil has wide ranging experience of investing and developing high growth businesses in the technology and financial services arena from start-ups to public companies. Neil was a Deloitte’s partner before joining Apax Partners, one of the World’s leading providers of private equity, where he built the financial services investment business.
David Wadsworth, Delivery Director
David has responsibility for Distribution Technology’s global delivery teams. He joined Distribution Technology in June 2009. David was previously EMEA Delivery Director for FISERV, where he spent 8 years. David began his career at NatWest bank.
