Meet the Team
Finance Software, Prepaid Cards & Payment Platform
Executive Team
Ian Flanagan
Group CEO
Neil Rodford
Board Member & Head of Entertainment
Mary Viscomi
Head of Music
Steve Evans
Group CFO
Kirstie Slingsby
Group Chief Product Officer
Rob Shanks
Group CTO
Jonny Allbut
Group Head of Sales
Operations
Wesley Evans
CRM Team Leader
Aidan Hurley
Client Relationship Manager
Sarah Collinge
Client Support Administrator
Stuart Smith
Key Account Manager
Elle Ahmed
Client Relationship Manager
Olivia Donelon
Client Support Administrator
Emily Smith
Entertainment Account Executive
Leandros Kaminas
Client Relationship Manager
Rob Bailey
Senior Client Relationship Manager
Callum Burke
Client Relationship Manager
George Swain
Program Manager – Card & Payments
Emily Mee
Program Administrator
Alessandro Falcini
Program Onboarding Manager
Aidan Stephenson
Partner Relationship Manager
Belal Ahmad
Program Coordinator
Amandine Hubau
Training Manager
Ilaria Zagni
Junior Implementation Coordinator
Georgia Maddocks
Client Trainer
Amnah Razzaque
Implementation Administrator
Annastasia Gregg
Client Trainer
Bolanle Oyeleye
Implementation Administrator
Joe McBride
Implementation Coordinator
Business Continuity & Risk Team
Cate Crawford
Head of Business Continuity & Risk
Joanna Clegg
HR & Risk Administrator
Sales & Marketing
Jonny Allbut
Group Head of Sales
George Bacon
Demand Generation Executive
Angela Delaney
Head of Marketing
Amelia Francis-Hill
Executive Assistant to Group CEO
Cameron Jones
Graphic Designer
Holly Chatterton
Office Administrator
Mia Tinsley
Graphic Designer
Finance
Steve Evans
Group CFO
Stacey Tite
Management Accountant
Matthew Denman
Group Financial Controller
Isabel Rodrigues
Finance Assistant
Debi Bailey
Head of Finance
Aisha Patel
Finance Manager
Software Development
Rob Shanks
Group CTO
Will Vachon
Software Engineer
Dariusz Franczak
Software Engineer
Liliya Voevodina
Software Developer
Kirstie Slingsby
Group Chief Product Officer
Ramesh Seeralan
Software Engineer
Andy Graham
Scrum Master
Ethan Allmand
Dev Team Support Officer
Dave Kinsella
Product Owner
Corey McCahon
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Vu Doan
Software Engineer
Theo Young
Product Owner
Jack Macnamee
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Shirleen Kneppers
Software Engineer
Joe Loftus
Head of Data
Narsimhadri Medabalimi
Azure Data Engineer
Ben Wright
Data Associate
Board of Directors
Simon is a serial entrepreneur turned investing Chairman in the marine and payments sectors. He led Inchcape Shipping Services through an MBO and subsequent sale, founded and sold Optimi Global (payment solutions to marine and media sectors) and has subsequently Chaired numerous PE backed manufacturing and services businesses such as Griffin Global, TGE Marine and Cathelco.
Simon currently serves as a NED to Vanguard Logistics and as Chairman of two Magenta Investments – The North American Guitar Company and Voly Global.
He is a past president of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and a Council Member of Mission to Seafarers and remains an active angel investor.
Simon Morse
Chairman
Tom co-founded Magenta in 2008 and has been directly involved with its investments in Tag, Pure Gym, Halo Insurance, JoJo Maman Bebe, Trustpay Global and Fastpayhotels. In 2012, he co-founded Viva Gym and led the group’s Spanish business from start up to 17 sites by 2016, during which time a majority stake was sold to Bridges Fund Management.
Tom has nearly 20 years of SME investment experience across a number of industries including leisure, media, consumer, finance and business services. Prior to Magenta, Tom worked at Deutsche Bank eVentures, Bridges Fund Management and MidOcean Partners.
Tom has an MA in Philosophy Politics and Economics from Oxford University and an MBA from INSEAD where he was a Louis Franck scholar.
Tom Matthews
Non-Executive Director
Chase co-founded Magenta Partners in 2008 and has been directly involved in with its investments in iPrism, JoJo Maman Bebe, 333 Solar, Halo Insurance and Eaton Gate Vigilis. In 2012, he co-founded Viva Gym and led the growth of Viva Gym’s South African business from start-up to a 7-site operation with over 100 employees in 4 cities.
Prior to Magenta, Chase was a Director with MidOcean Partners, a pan-European mid-market private equity firm, and worked at Deutsche Bank in both corporate finance advisory and venture capital roles. Chase has experience on investments ranging from pure equity venture capital through to mid-market (£150m EV) buyouts and large cap (£2bn) advisory mandates, with a focus on Western Europe.
Chase has an MA in Spanish and Business Studies from the University of Edinburgh and an MBA from INSEAD where he was an IFS Henry Grunfeld scholar.
A. Chase Emson
Non-Executive Director
To establish its specialist platform for the music industry, Voly has appointed Neil Rodford, the Founder and former CEO of leading management company YMU, to its board with a remit to oversee the company’s entertainment strategy.
Neil became CEO at YMU in 2001 from his previous position of Managing Director at Fulham Football Club, leading a management buy-out of the company in 2009. During his tenure he completed over 40 acquisition & sales processes, and under his stewardship YMU went on to become the leading UK company in its sector increasing its enterprise value by over 500% before selling in 2018 for c£130m.
Neil Rodford
Voly Music Board Member & Head of Entertainment
Steve Evans
Group CFO