Leadership
Andrew Bud CBE FREng FIET
Founder & CEO
Andrew is a technology entrepreneur and leader with a career spanning more than 30 years. He founded iProov in 2011 to solve the growing issue of establishing trust online, and how people can simply and securely access vital services in the digital age.
In 1999 he founded mBlox and built the firm into a successful high-throughput technology-based service business to become the world’s largest provider of SMS transmission for enterprise applications.
He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of both the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Royal Academy of Engineering. In 2020 he was made a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II for services to export.
Maria Southey
Chief Financial Officer
Maria joined the company in 2023 following tenures in senior finance roles across a variety of sectors ranging from Technology to Media and Financial Services. Maria was most recently working as Chief Financial Officer at Advantage Smollan, a global provider of outsource sales and marketing solutions, where she was responsible for Finance, Technology, IT, and Data.
Maria is a qualified Chartered Accountant (FCA) and has a B.Sc.(Hons) in Psychology.
Miguel Traquina
Chief Information Officer
Miguel is responsible for the technology function in iProov, including engineering and platform and IT operations.
Prior to joining iProov, Miguel was Chief Information Officer for Operations and Economic Crime at Santander UK, where he had various engineering and transformation roles overseeing multi-disciplinary teams around the world.
He began his career with Accenture, running financial services projects in Europe and Latin America.
Joe Palmer
Chief Innovation Officer
Joe leads iProov’s Innovation Team and is responsible for extending iProov’s technologies to new use cases and industries.
He joined iProov in 2011 as employee number two. As Technical Director, he built the prototype of iProov’s Flashmark technology before relocating to the US in 2020 to establish iProov’s North America operation, assuming the role of President of iProov Inc. He moved back to the UK in 2022 to take on his current role.
Before iProov, Joe co-founded SoftForge in 2008, where he successfully delivered large web-based e-commerce and secure information solutions for the NHS and Shell.
Joe holds a degree in Computer Science from University College London.
Nicole Rowe
Chief Marketing Officer
As Chief Marketing Officer at iProov, Nicole is responsible for designing and executing the company’s marketing strategy.
Nicole joined iProov in 2022 with more than 20 years of marketing innovation experience for established and start-up brands. Prior to iProov, Nicole most recently was CMO at SecZetta, a third-party identity risk SaaS provider, and previously held marketing leadership positions at Entegris, RSA Security, Everbridge, and PTC.
Nicole holds a B.A. in Political Science from Suffolk University.
Peter James
Chief Product Officer
Peter joined iProov in early 2024 as Chief Product Officer. He is responsible for the company’s product strategy and development. His primary focus is to lead iProov’s product strategy and ensure that its products continue to meet market demands and deliver exceptional value to customers.
He brings over two decades of experience in product leadership, development, and pre-sales. He joined iProov from Digimarc, where he was VP of Product Strategy. His career spans B2B and B2C businesses, with previous senior product positions at EVRYTHNG, Experian, and Openbet.
Peter holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Imperial College London.
Simon Williamson
Chief Revenue Officer
Based in Philadelphia, Simon is responsible for leading the Revenue organization at iProov, incorporating Customer Success, Partnerships, Demand Generation and Sales. A veteran of the telecoms and media sectors, Simon has held senior leadership roles at Amdocs and Thompson Reuters, as well as tech scale-ups JacobsRimell and FriendMTS.
Dr Andrew Newell
Chief Scientific Officer
Andrew joined iProov from University College London where he was a Research Fellow in both the Department of Computer Science and CoMPLEX. His PhD and subsequent published research focused on computer vision and pattern recognition. Since 2014 he has led iProov’s work on image processing.
Dominic Forrest
Chief Technology Officer
Dominic is responsible for iProov’s technology vision, strategy, and roadmap which includes the design and development of its cloud-based infrastructure.
He joined iProov from mBlox Inc., in 2013 where as Senior Vice President he led a team of developers across three continents where he oversaw the development and scalability of the platform seamlessly running over 6 billion transitions per year.
Dominic has more than 25 years of experience in senior roles in telecommunications companies and internet service providers managing the implementation of large-scale projects including the launch of NTL’s broadband service to over two million customers.
Matthew Pearch
Commercial Director
Matthew is an experienced Sales and Marketing executive. He has a strong background in fast-growth SaaS and web services built on deep relationships with large, complex clients. He built the European operations of Bulletin and was Partnership Director at IOVOX. He has also worked with voice biometrics at Nice Systems. From 2003-2008 Matthew was the most successful European sales executive at mBlox Inc. He has a degree in Economics from the University of Hertfordshire.
James Gillard
SVP People
As SVP People at iProov, James is responsible for leading our talent development, talent attraction, people experience and operations, and diversity and inclusion. He leads a team focused on creating a culture where everyone can thrive and feel comfortable to be themselves, so they can perform at their best.
Prior to iProov, James held a variety of leadership positions across technology and financial services companies, including Travelex and IBM, as well as leading the rapid scale-up of the UK Government’s response program to COVID.