Our leadership team

Tony Pepper

• London
• Co-founder of Egress

Neil Larkins

• London
• Co-founder of Egress

Malcolm Locke

• London
• Joined Egress in 2014

Robin Bell

• London
• Joined Egress in 2016

Darren Cooper

• London
• Joined Egress in 2017

Sudeep Venkatesh

• London
• Joined Egress in 2018

Mark Lendon

• London
• Joined Egress in 2018

Laura Probert

• London
• Joined Egress in 2021

Jack Chapman

• Cheltenham
• Joined Egress in 2021

Steve Malone

• London
• Joined Egress in 2021

James Sudworth

• London
• Joined Egress in 2019

Kelly McCann

• London
• Joined Egress in 2007

Alexei Shamov

• Toronto
• Joined Egress in 2007

James Hinks

• London
• Joined Egress in 2011

Daniel Hoy

• London
• Joined Egress in 2012

Rob Riddiford

• London
• Joined Egress in 2016

Savana Baijnath

• London
• Joined Egress in 2018

Tayana Bellis

• London
• Joined Egress in 2019

Stephen Bainbridge

• New York
• Joined Egress in 2021

Andy Whittlestone

• Sheffield
• Joined Egress in 2007

Jonathan Jongkind

• London
• Joined Egress in 2012

Rebecca Bailey

• London
• Joined Egress in 2013

Andrew Rathbone

• London
• Joined Egress in 2013

Richard Green

• London
• Joined Egress in 2013

Mark Wares

• Sheffield
• Joined Egress in 2015

Jamie Davies

• London
• Joined Egress in 2017

Mark Waghorn

• London
• Joined Egress in 2017

Chris Simpson

• London
• Joined Egress in 2017

Joe Brailsford

• Sheffield
• Joined Egress in 2017

Ed Bodey

• London
• Joined Egress in 2018

Mark Wright

• London
• Joined Egress in 2018

Chris Ward

• London
• Joined Egress in 2019

Louisa Whibley

• London
• Joined Egress in 2020

Casey Connelly

• Boston
• Joined Egress in 2021

Antonia Bowler

• London
• Joined Egress in 2023

Martin Hiscox

Martin is an experienced Chairman, CEO, NED, and Director with over 25 years experience in Private Equity funded IT start-ups, acquisitions, mergers and trade sales.

He has a wealth of Software, SaaS, IT Hardware experience, running businesses with sales of up to $1B. Martin focuses on Supply Chain and Manufacturing, Retail, Telematics, SaaS, and Security verticals.

Ed Lascelles

Ed is a partner at AlbionVC where he has been investing since 2004. With a particular focus on digital B2B companies in the cloud services, data analytics and cybersecurity sectors, Ed oversees many technology investments at Albion.

Prior to Albion, Ed worked at ING Barings advising UK public companies on M&A, IPOs and fundraisings during the dotcom era. Ed read philosophy at UCL.

Kyle Griswold

Kyle is a partner at FTV Capital, a growth equity firm that invests in enterprise and financial technology companies.

He has served on the board of or had investment responsibility for the following companies at FTV Capital: Aspire Financial Services, Apex Fund Services, CardConnect, CashStar, Edgewater, Egress, ETF Securities, FleetOne, IndexIQ, Strata Fund Solutions, Rapid Ratings, Reliaquest, Swan Global Investments, True Potential, VelocityShares and WorldFirst.

David Quantrell

David joined the Egress board in 2020, bringing his experience in scaling high-profile technology businesses, such as Box and Clarify, and his experience of running large divisions of HP, McAfee, and Nortel, to help support Egress’ rapid growth.

Industry figurehead David has more than 30 years of experience in senior management roles across the software sector and currently advises a number of cloud software providers in both the UK and the US.

Tony Pepper

Co-founder of Egress, Tony currently serves as CEO, overseeing all aspects of business growth and innovation.

Prior to Egress, Tony held executive management positions at Reflex Magnetics, Pointsec Mobile Technologies, and Check Point Software Technologies. A frequent technology and industry speaker, Tony holds a Bachelor of Politics degree, a Software Engineering Master’s and is a certified BCS Fellow. Tony sits on industry committees including Intellect’s Government Management and Defence & Security Groups.

Neil Larkins

Neil co-founded Egress in 2007 and currently serves as Chief Operating Officer, playing an instrumental role in shaping the strategic technical direction of the business, with particular emphasis on product and service development.

Prior to Egress, Neil held executive management positions at Reflex Magnetics, Pointsec Mobile Technologies and Check Point Software Technologies. A regular speaker at information security and technology events, he has a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Manchester.

Malcolm Locke

Malcolm joined Egress in 2014 as CFO, and works widely across the business to support delivery of the company’s impressive growth and international expansion.

He has spent more than 20 years working with fast-growth technology businesses, with the last 10 years in CFO roles. Malcolm is a Chartered Management Accountant and holds an MBA from Ashridge Hult Business School and an MSc from Imperial College, London.