MEET OUR FOUNDERS
Our Leadership team are some of the brightest minds from FinTech, Banking and Technology. Together
with our partners, we aim to push the boundaries of what we can achieve.
Andrew Thatcher | Co-Founder and Executive
Director
Andrew founded Flagstone in 2013 after a 15-year career in
banking and hedge funds working for Merrill Lynch, Citigroup,
GLG Partners (Principal, Co-Head of UK) and MAN Group
(Executive Director, Asia) in the UK and Hong Kong. He has
significant experience of a wide range of financial instruments
and has successfully managed teams to develop and launch a
number of products for both institutional and retail clients.
Simon Merchant | Co-Founder and CEO
Simon started his career with 10 years at Morgan Stanley as
an investment banker in Europe and the United States. In
2000, he co-founded and built a market-leading financial
technology business that sold to a US public company in
2005. Since then, Simon has worked as an entrepreneur and
investor in the European media and technology market, as
well as the private equity market in Sub-Saharan Africa.
OUR INVESTORS
We are supported by a number of leading financial and corporate organisations.
THE REST OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
Supporting Andrew and Simon are an experienced senior leadership team
Malcolm Leach | Chief Technology Officer
Malcolm joined Flagstone in December 2018 and has over 30
years of experience of working within Technology and IT
infrastructure. From starting successful software businesses to
running IT operations for banks, Malcolm brings his track
record of creating innovative new products, solving complex
development and infrastructure challenges and transforming
working environments as the foundation for the creation and
delivery of outstanding technology.
Susanna Brown | Chief People Officer
Susanna joined Flagstone in April 2019 as the Chief People
Officer, bringing a breadth of experience in high-growth
environments. She is responsible for Flagstone’s People and
Culture strategy, leading on engagement, diversity and talent
management and leadership development. A strategic and
commercially minded HR professional with a background in
psychology and coaching, she shines the spotlight on and
helps overcome one of businesses most complex challenges
– people!
John Martin | Product Director
Known to the team as Major Martin, he’s our go-to for
delivering change at pace and his background in the army
serves him (and us) well for this. He’s now weighing up his
allegiances between England, Ireland and Scotland having
been born in Scotland, but now giving orders from Ireland
having recently relocated from London with his family.
OUR PARTNERS
We are trusted by leading Wealth Managers, including St. James’s Place, Evelyn Partners, and Quilter Group, plus many of the UK’s leading banks and building societies.
