Nik Whitfield
CEO and Founder
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Founded Panaseer in 2014. Previously Nik built automated trading systems and advanced cybersecurity detection systems for global financial institutions at BAE Systems Detica.
Leading with vision
Our leadership team come from a range of backgrounds. Each member brings something unique and valued to our dynamic and ever-growing team.
Leadership team
Charaka Goonatilake
Engineering and Co-founder
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Panaseer's Founding CTO with over 15 years of experience building cloud-based, data-driven products for cybersecurity.
Dave Meurer
Technical Sales and Services
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Technical practitioner, leader, and evangelist with 25+ years in software sales and services. Previous decade in security at Black Duck and Red Hat’s partner security ISV program.
Lucy Caiger
Customer Success
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With a strong customer focus at the core, Lucy has a wealth of experience delivering complex data solutions to industries including Financial Services, Telco, and Government. Her expertise is in areas of innovation, primarily Cyber Advanced Threat Detection and Cyber Controls Effectiveness.
Neil Hooper
Sales
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Experienced sales and alliances leader for high-growth information security companies. Neil has led a series of market successes with both Silicon Valley startups and global brands including SAP and Motorola.
Tess Bunting
People
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As a fractional People Director, Tess has worked with a variety of start-ups and scale ups, supporting them through their growth journey. Tess has almost 20 years of HR experience across tech, creative, media, distribution, education, and health & social care sectors.
Board of Directors
Nik Whitfield
CEO, Founder and Chairman
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Founded Panaseer in 2014. Previously Nik built automated trading systems and advanced cybersecurity detection systems for global financial institutions at BAE Systems Detica.
Bob Ackerman
Founder and Managing Director of AllegisCyber Capital, and Co-Founder of DataTribe
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Founder of AllegisCyber Capital, the leading early-stage cybersecurity venture firm, and co-founder of DataTribe, the cyber startup foundry.
Andy Leaver
Operating Partner at Notion Capital
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Andy is a Partner at Notion Capital, and CEO of Arqit, a post quantum security company (Nasdaq $ARQQ). Previously he was an executive leader at Ariba, SuccessFactors, BazaarVoice, Workday, and Hortonworks, joining each company early and seeing them IPO.
Richard Seewald
Founder and Managing Partner at Evolution Equity Partners
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Founder and Managing Partner at Evolution Equity Partners with three decades of investment, operational and entrepreneurial experience. Richard leads investments in cybersecurity, enterprise software, and data analytics.
Oliver Newbury
Non-Executive Board Director
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Drawing on his experience as Global CISO for Barclays, Oli guides Panaseer's strategy as a non-executive board director. Prior to Barclays, Oli served as CTO for BT’s Security division. Beyond Panaseer, Oli regularly speaks and advises firms on building cyber resilience in an evolving digital landscape.
Advisory Board
Andreas Wuchner
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A recognized senior executive leader with extensive international general management experience of global diversified businesses and a proven track record. Founder of Cybovate.
Andrew Jaquith
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An experienced CISO across different industries, Andrew previously managed tech risks at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase. He is also author of ‘Security Metrics – Replacing Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt’.
James Doggett
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A veteran security and risk executive who currently serves as a CISO at Semperis. Jim has held security leadership roles at EY, JP Morgan, Kaiser Permanente and AIG.
Jim Routh
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Current Chief Trust Officer for Saviynt and considered a thought leader in digital and cybersecurity industries. Jim has a wealth of experience, formerly CSO/CISO for American Express, DTCC, KPMG, Aetna, CVS, and MassMutual.