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Joe Pepper

Joe joined PEXA in October 2023, bringing over 25 years of business process re-engineering experience across the financial, legal and property sectors – the last 10 years in delivering technology solutions to the UK conveyancing and lending markets.
Previously he was Chief Executive Officer of TM Group, a leading proptech company where he spearheaded the company’s growth. His other key executive roles include Managing Director of EDM Mortgage Support Services; Business Development Director for RR Donnelley Global Document Solutions; and banking operations and sales executive roles with UBS Investment Bank and ABN Amro.

Krystle Kocik

Krystle has been with PEXA since 2013 and is PEXA&#8217;s Chief Product Officer, responsible for the end to end delivery of PEXA&#8217;s suite of products. She is also on the ground in the United Kingdom, working with UK lenders, land registries and housing solicitors to build the UK&#8217;s first digital housing remortgaging and completion platform. Krystle has over 15 years&#8217; experience in product and digital transformation, both for the property technology and financial institutions industry in Australia and the UK, having worked with Accenture, Westpac, Lloyds Banking Group, ETS Europe and ANZ.
Krystle has also recently completed her management programme at INSEAD Business School in Europe.

Simon Wright

Simon has almost 30 years’ financial services experience, leading strategy, operations, and customer teams.  He spent the majority of his banking career at CYBG PLC (now Virgin Money UK PLC), where the roles undertaken have created a unique blend of commercial, strategy, operations, payments, distribution (Personal and Business), change and transformation experience. He was latterly Director of Operations and Enablement and also led its Customer Banking Centres. 
A resourceful, authentic and innovative leader, Simon has built a strong reputation for strategy development and delivery whilst developing engaged and committed teams.  Simon joined PEXA in 2021 as Chief Operating Officer in the UK.

Andrew Lloyd

With over 15 years’ financial services and consulting experience, Andrew led strategy and transformation at Invesco Ltd and spent 5 years at Kearney, leading their retail banking strategy.   Prior to this, Andrew worked for Lloyds Banking Group in a project delivery role and spent 3 years at KPMG in their Risk Consulting function.  He has completed his MBA at Cambridge University.

Dreyer Wentzel

Dreyer joined PEXA in the UK, October 2021 as our Finance Lead.  Dreyer’s career spans 25 years, having worked across a broad range of industries, including telecommunications, R&amp;D, Hospitality, Corporate Travel as well as Audit and Accounting firms.  Dreyer has a passion for tech companies and pursued this path through his career.  Prior to PEXA in the UK, Dreyer was Finance Director a Cordic and CILEX and Chief Financial Officer at iCareHealth UK, after relocating from MYOB in Austalia.

Matt Ellis

Matt joined PEXA in June 2021 and has almost 25 years’ experience in the UK Financial Services industry.  He spent 19 years with MBNA / Bank of America / Lloyds Banking Group, where he held senior leadership roles in Finance, HR, Collections, Credit, Fraud, Strategy, and Marketing, before spending 10 years leading Risk and Compliance functions across both the first and second lines of defence. 
Since leaving MBNA, Matt has held a variety of CRO, CCO / MLRO and MD roles, during which he was instrumental in obtaining both a full Banking Licence for a new UK challenger bank and an Electronic Money Institution Licence for a FinTech start-up.
Matt is passionate about delivering in the right way and is known for the integrity, openness and people focus that he brings to the UK Executive Leadership Team.

Verdi Taylor-Bishop

Verdi joined PEXA in March 2024 bringing over twenty years of marketing experience with the last fifteen years in the property sector, across both B2B and B2C audiences, in senior marketing roles for companies such as BuildStore Financial Services Ltd, The National Self Build &amp; Renovation Centre and tmgroup where she helped to drive significant growth and change plans.
Verdi has worked with everyone from Government bodies, Local Authorities and industry trade associations, to lenders, brokers, conveyancers, estate agents, architects and surveyors always adopting a customer centric approach to drive mutually beneficial results for all involved.

Matthew Joy

Matt joined PEXA in March 2024 and brings with him almost 35 years experience in the UK&#8217;s property industry. The last 16 years of his career have been in Sales and Marketing roles across market leading property search and data companies. His strengths include building great work-life cultures, encouraging growth through hard work, collaboration and providing clear and precise direction.
Matt is passionate about providing great customer experience and believes that the most successful companies have cultures built around obsessing over their employees and clients needs alike.

Parisha Kanani

Parisha joined PEXA in September 2023 and brings with her 25 years of financial services experience across the banking, asset/wealth management, VC/PE, payments and fintech sectors.
As an executive leader, Parisha has led international legal teams and multi-disciplinary functions including corporate governance and secretariat. She has also acted as a board adviser, company secretary and director to businesses.
Before joining PEXA, Parisha held executive positions as the most senior legal and governance adviser at Reach plc, Octopus Investments, First Sentier Investments/Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and Jefferies Investment Bank, responsible for managing enterprise risk including legal, regulatory and governance matters. Parisha is passionate about delivering excellent business-aligned strategic results and building and leading diverse high-performing teams.
As well as being a qualified UK solicitor, Parisha holds an MBA from London Business School and is a Fellow of the RSA. Parisha is also a STEM Ambassador for the London Hub and a UN Women – UK Delegate.

Peter Myers

Peter is an accomplished Chief Executive and Non-Executive Director with broad general management experience in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and the USA.  He is Chairman at E&amp;L Insurance, a Non Executive Director at Finance Yorkshire and the NHS for a combined 21 years.  In his career, Peter has built, marketed and led financial services businesses, delivered major change programmes and has functional expertise in marketing, global strategy, distribution, direct banking and payments.

Paul Albone

Paul is a forward thinking and innovative Technology Leader and Non-Executive Director with extensive experience in the property services and technology sectors. Holding a range of board positions as a Non-Exec Director in multiple trade organisations he has chaired the development of data standards through the PISCES (OSCRE) organisation as well as the Legal Software Suppliers Association. In his career he has built and led IT service businesses in the Telecoms and Property sectors and has functional expertise in Technology, Development, Operations, and wider Exec management roles.

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John Hooper

John joined PEXA in the UK as Independent Chair in August 2022 and has over 35 years involvement in banking and financial services. He continues to hold active positions as non-executive director on the boards of several financial services companies. During his career, John was an executive director at both Clydesdale Bank PLC and National Australia Bank Europe Limited. Whilst at National Australia Bank, he held a number of senior positions and was a member of its executive committee. John is also a Non-Executive Director of Together Money Personal Finance Limited where he Chairs the Board Risk Committee, as well as a Non-Executive Director of Stubbers Adventure Centre Limited and Stubbers Trading Limited.

Glenn  King

Glenn was appointed CEO of PEXA in 2019, following a distinguished career in customer service and change. Previously, Glenn spent several years as a senior public servant at NSW Government, leading and executing the Premier’s Implementation Unit. Most recently he was the NSW Customer Service Commissioner and Secretary of the NSW Government’s Department of Customer Service.
Glenn has led a range of successful sector-wide reforms, delivering on the NSW Government’s commitment to put customers at the centre of service and simplifying citizen interactions with government.  Prior to Government, Glenn held domestic and international senior executive roles across the National Australia Bank group and as executive at Save the Children. Glenn was also appointed a Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia for outstanding contribution to study or practice of public administration.

Vivek Bhatia

Vivek is the current Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Link Group.
Vivek has over 20 years of experience in financial services, government and management consulting. Prior to joining Link Group, Vivek was Chief Executive Officer of the Australia Pacific division of QBE Insurance Group Ltd, and the inaugural Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of iCare (Insurance and Care NSW).
Prior to this, Vivek co-led the Restructuring and Transformation (RTS) practice at McKinsey &amp; Company across Asia Pacific and held senior executive roles at Wesfarmers Insurance, including responsibility for leading the Australian underwriting businesses of Lumley, WFI and Coles Insurance as CEO, Wesfarmers General Insurance Limited (WGIL).
Vivek holds an undergraduate degree in engineering, a post graduate degree in business administration and is a CFA (ICFAI).

Nicky Heathcote

Nicky Heathcote brings a wealth of experience and expertise to her role as Non-Executive Director at PEXA in the UK. With a career spanning over 30 years in the public sector, Nicky has held several executive roles where she drove significant cross-government agendas, including digital transformation, housing, and international development. Currently, she serves as Chair of the Conveyancing Association and the Property Code Compliance Board (PCCB) Compliance Committee.
Her deep understanding of corporate governance, domestic and international policy, and stakeholder management makes her a valuable addition to the PEXA team. Nicky is also an ambassador and coach for NEDonBoard, underlining her commitment to excellence in board leadership and governance.

Tim Everest

Tim Everest is a transformational business leader with an extensive track record in leading, operating, and scaling business within complex, highly regulated environments. As a Non-Executive Director at PEXA, Tim brings his vast experience from prominent roles at Pay.UK, CHAPS, Bank of England, and Lloyds Banking Group, among others.
His expertise spans financial market infrastructures (FMI’s), payment systems, technology, and regulatory engagement. Tim is passionate about workforce education and building diverse and inclusive talent pipelines, focusing on strategic growth and operational excellence. His C-suite roles include achievements of leading the integration of CHAPS Co into the Bank of England and leading the delivery of Digital Cheque Imaging across UK financial services transforming the way cheques are processed in the UK.

Scott  Butterworth

With more than 25 years’ corporate experience, Scott Butterworth joined PEXA in November 2021 and as Chief Growth Officer, is responsible for extending PEXA’s business into providing new innovative data insights solutions and digital services. Prior to joining PEXA, Scott was the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for ASX-listed firm, Slater &amp; Gordon. He has also held senior roles at Boston Consulting Group, National Australia Bank, Westpac and Clydesdale Bank, where he served as both CFO and Chief Data Officer.

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Leading the way in digital property solutions, Meet PEXA UK's innovative executive team of property experts.

Meet PEXA's UK Executive Leadership Team

Joe Pepper

Krystle Kocik

Simon Wright

Andrew Lloyd

Dreyer Wentzel

Matt Ellis

Verdi Taylor-Bishop

Matthew Joy

Parisha Kanani

Meet the International Advisory Committee

Peter Myers

Paul Albone

Meet the UK Board of Directors

John Hooper

Glenn King

Vivek Bhatia

Nicky Heathcote

Tim Everest

Joe Pepper

Scott Butterworth

Krystle Kocik

Simon Wright

Parisha Kanani

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