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Wayne Johnson | Co-Founder and CEO

the Encompass executive team

Wayne Johnson

Co-Founder and CEO

Wayne co-founded Encompass in Sydney and took the Encompass product to market there in 2012. Since then, as CEO he has led the international expansion of Encompass, including the launch in the UK in 2015 and Singapore in 2018, and recognition as one of the UK’s most influential RegTech firms.

Prior to Encompass, Wayne was co-founder and CEO of Software Associates, until the company’s successful exit to a Hong Kong listed Company.

Roger Carson

Co-Founder & Global Financial Sales Director

Roger co-founded Encompass and has brought the company’s vision to life, expanding its reach and impact from Australia to the UK. His global outlook is informed by a highly successful international sales career with Andersen Consulting and then Unisys in the USA, South Africa, and Australia, as well as leadership roles in Asia.

Prior to Encompass, Roger founded Pacific Advantage Services, raised Capital from Europe for Asian distribution, and completed a trade sale to IM Invest.

Alex Ford

Vice President, Product & Marketing

Alex has worked with Encompass since 2012 and re-located to Glasgow in 2015 for the company’s launch in the UK and establishment of the UK operation.

As Vice President of Product & Marketing, Alex oversees both teams from our APAC headquarters in Sydney. Previously, Alex was Marketing and Innovation Manager for the Institute of Executive Coaching and Leadership in Sydney and Hong Kong, and prior to that marketed software company The Distillery. She holds degrees in Japanese and Marketing, as well as Digital Marketing qualifications from ADMA and Product Marketing from UC Berkeley.

Nick Ford

Vice President, Distribution & Alliances

As Vice President for Distribution & Alliances, Nick is responsible for leading the overall strategy and revenue growth from partners and distributors globally.

Nick joined Encompass at the end of 2017, bringing a wealth of business development and sales experience within the financial sector. Nick has a deep understanding of KYC and client onboarding, data and the adoption of new technology and services.

Prior to Encompass, Nick worked for a global information services provider within risk managed services and more specifically within KYC managed services. Prior to that, Nick gained a decade of sales and business development experience in various firms, both in the UK and South Africa.

Ed Lloyd

Executive Vice President, Global Head of Sales & Customer Success

Over the past decade, Ed has led sales and served as a member of the Executive Management Teams at a number of organisations in the Know Your Customer and Governance Risk & Compliance space. Ed managed the New Business Sales and Account Management teams covering EMEA and Asia Pacific for these firms, delivering new business sales growth and increasing the brands’ footprints in new logos and new geographies, that helped take two of them to successful sale, one to a FTSE 100 company, the other to Private Equity.

Stuart Barnard

Vice President, Finance

As Vice President of Finance and Company Secretary, Stuart is responsible for leading the company’s global finance organisation. Stuart joined Encompass in 2016, initially based in Sydney, as the company expanded internationally. Stuart repatriated to London with Encompass in 2017.

Stuart has a varied background having held a number of financial, compliance and operational roles in professional service firms in London and Sydney. Prior to Encompass, Stuart established and lead the operations of a high growth business advisory start-up.

Stuart is an experienced Chartered Accountant (ACA) and holds a degree in Economics from the University of Sussex.

Roy McKelvie

Chairman

Roy graduated with a BSc in Production Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, and with an MBA from the University of Edinburgh Business School.

Roy is the Chairman of the Investment Board of AMB Capital Partners and of Condor Energy, and a Director of a number of other companies. He is an expert in M&A and private equity across global regions and industries. His former executive roles include MD and Asian Head of Deutsche Bank Capital Partners in Hong Kong, Managing Director and CEO of Gresham Private Equity, and CEO of Transfield Holdings.