Lead from the front

David Collins

Chief Executive Officer

David was appointed CEO of First Derivative in July 2020. He has global responsibility for all aspects of the consulting and managed services business across People Data and Technology.

With extensive experience in capital markets, David started his career in banking, spending 10 years in derivatives trading at DLJ, BNP and Standard Bank. Prior to joining First Derivative, he was Managing Director at GFT Group.

Mark Moore

Chief Financial Officer

Mark was appointed Chief Financial Officer of First Derivative in October 2021. He has responsibility for the financial operations of First Derivative.  Mark brings extensive financial knowledge and risk management experience having over twenty years’ experience in leadership and finance roles as Director in Deloitte, Group Financial Controller at Greencore Group Plc and Head of Finance at Glen Dimplex.

Andy Colhoun

Chief Delivery Officer

Andy joined First Derivative in 2015 and is the global head of the Technology Services division, overseeing strategy and delivery of specialised software services and partnerships with a key focus on the build out of Managed Services.

With over 25 year’s experience in Financial Services, Andy started his career as a qualified accountant in the Finance area of retail and private investment banks in the UK. Prior to First Derivative he was Head of Finance and Head of Transformation for several Real Estate and Public Sector Financing Banks in Ireland and Germany.

Ralph Debbas

Chief Revenue Officer

Ralph was appointed as the head of North America in November 2020. His responsibility is to expand First Derivative’s footprint clients and services in both the US and Canada. Ralph has been working in NY and London for the past 20 years focusing on financial services delivering the next generation of data, business and technology solutions evolution for clients across banking, asset management and insurance.

Ralph holds a degree in technology and in finance. He spent the first half of his career in the hedge fund industry and investment management specializing in all aspects of trading and risk management as well as operations. Ralph has also spent a few years in advisory working for the top-tier strategy and advisory firms.

Susann Wisnewski

Chief Legal Officer

Susann was appointed Chief Legal Officer of First Derivative in April 2022. She is responsible for all commercial contracts with First Derivative’s clients, suppliers, contractors and subcontractors; as well as other legal matters evolving around the business. Susann has extensive experience in commercial contracting and spent 8 years negotiating IT services, consulting, software and hardware agreements globally within IBM and Accenture and later moved to Indeed to gain further insights and skills as an In-house counsel.

Fiona McGilly

Chief People Officer

Fiona joined First Derivatives in 2017. Fiona was appointed as the Head of People for the First Derivative business in March 2023. Her responsibility is to lead the People agenda to attract, retain and develop our people across the globe focusing on culture and talent with the use of technology and data.

Fiona has MSc and BSc in Human Resources and over 15 years experience in HR, across Insurance, Investment banking and consulting.

Leon Orr

Chief Solutions Officer

He has successfully delivered technology driven change programmes in financial services for over twenty years. He has experience across all asset classes in the front office, as well as middle office and finance. His clients include global firms such as HSBC, Deutsche Bank, NatWest Markets and ABN Amro.

A computer science graduate of Imperial College, Leon has delivered projects and led teams to win six national industry awards including the Best Use of IT in Wholesale and Investment Banking (FS Tech), Business IT Innovation of the Year (BCS) and Best FX Platform for Corporates (FX Week).

AnneMarie Patterson

Director, Head of Operations

An experienced Project Manager with a Finance background working in the Finance-IT industry for 10 years. Experience managing small and larger projects throughout the project lifecycle and to aggressive timeframes. Worked on regulatory initiatives as well as new application onboarding, decommissioning projects, application upgrades and direct management of Front Office support teams. Excellent ability to solve business and technology issues through efficient project management, strong analytical and communication skills.

Elizabeth Toner

Director, Head of Marketing

Elizabeth was appointed Director of Brand and Experience in July 2022. Prior to this, Elizabeth has spent her early career working in Events and PR with a demonstrated history of 12+ years working in the Capital markets and Fintech industry space. Skilled in several roles within the People team including Employee Resourcing, Marketing and Event Management, Global Recruitment with qualifications from University of Ulster and QUB. Most recently Elizabeth’s responsibility is to ensure we continuously improve our ‘People Experience’, developing our global brand, and designing talent and marketing strategies to continue to attract, develop and retain world class talent to the First Derivative organisation.

Eve Jackson

Director, Head of Recruitment and Resourcing

Eve joined First Derivative in 2014 and has grown and progressed throughout this time. She was appointed as the Business Manager for Business Services in July 2020. She is responsible for all Operations within Business Services, Globally. Eve started her career in Operations/Recruitment/HR over 20 years ago within Financial Services, Accounting and Finance and Recruitment.