Lead from the front

David Collins

CEO

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.

AnneMarie Patterson

Divisional COO

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.

Donal Keane

Global Head of Business Services

Eve Jackson

Business Manager for Business Services

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.

Andy Colhoun

SVP Head of Technology Services Division

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.

Laura Lewis

Vendor Services, Practice Manager

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).

Jordan Hendricks

Business Manager / Business Operations – Engineering Services

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Riona Morgan

Finance Business Partner

Riona joined First Derivative in 2020. She has responsibility for the Financial Planning & Analytical function. She works with the Senior Leadership team to continuously improve MI to deliver crucial insights to the COO and Managing Director.

Riona trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland, she has 12 years experience working within Finance across several disciplines including Commercial Disputes, Audit and Financial Reporting.

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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.

Ralph Debbas

Managing Director, North America

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.

Fiona McGilly

Head of People

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.

Johnny Mattimore

Managing Director, Global Head of Risk & Sustainability

Johnny was appointed Global Head of Risk & Sustainability of First Derivative in April 2021. He has responsibility for the development of all aspects of our risk and sustainable finance business development for our consulting services with a strong emphasis on the next generation of data and technology solutions for finance services clients across banking, asset management, insurance and associated service providers.

He is a mathematician and markets economist by training and has over 30 years of experience in the financial markets. He has spent half of his career in investment banking and half in hedge funds and investment management, specialising in all aspects of risk trading, group risk management and risk systems design and implementation.

Elizabeth Toner

Director of Brand and Experience

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.

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.

Alan Shannon

EMEA Head of Consulting

Alan is a senior Consulting leader with two decades of experience driving digital transformation, technology change, and operational excellence for the world’s largest investment banks. Currently, as EMEA Head of Consulting, Alan lead’s strategic development for the consultancy services portfolio and oversees a large team of consultants across EMEA. This follows an extensive career leading the design and delivery of multimillion-pound and multi-year engagements focused on digital transformation, technology change, financial crime, regulatory compliance and capability building for global financial institutions across the UK, Europe and US & APAC. A long-time champion of disruptive technology and customer-focused provision, Alan was thrilled to be shortlisted for the 2019 Computing Cloud Professional of the Year.