Key Profiles


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    Richard Beaton

    Founding Managing Partner

    Richard has 20+ years of innovation and consulting experience, achieving results spanning technical delivery, product innovation, company growth and strategic leadership across the UK, Europe, India and Asia.
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    Neill Butcher

    Growth Consultant, The Conexus Group

    Neill is the founder of Headcount, a leading global fintech recruitment firm, and provides growth consultancy across The Conexus Group. He possesses over 25 years’ dedicated fintech and payments experience.

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    Rob Dowling

    CEO, The Conexus Group

    Rob is CEO of The Conexus Group, which offers an integrated suite of services for businesses in fintech and iGaming including recruitment, training, consulting, M&A advisory and executive search.

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    Asher Glynn

    Associate Partner

    Asher is a tech leader with over 25 years’ experience in the IT industry, including positions held with GSMAi, BBC and Betfair. He has led startups in the gaming, payments and technology spaces and consulted broadly in these spaces. A hands-on technologist, Asher will happily move from detailed code to architect to strategy.


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    Barnabe Robinson

    Associate Partner

    Barnabe has over 20 years’ experience in the financial services sector specialising in risk, compliance and financial crime. He has held senior international positions with the like of American Express, General Motors Finance and BNP Paribas OVF, consulted with Lloyds Banking Group and niche GRC solution providers and continues to work in an advisory capacity with Open Banking Fintechs.

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    Matthijs Koorn

    Associate Partner

    Matthijs is an experienced all-round executive with an international background covering payments, e-commerce, market research and business development. Major assignments completed for clients including WorldPay, ING, Ingram Micro, MasterCard and 2Checkout.




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    Nigel Godolphin

    Associate Partner

    Nigel has earned a reputation for delivering payment based solutions from startup through to large global corporations, both buy-side and sell-side. His experience spans 40 years'working for major global banks, card schemes, acquirers, FX houses, processors,regulators, law firms, mobile network operators, and fintech companies.