Team Ningi

Pete Ridlington FPFS

Pete Ridlington FPFS

Chief Executive Officer
I'm a Chartered Financial Planner with a degree in Computing. My role in the last 10 years has always been as translator, sitting between the real tech people and the proper financial advisers; speaking enough of each language to broker a plan. I've been in this space a long time, used all the tools..
Alex Rowan

Alex Rowan

Chief Technology Officer
I'm a software engineer with over 10 years experience in software development. I've worked in various sectors from Fintechs to Ecommerce. All with their own unique set of difficult technical problems to solve. Generally I'm passionate about creating user experiences that they remember -hopefully for..
Jym Brown

Jym Brown

Chief Operating Officer
A client once asked if Pete went shopping for an in-house philosopher and then found me... Clearly the least likely person to join Ningi.I have a mixed background of financial services, lecturing, consulting and writing / speaking. I'm the author of two books on philosophy and psychology as well as ..
Ged Dackys

Ged Dackys

Principle Engineer
At fourteen, after teaching myself C, I wrote my first program. One computer science degree and almost two decades later, I find myself at Ningi. In between, I built software for many different calibre organisations. Now, I feel thrilled to enter the world of fintech and bring my vast knowledge and ..
Nerys Petrou

Nerys Petrou

UI UX designer
I'm a qualified UI/UX designer with an interest in design lifecycles and user journeys. I create figma designs and wireframes for everything you see here and for our clients. With my comprehensive skills in a range of software, I create beautiful and usable interfaces that satisfy our client and use..
Lucy Ridlington

Lucy Ridlington

User Experience & Research Manager
My job is to help the team make decisions based on feedback and data from real users, to ensure our software is as easy to use and intuitive as possible. I've been working in research for over a decade, most recently leading user experience research for an insurance fintech. My role involves regular..
Robert Harbord

Robert Harbord

Full stack engineer
I'm a full stack dev with an eye for detail. I studied computer science at UEA, and had my most fun in the yearly hackathons. I realised then, startup culture is where I'll thrive. Ningi gives me the space to write modern mobile first websites and apps, and I have a blast doing it!..

Non-Executive Directors

Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Chairman & Non Executive Director
I have 35 years' experience in the wealth management space, working with financial advisers with a focus regulation and operational structures including the best use of technology. I have developed strong working relationships with the FCA whilst working with them in a developing regulatory environm..
Grant Hughes

Grant Hughes

Non Executive Director
I have been in financial services for over 25 years and I'm a Chartered Financial Planner and Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute. I have been a senior leader, Managing Director or CEO in several firms, including Barclays, Mercer, Jelf and Legal & General. I am passionate about driving chang..

Our investors

Haatch

Haatch

Investor
Haatch Ventures is an early stage, pre-seed run by previously excited entrepreneurs. We aim to help incubate the next generation of UK startups and support founders on their journey to build successful digital companies. We're able to leverage our experience and interactions with financial advisers ..
Ed Gascoigne

Ed Gascoigne

Investor
As a Chartered Financial Planner helping to run a business with £1.4bn of clients' assets under our stewardship, I'm always on the lookout for FinTech businesses that I believe can help achieve great client outcomes. ..
Pete Denny

Pete Denny

Investor
Having worked in this space for many years, I've seen and felt the problem up close. I've always been a huge fan of Pete and Jack and hearing that they were devoting their considerable talents and experience to addressing this issue meant that I just had to get involved...
Simrun Basuita

Simrun Basuita

Investor
By day I invest in climate tech startups as a VC. But in a previous life I built innovative financial advice apps, working alongside Ningi Co-Founder Pete. Pete has developed deep knowledge in this space. He understands the needs of both clients and advisers, and he combines this with a hands-on, cr..
Terence Baker

Terence Baker

Investor
I invested in Ningi as I believe in their vision for producing high quality software with a focussed feature set. Bloated software is no fun for anyone and Ningi is setting out to show its competitors that customers value quality over quantity. I have over a decade in native mobile development both ..
Sean Turner

Sean Turner

Investor
Sean is a CISO and a software engineering leader by profession, and can usually be found hacking away at a startup in some security or operational capacity. He's worked in “FinTech” a couple of times; he was a fairly early hire at Wealth Wizards, and latterly worked in the crypto derivatives space, ..