About aquila
Management team
aquila's management team has many years experience of designing and delivering high quality pensions administration solutions. With a wealth of experience in pension scheme administration, legislation and industry drivers we are ideally placed to advise and support our clients.
As you would expect, the senior management team has vast experience in pensions, the software industry and corporate management.
Finlay Ross, F.I.A.
Executive Chairman
Finlay founded the company along with Chief Executive David Ackroyd in 1998, and is Executive Chairman with responsibility for product strategy. Finlay is a qualified actuary and has over 25 years experience in the Life and Pensions industry with significant experience in the development, implementation and running of large life and pensions administration systems.
Previously, Finlay was responsible for the Pensions Administration business at Watson Wyatt Partners and has also worked for KPMG, where he established a successful Benefits Consultancy.
David Ackroyd, F.I.A.
Chief Executive
David joined aquila on its formation in 1998, having led the negotiations to take aquila independent. He has overall responsibility for all our commercial relationships, and ultimate responsibility for the service levels we provide to our clients. He is focussed on ensuring that aquila builds on its position as the leading provider of pensions administration software solutions.
Prior to joining aquila, David spent over ten years as a Director of a large City-based firm of stockbrokers, where he had specific responsibility for global fixed interest. David is a qualified actuary.
Paul Tajasque ACA
Group Accountant
Paul joined the Group in 2003 as Group Accountant. He is Joint Company Secretary for the Group.
Previously, Paul was Group Financial Controller and Finance Director at The Exchange following various senior General and Financial Management roles in software and financial services companies. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Chris Baker
Head of Financial Services
Chris is responsible for aquila's Financial Services Division, including existing client installations and relationships and the successful implementation of administrator at new client sites. Chris joined aquila in 2002 from Marlborough Stirling, where he was Director of Product Marketing at The Exchange.
Previous to this, Chris also spent 10 years in various IT roles with Noble Lowndes and Partners.
Simon Barker
Head of Corporate
Simon joined aquila in 2006 and is responsible for sales and implementation of pensions administration solutions for in-house company schemes and third party administrators.
Simon has 18 years' experience in administration software solutions having held senior positions at a number of companies including Marlborough Stirling and Wildnet. He founded a customer relationship management vendor, Oxygen Solutions, in 1990 and successfully sold this to Aspective in 2000.
Caroline Bews
Group Quality Manager
Caroline joined aquila in 2001 as Quality Manager and is responsible for implementing and maintaining the Quality Management System (QMS). The prime aim of the QMS is to constantly work to measure and improve overall client satisfaction.
Caroline previously worked for Misys International Banking Systems as Quality Manager for the London office, and fulfilled operational roles covering the sales support, implementation and support of banking systems. Prior to Misys she worked in Pensions, HR, Quality and IT.