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We are Wrisk

Our core team brings together top class talent from the worlds of insurance, tech and beyond, representing a strong combination of proven skills and passion.
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Darius Kumana
Co-Founder & CPO
Digital guy with insurance experience. Part-time MMA instructor, known to quote Star Trek.
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Al Skipp
iOS Developer
Enjoys mushroom hunting, unusual programming languages and even more unusual music.
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Nimeshh Patel
COO
All things business strategy and numbers - a passion for pivot tables and a few unique pivots on the dancefloor too.
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Jasmine Demosthenous
Sales and Service Manager
Responsible for bringing tech startup culture to an insurance contact centre - and excited about it!
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William Nguyen
iOS Engineer
Half action man, enjoying cycling, rock climbing, jiu-jitsu and MMA… and half comics and manga geek.
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Stewart Duncan
CDO
Data veteran in Insurtech, media and online travel. Never regresses to the mean.
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Niall Barton
Co-Founder & CEO
Insurance guy with digital experience. Part-time DJ, recently changed his name from Nigel.
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Benedikt Heiss
Head of Design
Designer across product, brand and web who loves travelling the world. Wannabe coffee expert.
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Harriet Simpson
Insurance Product Analyst
Insurance all-rounder and office Bridget Jones, with a not-so-secret love of cats, baking and hampers.
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Nick Willis
Head of Growth
Experienced Growth Marketer, Media Buyer, and consumer of Fried Chicken.
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Sima Patel
Head of Marketing
Drives marketing decisions, seeks her way to solutions creatively and loves to cook
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Geran Butcher
Lead Business Analyst
Process nerd, writer of half-finished blog posts and incapable of finishing breakfast before it gets cold.
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Alex Harin
CTO
PhD in Maths, enjoys efficiency and dislikes long meetings. Cycles 20+ miles to work and back every day.
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Caroline Betts
Full Stack Developer
Wrisk’s first remote worker, who has brought a wealth of new development skills and some Dutch flavour to the team.
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Vincent Hoang
Full Stack Developer
Enjoys office gaming sessions, is a puzzle master and is quite handy at coding as well.
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Caroline Garrow
Head of Insurance Operations
Responsible for a) every aspect of the insurance side and b) adding prosecco to the office beer fridge.
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Jo Salacinski
Product Manager
Experienced product manager, expert marketer and a busy mum of two.
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Greg Doszpod
Lead UX Designer
Leads on UX decisions and conducts usability testing – when not leading the office ping pong competition.
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Neil Fletcher
Technical Product Manager
Runs all things product on the app, and all things games night related within the office.
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Ned Barton
Researcher
In-house user testing expert, former model, enjoys composing electronic music.
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Richard Walters
Full Stack Developer
After completing his PhD in physics, Richard built an app which now has over four million downloads.
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Alan Griffin
Insurance Portfolio Manager
Insurance guru who loves fast cars and always supplies the office snack cupboard.
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Tom Barton
Digital Marketing Assistant
One of the original Wrisk employees returned to the fold, now with added digital marketing skills.
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Neil Patel
Financial Analyst
Office numbers whizz who has amazing knowledge of everything Apple and BMW related.
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Our partners

We enjoy strategic and collaborative relationships with a number of supportive, high profile partners.

Advisory board

Our knowledgeable, high profile and enthusiastic advisors bring expertise and experience across a range of disciplines and industries.
Wrisk Advisor Bindi Karia
Bindi Karia
Innovation expert, formerly VP at Silicon Valley Bank, voted one of the Top 100 Women in Fintech.
Wrisk Advisor David Groom
David Groom
Managing Partner at Venture Clearly LLP, formerly founder of VocaLink PDI and MD at Experian Analytics.
Wrisk Advisor James Lewis
James Lewis
Principal Consultant at ThoughtWorks, Microservices author and conference speaker.
Wrisk Advisor Justin Balcombe
Justin Balcombe
Insurance expert, Partner & Managing Director of The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
Wrisk Advisor Mark Huxley
Mark Huxley
Claims advisor, Co-founder and Director at Lamb Creative Marketing.
Wrisk Advisor Mark Lee
Mark Lee
Data science advisor, Senior Consultant at Insight Risk Consulting.
Wrisk Advisor Mark Rowse
Mark Rowse
Investor and entrepreneur, formerly founder and CEO at Ingenta PLC.
Wrisk Advisor Matthew Evans
Matthew Evans
Actuarial advisor, Director at Insight Risk Consulting.
Wrisk Advisor Michael May
Michael May
Principal iOS Developer at the BBC, formerly Lead iOS Developer at Wrisk and now our first alumnus!
Wrisk Advisor Paul Smith
Paul Smith
Owner at PDS Advisory Services, formerly Chairman at Gallagher Heath and MD at Heath Lambert.
Wrisk Advisor Sarosh Kumana
Sarosh Kumana
Entrepreneur and investor, President of the Board of Directors at Sand Hill Angels.
Wrisk Advisor Simon Devonshire
Simon Devonshire (OBE)
Investor, Entrepreneur in Residence at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.
Wrisk Advisor Steven Rimmer
Steven Rimmer
Non-Executive Director and Chief Recreational Officer at Wrisk HQ!
Wrisk Advisor Tony Belisle
Tony Belisle
Actuary and investor, CEO of MarkelCATCo Investment Management Ltd.

Why are we doing this?

People talk about ‘purposeful organisations’ a lot these days. Insurance at its core is truly purposeful. It’s about being there to help you recover when you’re at your most vulnerable, just after some kind of disaster has struck. It doesn’t get much more purposeful than that.

The trouble is that although this ideal is at the core of insurance it doesn’t feel like that’s what the industry currently does – mistrust is everywhere. Wrisk is going to change that by putting customers back in control.

Insurance made so simple it’s almost unrecognisable