Bravura appoints Class veteran as chairman
Former Class chairman, Matthew Quinn, has joined fintech Bravura Solutions as non-executive chairman.
Quinn would take over from Andrew Russell who had been working as interim chairman since April following the departure of Neil Broekhuizen after 14 years.
Broekhuizen had served first as a non-executive director then as board chair since 2019.
This was the second appointment to the Bravura board of a former Class board member as Russell, who joined the Bravura in April 2023, was previously Class chief executive for three years until February 2019.
Quinn joined the Class board in July 2015 and was appointed chairman in February 2017 when Barry Lambert retired. He remained on the board until February 2022.
He also worked as a non-executive director at real estate company Elders and building products manufacturer CSR. Previously, he had been managing director of Stockland from 2000 to 2013.
Russell said: “We are pleased to welcome Matthew to Bravura’s board and are delighted to have secured a chairman of Matthew’s calibre at such an important time for the company. Matthew has the right mix of skills and experience to lead our refreshed board.”
Quinn said: “I am very pleased to join the board of Bravura. The company has a great range of technology products and a large number of blue-chip customers. I look forward to working with the board and executive team to leverage these strengths to address the challenge facing the company and rebuild value for shareholders.”
Bravura Solutions was a software solution provider for wealth management, life insurance, and fund administration industries.
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Laura Dew
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