About Us

Toronto
London
NY

A Global Business

JPSB Group partners with a number of major multi-national software vendors. We are a global business comprised of senior technology professionals, operating from locations in the UK, US, Canada and Saudi Arabia.

We provide IT advisory, business transformation, project management and support service resources to the buy side – asset managers, asset owners, asset servicers, sovereign wealth funds and wealth managers – across their front, middle, and back-office technology change programmes.

As an accredited partner, we possess market leading experience and an unrivalled depth of technical expertise, relationships and connections implementing leading IT solutions including SimCorp, Bloomberg, Charles River, S&P Global and others.

Meet the Executive Management

Kiran Bhogal

Founder and Group Chief Executive

Keith Wright

Group Chairman

Andy Churchward

Group Chief Operating Officer

Daron Pearce

Director and Strategic Advisor

Jacob Nielsen

EVP North America

Jesper Cordes

Non-Exec Director, North America

Our Values

We elevate the ideal of partnership by adhering to a strong set of values and by providing quality assured expertise.

Integrity

We always work openly as partners with a shared commitment to succeed.

Respect

We consider clients as extensions of our business and actively promote your interests.

Endeavour

We work hard to exceed your expectations, particularly in difficult situations when it really matters.

Our Solutions

Whether you are looking for ways to optimise your existing technology stack, extending your current platform capabilities, seeking to upgrade your IT architecture or future proofing your front, middle and back office systems, our advisory, planning and implementation solutions combined with a proven methodology and client-centric service model are all designed to enable your success.

Contact Us

We’ve helped businesses around the world solve complex technology and operations challenges. Talk to us today to find out how we can help you.

Kiran Bhogal

Founder and Group Chief Executive

  • Group Chief Executive and JPSB founder
  • Kiran has been leading consultancy teams and programmes for over 20 years
  • Expert and strategic Director overseeing the growth of executive high value placements group
  • An Equity Derivatives specialist and practitioner over seven years with CSFB, Lehman Brothers, and Merrill Lynch
  • Non-Exec mentor and business development coach
  • Bringing family values to JPSB and its people

Keith Wright

Group Chairman

  • Group Chairman, and a recognised trading systems innovator
  • Head of Dealing / Global Head of Dealing with KBAM / DRCM / Barings
  • 2000 – 2004 Chair of the FIX Committee, still a member
  • SimCorp front office domain expert – acquired and adopted Solution Forge
  • Electronic trading domain expert influencing Order and Execution Management systems, Smart Order Routers, algorithms and others
  • Advisory practitioner to major sovereign wealth funds, and multiple global entities

Andy Churchward

Group Chief Operating Officer

  • Andy is an experienced Financial Services professional specialising in: Programme Management, Project Management, Solution Design and IT Delivery of Middle Office IBOR and Back Office solutions
  • Strong expertise and success in delivering a wide range of programmes and projects including: business transformations, onboarding of new clients, strategy reviews, product enhancements and technology projects
  • Motivated by delivering quality change programmes in a timely manner to business & technology owners and clients
  • A strong communicator with good leadership skills and international experience from multiple global assignments
  • Skilled at managing day-to-day IT and Operational activities

Daron Pearce

Director and Strategic Advisor

  • Daron Pearce is an award-winning industry leader, highly skilled board member and extremely successful chief executive
  • In his previous role Daron served as CEO Asset Servicing EMEA during a 20-year career at BNY Mellon
  • Other experience includes providing governance and oversight for top tier US banking and asset management franchises, contributing to a variety of industry bodies and capitalising on experience gained in his previous roles as operations director at Baring Asset Management and Norwich Union Investment Management, as well as head of European master custody at JP Morgan
  • As JPSB Group Director, Global Advisory, Daron draws on his extensive and well-established network to promote the products and services JPSB can offer the financial services community

Jacob Nielsen

EVP North America

  • Business Development, JPSB North America
  • Business Consultant Principal, SimCorp NA
  • Dimension, full scope best practice solutions
  • Investment Management and Treasury operations expert with a background from Danish mortgage lender Nykredit and shipping conglomerate A.P. Moeller Maersk
  • Multiple vendor platform experience and end-to-end solutions architect
  • Change management and transformation specialist with focus on
    large scale
  • Currently growing the JPSB talent pool and the next generation
    of industry specialists

Jesper Cordes

Non-Exec Director, North America

  • Managing Director, America’s Head of Client Services, Clearwater Analytics
  • Previously, Vice President, North America Head of Customer Success- SimCorp USA
  • Investment Management expert with implementation background from US and Canadian Asset Managers and Pension Plans
  • Client Success Management Expert enabling growth 
  • Advisor to JPSB with a focus on client engagement