Justin Wheatley
Group Chief Executive
Justin, 43, began his career in the financial services industry in 1988 with Micropal, selling performance measurement software to fund managers in the UK. In 1991, he founded an agency in Switzerland to distribute Micropal products and in 1993 he wrote the first version of TAP, after identifying a requirement for such a product in the market. In 1994, he founded StatPro to develop portfolio analysis software systems. The same year he also took over Micropal’s French business through the acquisition of Micropal France SA, and turned around the business, increasing its turnover four fold in 4 years. In 1999, he sold Micropal France to S&P for £1.7 million, which was used to partly finance StatPro’s growth. He took StatPro to IPO in May 2000 raising over £5.0 million to build up StatPro’s international operations. He has day-to-day responsibility for the management of the Group.
Andrew Fabian FCA FCT
Group Finance Director
Andrew, 46, was appointed Finance Director in 2000. Prior to joining StatPro, he was Group Financial Controller at William Baird PLC. Andrew has significant experience in the financial services sector, both through senior finance roles at William Baird PLC and De La Rue plc, and also through advising financial institutions as a management consultant at Deloitte & Touche. Andrew is a chartered accountant and qualified corporate treasurer. He is a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers and served for three years on the ACT’s governing council. Andrew is responsible for the finance and operations functions at StatPro, including HR and IT.
Non Executive Directors
Carl Bacon CIPM 1 2 3
Non-Executive Chairman
Carl, 45, was appointed Chairman in 2000. Previously he worked as Director of Risk Control and Performance at F&C Investment Management Limited and prior to that was Vice President – Head of Performance at J P Morgan Investment Management Inc. He is a founder member of both the Investment Performance Council and GIPS®, an executive committee member of Investment-Performance.com, and an associate tutor for 7city Learning. Carl is ex-chair of both the IPC Interpretations and IPC Verification Sub-Committees, and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Journal of Performance Measurement. Carl is also the author of "Practical Portfolio Performance Measurement & Attribution".
Charles Fairbairn ACA 1 2 3
Non-Executive Director
Charles, 45, has many years’ experience in the media sector and in growing entrepreneurial companies. Previously he worked for Pearson plc, both as finance director of Pearson New Entertainment Limited, a start-up division with interests in computer publishing which was sold to Apax Partners in 1998 for £142 million, and as Group Chief Accountant. Charles is currently also a non-executive director of AIM listed company Research Now Plc and chairman of Finsaga plc. Charles chairs the Group’s Audit Committee.
Mark Adorian 1 2 3
Non-Executive Director
Mark, 45, was appointed to the Board in 2002. He was previously Managing Director of Standard & Poor’s Fund Services. Mark co-founded Micropal, the global fund performance analysis company in 1986, becoming their Sales & Marketing Director in 1987. In 1992 he became Managing Director of Micropal, and subsequently in 1997 negotiated the sale of Micropal to Standard & Poor’s, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies. Between 1999 and 2001, Mark was Managing Director of Standard & Poor’s Fund Services, a business created through the merger of Micropal together with two existing Standard & Poor’s businesses and another acquisition. His specific responsibilities included the global development of the enlarged entity. Mark chairs the Group’s Nominations and Remuneration Committees.
1 Member of the Audit Committee
2 Member of the Remuneration Commiteee
3 Member of the Nominations Committee
