Jason Richards
Hg
Head of Portfolio Technology, Portfolio
Jason has more than twenty five years of leadership and experience in establishing successful Global Information Technology organisations within large Global Enterprises and Mid-sized Global Corporations.
In particular, he has held ‘C’ Level Executive level positions within a series of Private Equity owned software companies and has been a key contributor in their transformation and resulting business success. He is very familiar with protecting and enhancing the value of acquisitions, the art of divestitures and has additionally been through the lifecycle of a very successful IPO.
Hg
Head of Portfolio Technology, Portfolio
Jason has more than twenty five years of leadership and experience in establishing successful Global Information Technology organisations within large Global Enterprises and Mid-sized Global Corporations.
In particular, he has held ‘C’ Level Executive level positions within a series of Private Equity owned software companies and has been a key contributor in their transformation and resulting business success. He is very familiar with protecting and enhancing the value of acquisitions, the art of divestitures and has additionally been through the lifecycle of a very successful IPO.
Amr Ellabban
Hg
Head of Data and AI
Amr leads Hg’s Data & AI team, working with management teams in harnessing the potential of data, analytics, and AI. The team provides experts, Hg’s proprietary operational IP, and project execution support to drive impact across the most critical business levers. Amr worked closely with portfolio companies across Hg’s funds and clusters, most recently including Bright, Litera, Citation Group, and Howden Group. Amr joined Hg in 2017 from Boston Consulting Group’s Gamma Advanced Analytics team, where he worked on analytics projects for clients across Europe in financial services, retail and industrial sectors. Prior to this he spent time in the OC&C Analytics team, and as a Lead Data Scientist at VisualDNA (acquired by Nielsen). Amr is from Egypt and holds an MEng in Engineering Science and a DPhil in Computer Vision and Machine Learning from University of Oxford.
Hg
Head of Data and AI
Amr leads Hg’s Data & AI team, working with management teams in harnessing the potential of data, analytics, and AI. The team provides experts, Hg’s proprietary operational IP, and project execution support to drive impact across the most critical business levers. Amr worked closely with portfolio companies across Hg’s funds and clusters, most recently including Bright, Litera, Citation Group, and Howden Group. Amr joined Hg in 2017 from Boston Consulting Group’s Gamma Advanced Analytics team, where he worked on analytics projects for clients across Europe in financial services, retail and industrial sectors. Prior to this he spent time in the OC&C Analytics team, and as a Lead Data Scientist at VisualDNA (acquired by Nielsen). Amr is from Egypt and holds an MEng in Engineering Science and a DPhil in Computer Vision and Machine Learning from University of Oxford.
John Cramner, Cybersecurity Specialist, Portfolio
Hg
Cybersecurity Specialist
John is a specialist in the Portfolio Tech Team. Prior to joining Hg he spent four years leading cyber security functions at both HS2 and the Go-Ahead Group.
John gained a BSc in Physics and Astrophysics from the University of Birmingham, moving into cybersecurity directly after his studies. He has extensive audit and advisory experience and has helped design and implement payment systems for major retailers and processors.
Hg
Cybersecurity Specialist
John is a specialist in the Portfolio Tech Team. Prior to joining Hg he spent four years leading cyber security functions at both HS2 and the Go-Ahead Group.
John gained a BSc in Physics and Astrophysics from the University of Birmingham, moving into cybersecurity directly after his studies. He has extensive audit and advisory experience and has helped design and implement payment systems for major retailers and processors.
Josh Haringman
Hg
Cybersecurity Specialist
Josh is a Cybersecurity Specialist with the Portfolio Tech Team. He joined HG after four years working in cyber transactions and deal strategy for EY-Parthenon.
Prior to private industry, Josh served as a detective for the City of London Police, specialising in Cybercrime, complex money laundering and covert investigations.
Hg
Cybersecurity Specialist
Josh is a Cybersecurity Specialist with the Portfolio Tech Team. He joined HG after four years working in cyber transactions and deal strategy for EY-Parthenon.
Prior to private industry, Josh served as a detective for the City of London Police, specialising in Cybercrime, complex money laundering and covert investigations.
David Toms
Hg
Managing Director, Client Services
David is Head of Research at Hg, leveraging over two decades of technology sector experience to provide broad market context to Hg’s deep cluster knowledge, researching how market trends and data impact new investment opportunities, existing portfolio companies, and potential exits.
David joined in 2018, after nearly twenty years in the public markets. Prior to Hg, he was Director of Technology Research at Numis, following the full size range of UK-listed public Software/IT services companies where he and his team were top-ranked for over a decade by investors and companies in the industry-wide Extel surveys.
David holds an MA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge.
Hg
Managing Director, Client Services
David is Head of Research at Hg, leveraging over two decades of technology sector experience to provide broad market context to Hg’s deep cluster knowledge, researching how market trends and data impact new investment opportunities, existing portfolio companies, and potential exits.
David joined in 2018, after nearly twenty years in the public markets. Prior to Hg, he was Director of Technology Research at Numis, following the full size range of UK-listed public Software/IT services companies where he and his team were top-ranked for over a decade by investors and companies in the industry-wide Extel surveys.
David holds an MA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge.
Chris Kindt
Hg
Partner
Chris is Hg’s Head of Value Creation, leading our in-house group dedicated to working directly with management to help shape and support their ambitions in creating value. Chris has over 15 years of experience architecting and driving value creation. Prior to joining Hg in 2014, Chris was part of Boston Consulting Group’s Technology and Digital practices, working with FTSE100 institutions as well as high-growth private-equity backed businesses. Chris started his career in macroeconomic modelling. Chris is a British and German national and holds an honours degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford.
Hg
Partner
Chris is Hg’s Head of Value Creation, leading our in-house group dedicated to working directly with management to help shape and support their ambitions in creating value. Chris has over 15 years of experience architecting and driving value creation. Prior to joining Hg in 2014, Chris was part of Boston Consulting Group’s Technology and Digital practices, working with FTSE100 institutions as well as high-growth private-equity backed businesses. Chris started his career in macroeconomic modelling. Chris is a British and German national and holds an honours degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford.
Lloyd Hilton, Data Specialist, Portfolio
Hg
Data Specialist
Lloyd is a member of the Portfolio Team, specialising in data & analytics. He supports Hg’s North American portfolio on data value creation initiatives, covering AI, data monetisation, infrastructure, and business intelligence.
He joined Hg in 2020 from data consultancy JMAN Group, where he spent five years working at the intersection of analytics, commercial strategy, and operational change.
Lloyd holds a BA and MSci in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge
Hg
Data Specialist
Lloyd is a member of the Portfolio Team, specialising in data & analytics. He supports Hg’s North American portfolio on data value creation initiatives, covering AI, data monetisation, infrastructure, and business intelligence.
He joined Hg in 2020 from data consultancy JMAN Group, where he spent five years working at the intersection of analytics, commercial strategy, and operational change.
Lloyd holds a BA and MSci in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge
Alan Ince, Transformation Lead, Portfolio
Hg
Transformation Lead
Alan is a Transformation Lead at Hg, working with companies across the HG portfolio, supporting transformation and value creation.
Alan has well over a decade of senior leadership experience and in the design and delivery of large-scale high impact transformation programmes and value creation. Prior to joining HG Alan held leadership roles at Capita, John Menzies, and most recently at Allocate Software / RLDatix as Global Services and Strategic Programmes Director.
Hg
Transformation Lead
Alan is a Transformation Lead at Hg, working with companies across the HG portfolio, supporting transformation and value creation.
Alan has well over a decade of senior leadership experience and in the design and delivery of large-scale high impact transformation programmes and value creation. Prior to joining HG Alan held leadership roles at Capita, John Menzies, and most recently at Allocate Software / RLDatix as Global Services and Strategic Programmes Director.
Calum Thomson
Hg
Cybersecurity Specialist
Calum is a Cybersecurity Specialist and sits in the Portfolio Tech Team. He joined Hg after three years working in cyber operations for JP Morgan, where he specialised in public cloud technologies as well as detecting, mitigating, and responding to cyber-attacks.
He transitioned into cybersecurity when he was selected as one of 55 successful candidates (from thousands of applicants) to join the SANS Cyber Retraining Academy, which had a syllabus created by GCHQ in conjunction with experts from the SANS Institute. Prior to this, Calum worked in engineering and architecture roles for both on-prem and cloud hosted infrastructure in the energy and technology sectors.
Calum is from Scotland and holds a BEng degree in electronic and electrical engineering from the University of Strathclyde, as well as industry qualifications from Microsoft, Cisco and GIAC.
Hg
Cybersecurity Specialist
Calum is a Cybersecurity Specialist and sits in the Portfolio Tech Team. He joined Hg after three years working in cyber operations for JP Morgan, where he specialised in public cloud technologies as well as detecting, mitigating, and responding to cyber-attacks.
He transitioned into cybersecurity when he was selected as one of 55 successful candidates (from thousands of applicants) to join the SANS Cyber Retraining Academy, which had a syllabus created by GCHQ in conjunction with experts from the SANS Institute. Prior to this, Calum worked in engineering and architecture roles for both on-prem and cloud hosted infrastructure in the energy and technology sectors.
Calum is from Scotland and holds a BEng degree in electronic and electrical engineering from the University of Strathclyde, as well as industry qualifications from Microsoft, Cisco and GIAC.
James Cope, Business Systems and Transformation Specialist, Portfolio
Hg
James is the Architecture Technology Lead at Hg, helping and supporting businesses within the portfolio to undergo operational transformation.
James has amassed over 20 years of experience working in technology strategy and architecture leadership roles across many different sectors including engineering, high tech, advertising, and travel.
James holds an MBA from the University of Derby and is a Chartered IT Professional with the British Computer Society
Hg
James is the Architecture Technology Lead at Hg, helping and supporting businesses within the portfolio to undergo operational transformation.
James has amassed over 20 years of experience working in technology strategy and architecture leadership roles across many different sectors including engineering, high tech, advertising, and travel.
James holds an MBA from the University of Derby and is a Chartered IT Professional with the British Computer Society
Stuart Pearce
Hg
Stuart is an Portfolio CTO at Hg focusing on driving engineering excellence and best practice across the portfolio.
Stuart joined Hg having spent the last 16 years of his career in technology leadership positions in cybersecurity software. He has a track record of building integrated on/near/off-shore teams to deliver world class platforms and applications. Stuart is a skilled practitioner at developing and deploying effective engineering operational processes, controls, governance and working practices (such as agile, continuous integration delivery methods) as a means to accelerate the realisation of value.
Hg
Stuart is an Portfolio CTO at Hg focusing on driving engineering excellence and best practice across the portfolio.
Stuart joined Hg having spent the last 16 years of his career in technology leadership positions in cybersecurity software. He has a track record of building integrated on/near/off-shore teams to deliver world class platforms and applications. Stuart is a skilled practitioner at developing and deploying effective engineering operational processes, controls, governance and working practices (such as agile, continuous integration delivery methods) as a means to accelerate the realisation of value.
Key Vaidya, Portfolio CTO
Hg
Portfolio CTO
Key is a Portfolio CTO at Hg, emphasizing agile development and engineering best practices across the portfolio.
Key spent the last 20 years in leadership roles driving organizational change and development for large-scale Saas migrations for telecom, cybersecurity, and hospitality companies. He has a proven track record for driving growth while reducing operational burden by building high-performing on/near/off-shore teams with a strong innovation culture focusing on SecDevOPs to deliver value.
Hg
Portfolio CTO
Key is a Portfolio CTO at Hg, emphasizing agile development and engineering best practices across the portfolio.
Key spent the last 20 years in leadership roles driving organizational change and development for large-scale Saas migrations for telecom, cybersecurity, and hospitality companies. He has a proven track record for driving growth while reducing operational burden by building high-performing on/near/off-shore teams with a strong innovation culture focusing on SecDevOPs to deliver value.
Elizabeth Shelton, Transformation Lead
Hg
Transformation Lead
Elizabeth is a Transformation Lead in the Value Creation team.
Elizabeth’s professional passion is helping software companies level up their business operations capabilities, enabling them to grow and scale to their full potential. She does this through education, strategic planning, and leading the execution of enterprise transformations. She believes the most successful transformations are those focused on sound business processes, organized and accessible data, optimized and integrated business systems, and engaged portfolio-company leadership and empowered team members.
Elizabeth has developed her expertise in delivering transformations over the course of her 25-year career working as both an operator and a consultant.
She holds degrees from The University of Western Ontario and Wilfrid Laurier University.
Hg
Transformation Lead
Elizabeth is a Transformation Lead in the Value Creation team.
Elizabeth’s professional passion is helping software companies level up their business operations capabilities, enabling them to grow and scale to their full potential. She does this through education, strategic planning, and leading the execution of enterprise transformations. She believes the most successful transformations are those focused on sound business processes, organized and accessible data, optimized and integrated business systems, and engaged portfolio-company leadership and empowered team members.
Elizabeth has developed her expertise in delivering transformations over the course of her 25-year career working as both an operator and a consultant.
She holds degrees from The University of Western Ontario and Wilfrid Laurier University.
Paul Zuber, Operating Partner, North American Lead
Hg
Operating Partner, North American Lead
Paul focuses on developing the North American Operating Partner Program, Chairing portfolio companies, and partnering globally with Hg’s portfolio Technology and Product teams.
Paul joined Hg in 2023 to lead and develop the North American Operating Partner Program and to Chair companies in the Saturn and Genesis funds. He spent more than a decade as an Operating Partner, founder and Head of Thoma Bravo’s Technology Group. Prior to that, Paul spent 20 years founding and scaling four global technology companies, primarily in Silicon Valley.
Hg
Operating Partner, North American Lead
Paul focuses on developing the North American Operating Partner Program, Chairing portfolio companies, and partnering globally with Hg’s portfolio Technology and Product teams.
Paul joined Hg in 2023 to lead and develop the North American Operating Partner Program and to Chair companies in the Saturn and Genesis funds. He spent more than a decade as an Operating Partner, founder and Head of Thoma Bravo’s Technology Group. Prior to that, Paul spent 20 years founding and scaling four global technology companies, primarily in Silicon Valley.