Who we are?
Validis is changing the way the world's most innovative companies access and interpret small business financials.
In a period of unprecedented digital transformation within the world’s largest financial institutions, Validis is helping add clarity to decision making by simplifying the process of understanding the financial DNA of small businesses. Our award-winning smart data pipe extracts, standardizes and analyzes small business accounting data via robust APIs, putting it directly in the hands of those that need it so they can do their jobs faster and smarter. For more information about how Validis can help your decision making, contact us today.
Our certifications
Security is of the upmost importance to the Validis organisation.
We are both ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certified! This means that we have senior management support for information security from the CEO down. All our employees are vetted and understand their data security responsibilities and we have a qualified and experienced person dedicated to managing data security and data protection. We have created a comprehensive set of policies and procedures that are regularly reviewed and we maintain best practice in technical security. We have a robust incident reporting and incident management process, have a comprehensive and regularly tested business continuity plan and vet and review all our suppliers and their security arrangements.
If you have any questions regarding security then more information can be found here.
Our Senior Management Team
Joel Curry
Chief Executive Officer
Joel has more than 15 years of experience of software sales and business turnarounds in both the US and UK markets where he spent the majority of his time driving high growth business sales for Experian.
Jake Niarchos
Chief Revenue Officer, EMEA
Nik Haidar
General Manager, UK
Matt Chase
SVP of Business Development
Jeff Gramlich
EVP of Business Development - Accounting
Alan Stapleton
Head of Operations
Our Board Members
Don Robert
Non-Executive Chairman
Don Robert is Chairman of The London Stock Exchange Group. From 2005 – 2014 he served as Experian’s Chief Executive Officer, and most recently acted as Chairman. Don is also a former Member of Court Bank of England, Chairman of Achilles Group Limited and is a visiting Fellow at Oxford University.
Lindsey McMurray
Validis Board Member
Lindsey is the Managing Partner of Pollen Street Capital, which she founded in 2013 having previously led the team at RBS since 2005. Pollen Street Capital is dedicated to the Financial Services sector. It has established lending businesses as well as built up portfolios of loan assets. Lindsey is a non-executive director of Shawbrook Bank and several other Pollen Street Capital portfolio companies, and was previously a non-executive director of Banca Sistema, Arrow Global plc and Intermediate Capital Group.
Elio Vitucci
Non-Executive Director
Elio joined the Validis board in 2020. Elio enjoyed a long and impactful career with Experian, where he served as Global Managing Director of Decision Analytics, and more recently as founder and CEO of Experian MicroAnalytics.
Roy Hodson
Non-Executive Director
Roy joined the Validis board in 2017. He is a Chartered Accountant and spent most of his executive career as an audit partner at PwC. He was also a member of PwC’s Supervisory Board. Chair of Audit & Risk Committee and non-executive member of PwC’s Deals Executive. Roy is also a Director and Trustee of The Architectural Heritage Fund. Chairs their Audit & Risk Committee. He also mentors at the School for Social Entrepreneurs in London.