Arnaud leads finance, risk and compliance for Thought Machine. He previously held financial leadership roles at Finastra where he led their program office focused on strategic and corporate finance projects related to maximising shareholder value and return, adjusting the capital structure, and developing best practices. He was also responsible for the treasury, investor relations and strategic finance planning functions. Under his leadership, the medium-term plan was revamped and the communication to external investors was improved.
Prior to Finastra, he was a senior investment banker. Over the course of his 20-year banking career, Arnaud led strategic advisory and financing transactions including over $150 billion in M&A, $25 billion raised in equity offerings and billions in high yield and investment grade issuance. Arnaud was a managing director at TAP Advisors, the investment banking boutique, where he co-led coverage in the EMEA region, based out of London.
Prior to that, he worked at Bank of America and Merrill Lynch for 15 years, where he covered TMT clients across the EMEA region.
He holds a master’s degree in financial engineering and corporate finance from Paris Dauphine University.
Verity heads up the CEO's office at Thought Machine, and as Chief of Staff is responsible for supporting the CEO in the development and execution of corporate strategy. Verity and her team are also responsible for the execution of key company-wide initiatives, launching and scaling new cross-functional programs, and managing company-wide reporting.
Verity previously spent more than five years at Elixirr, a boutique consultancy, where she focused on strategy definition, business/digital transformation and process improvement/cost reduction in financial services and technology. Verity has worked across Europe and Africa advising C-suite and senior leaders within global banks, insurance and pensions providers.
Verity is a trustee of London-based charity, The Boxing Academy, supporting disadvantaged young people in London. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Cambridge.
Anthony leads the Asia Pacific project services team and is responsible for the delivery of Thought Machine's projects throughout Asia Pacific, ensuring our high-quality client delivery standards.
He is a delivery specialist who has successfully overseen the delivery of transformational business and technology projects and programmes within Australasia and Southeast Asia. Prior to joining Thought Machine, Anthony was responsible for project delivery for a number of banking software providers, assisting their clients with the adoption of new technology and the establishment of best practice project delivery and governance methods.
Anthony started his career as an apprentice in the Royal Australian Navy, responsible for the maintenance of various electronics systems on board a submarine, before transitioning into test and trials management for a defence contractor. He eventually transitioned his knowledge and skills into the mainstream technology industry as a project manager and project delivery consultant.
Brad is the general manager of North America and managing director of global partnerships for Thought Machine. Prior to Thought Machine, Brad spent ten years at AWS as managing director of startup business development, a global business unit consisting of hundreds of employees across 22 countries. At this role, Brad was responsible for building and executing on a strategy to gain broad adoption of AWS by technology startups and scaleups worldwide.
Prior to AWS, Brad spent 18 years in various senior leadership roles within the commercial, retail and treasury management units of multiple US banks, including Comerica Bank, Riggs/PNC, Citizens Bank/SunTrust, Norwest/Wells Fargo, and Square 1 Bank, a challenger bank where he was a founding member of the bank’s senior leadership team.
