The Team
John Ashworth
Chief Executive Officer
John joined Caplin in February 2014 as chief operating officer and in November 2014 was promoted to chief executive officer. He brings to the role 30 years' experience in the technology industry, having started at IBM, where he rose from engineering to management over 11 years. He left to become CEO of Alta Analytics, and then CEO of Fenics, an FX derivatives pricing technology company. When Fenics was acquired by GFI, he became chief commercial officer of GFI.
Steve South
Chief Technical Officer
Steve has spent the last 12 years at Caplin working closely with our clients to deliver outstanding trading solutions. A web developer at heart, Steve has spent much of that time writing JavaScript and leading agile teams and, whilst still close to the code, now focuses on leading the engineering team and driving our technical strategy.
Tom Darvall
Chief Commercial Officer
Tom joined Caplin in April 2015 with a background in finance, poker and software delivery. With 10 years' experience delivering complex software solutions for traders in the gaming and finance industries, he leads a team that helps Caplin and our clients understand how e-technology fits into their business.
Simon Veasey
Chief Financial Officer
Simon joined Caplin in September 2018 with responsibility for finance and operations. A Chartered Accountant, Simon has 20 years' experience including finance leadership roles at Dealogic, NYSE Euronext and Discovery Networks.
Min Chan
Global Head of Support
Min has 15 years’ client services experience, supporting clients with mission-critical trading platforms, and focuses on a shared collaborative journey with clients, to help achieve their business and technical desired outcomes.
Steven Singh
Head of Product
Steven joined Caplin in January 2023 and leads Caplin’s mission to deliver innovative and high-quality products to our customers. With 20+ years of eFX technology experience from multiple vendors, banks, and trading platforms, his wealth of experience guides our product team in creating products and solutions that meet both the varied needs of our clients and the growth and success of Caplin.
Michelle Dixon
HR and Office Manager
Michelle joined Caplin in 2014 and progressed to HR and Office Manager, having completed her CIPD Level 5 Diploma, as supported by the company. Michelle focuses on employee engagement and wellbeing for our dedicated and hard-working Caplin team, as well as managing the admin team and office.
Marc Labuhn
Infrastructure Manager
Marc started his career at Caplin as a junior infrastructure engineer in 2009. Over the years he has helped Caplin adopt new technologies such as virtualisation, containerisation and cloud hosting, and now leads the Infrastructure and Release Engineering team, providing the tools Caplin needs to develop their products.