About us

Rory is the founder of Sprint Enterprise Technology.  Rory's focus is on Sprint’s strategic direction, identifying market trends and advising on how the business can respond to them.  In addition he provides guidance to the senior team, and assists in the execution of strategy, specifically related to sales and product development.

Rory is Managing Director at McLaren Capital, a private client and corporate financial services company based in Godalming. 

Prior to founding Sprint and McLaren Capital, Rory was Managing Director of Truestone Asset Management where, throughout his 15 year tenure he designed their strategic investment process and systems, built the foundation of the employee benefits division and managed many key client relationships. In the late 80s and early 90s he worked for LSD Software who specialised in providing portfolio management software to financial advisers and stockbrokers.

Combined with his technical knowledge and his entrepreneurial skills Rory provides a formidable talent for Sprint Enterprise Technology.

Robin Bevan joined Sprint as Commercial Director in November 2014 and became Chief Executive in 2015. Robin has a strong track record of running early stage or start-up online businesses.

Prior to joining Sprint, Robin was a founding shareholder and Chief Executive of PayByPhone, a mobile payments company that started in 2004 and was sold to PayPoint plc in 2010. Robin stayed on with PayByPhone following the acquisition in the role of Chief Executive (Commercial).

Prior to PayByPhone, Robin started and was Chief Executive of Wisden Online, which, following the acquisition of Cricinfo in 2002, became one of the largest single sport websites with over 15 million customers worldwide. Wisden Cricinfo (as the merged entity was known) was subsequently sold to ESPN.

Robin’s more recent online experience followed fourteen years with John Swire & Sons in the Far East where Robin held a number of senior positions in Cathay Pacific Airways.

robin.bevan@sprintenterprise.co.uk

Nick is one of the founders of Sprint Enterprise Technology. Nick is a technology entrepreneur and investor. Since 1998, Nick has acted as chairman / director / adviser for a number of fast growing, ambitious companies, both public and private. His particular expertise is in Fintech, Media, Mobile, Mobility, SAAS and deploying disruptive technologies. Nick has a proven track record in growing businesses both organically and by acquisition and also of successful exits.

Nick founded Cormorant Ventures in 1998 to provide strategic long term advice to owners of private businesses on both ongoing operational development and strategic options, to both scale businesses and maximise exit value. Based in London, Cormorant advises a broad range of clients, and with particular focus on the media and technology sectors. Cormorant has a proven track record of raising capital for private companies, as well as advising them on corporate structures, acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures and realisations.

After serving as an officer in the British Army and Bristol University, he qualified as a barrister. Prior to establishing Cormorant he was an investment banker in both London and Asia, including Vice President and Head of Asian Equity Capital Markets for JP Morgan, Director and Head of Asia Pacific Technology, Media and Telecoms Advisory for Wheelock NatWest, and Managing Director, Investment Banking for Nikko Europe.

nick.morant@sprintenterprise.co.uk

Charles Southey is responsible for all aspects of the design and development of the Fastrak product and has been driving this from its inception. Charles has a Masters degree in Computer Sciences from Cambridge University and over 20 years’ experience in software development and technology service delivery.

He held the CIO role at security software specialists Sophos for five years, where he honed his knowledge of best practices in information security and – being responsible for Sophos’ own IT security – developed a healthy level of paranoia about data security matters. He has also held senior positions with top city law firms Allens & Overy and Baker McKenzie, and global consumer products giant Procter & Gamble.

charles.southey@sprintenterprise.co.uk |  07810 794135

Gary provides support for all marketing activities, identifies business development opportunities and works with the team on managing existing client relationships. Gary takes lead responsibility for frontline sales in the South West and North.

Gary started out as an IFA in the early 90’s but has been providing software solutions to IFAs for the last 18 years.  Gary has extensive experience of both the Advisory and discretionary sectors of the industry and intimately understands the workings of an adviser’s office and how software solutions are instrumental in enabling business’s to implement consistent processes.

Gary recently relocated his family down to the West Country, Gary is married with 2 grown up children, (who will not leave home!), he enjoys gardening and golf.

gary.shepherd@sprintenterprise.co.uk  |  07748 158699