The People Who Make It Happen
Meet the passionate team behind Arken’s award-winning software.
Where Digital Innovation & Legal Expertise Unite
From our wise legal experts and friendly Customer Success Managers to our visionary Product Developers and expert Support Team, it’s thanks to our wonderful team that Arken has become the estate planning software provider to 6,000+ global users.
- Leadership Team
- Customer Engagement Team
- Product and Legal Team
- Legal Advisory Board
- Development Team
- Barken Team
Leadership Team
Football Coach and CEO at Arken, Dave has over 25 years’ experience in the technology industry. He drives the team to be passionate, pioneering and purposeful in everything we do.
Dave Newick
CEO
Pippa enjoys long walks and hiking in scenic parts of the country. She leads the commercial team and ensures everyone puts the client at the centre of everything we do.
Pippa Shepherd
Head of Customer Engagement
Wes loves to fly model planes in his spare time. He has been working in the legal technology space for almost 30 years. His focus is on developing robust, quality solutions that delight our clients.
Wes Smith
Technical Manager
An avid traveller, Sam read law at Cambridge and qualified as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand, she is passionate about how legal tech can benefit estate planning practitioners.
Sam Warner
Head of Product
Customer Engagement Team
Will is a passionate chess player with an unwavering dedication to both the game and sharing his knowledge with others. His technical expertise and desire to assist others make him an invaluable asset in providing excellent support to our customers.
William Walshe
Customer Support Executive
Rob loves the cinema and all things film, he is part of the first line support team and helps our clients fix IT issues and find their way around our systems.
Rob Wheeler
Business Intelligence and Customer Support Analyst
Becky loves to travel to warmer climates, especially somewhere with a beach. She likes to work closely with potential clients to help them explore how technology can support them.
Becky Lynn
Head of Growth
Jess loves relaxing walks with her Corgi, Pedro. After Pedro's walkies, she enjoys helping her clients make their technology strategies a success. She delivers monthly training sessions for our users too.
Jess Firbank
Head of Customer Delivery
Cormac loves to Ski. When not in the snow, he builds relationships with legal, financial and tech partners for professional integrations.
Cormac Dunne
Strategic Relationships Manager
Anne Marie loves Rugby and watching her kids play sports. She has over 20 years' experience in customer service and loves helping clients get the most out of their technology, helping mould it to each clients individual needs.
Anne Marie Whyte
Customer Success Manager
Pippa enjoys long walks and hiking in scenic parts of the country. She leads the commercial team and ensures everyone puts the client at the centre of everything we do.
Pippa Shepherd
Head of Customer Engagement
Product and Legal Team
Ed loves computer games and works with clients to learn how we can improve our products. He supports the dev team in implementing improvements and provides technical support for clients.
Ed Notcutt
Product Manager
In-between work and his kids, Paul likes to hit the gym. He also improves our products user experience and capabilities and supports clients with technical support.
Paul Richardson
Product Manager
An avid traveller, Sam read law at Cambridge and qualified as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand, she is passionate about how legal tech can benefit estate planning practitioners.
Sam Warner
Head of Product
Legal Advisory Board
A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (Trustee Diploma in 1964), David is also a Fellow of the Society of Will Writers, a member and former Chairman of STEP Sussex Branch.
David Barnes
Ex Chairman of STEP
Sam read law at Cambridge and qualified as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand, she is passionate about how legal tech can benefit estate planning practitioners.
Sam Warner
Head of Product
Ian is a Director and Head of Wills & Estates at Thursfields Solicitors and a Member (and former Chair) of the Law Society of England & Wales’ Wills and Equity Committee
Ian Bond
Head of Wills & Estates at Thursfields Solicitors
Christopher is a practicing solicitor and STEP member. He has been helping us with our Will and Trust software since 2016.
Chris Brewer
Retired Senior Partner
Development Team
Our Dev Team are the Rock Stars of Arken. They're innovative, hard-working and will eat anything left in the fridge.
Development Team
Barken Team
Archie is our very own office Tigger, always bouncing to try and reach for cuddles and to play.
Archie
Pawffice Manager
Peanut is the diva of the office and can be seen trotting from one team member to the next, asking for treats.
Peanut
Head of Puplic Relations
Zeus is the baby of the office. He distracts the team with his cuteness and likes to perform his repertoire of tricks to get a constant flow of biscuits!
Zeus
Junior Pawject Manager
Bruce loves a good scratch behind the ears and makes certain nobody misses the postwoman.
Bruce
Head of Security a.k.a The Doorbell
Arthur ensures everyone in the office sticks to their diets by stealing half of their sandwiches.
Arthur
Chief Barketing Officer