About us

Aveni uses cutting-edge Natural Language Processing to transform efficiency and oversight in financial services. By combining advanced AI automation with deep industry expertise, we help firms boost productivity, strengthen compliance, and lead with innovation. We’re proud to have developed the UK’s first Large Language Model tailored for financial services – FinLLM.

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Meet the management team

Colin’s 35-year executive career in asset and wealth management culminated in his role as executive director at Standard Life Plc. He has held non-exec roles including chair of AXA Investment Managers UK, vice chair of Rathbone Brothers and non-exec director of The Merchants Trust.

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Joseph spent 15 years working in the investment industry in Edinburgh and London, latterly as the Head of Strategy and Business Management for Aberdeen Standard Investments.

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Jamie is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants who spent 13 years in the investment industry, latterly as Head of Business Partnering and Planning for Aberdeen Standard Investments.

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Co-founder and Head of Aveni Labs, Lexi is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and an internationally recognised expert in Natural Language Processing.

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Kent Mackenzie is Chief Commercial Officer at Aveni, the UK AI fintech specialising in financial services compliance. With over two decades of experience, he has held senior roles at NatWest, Morgan Stanley, Lloyds Banking Group, and Deloitte, where he led risk analytics and compliance programmes at institutional scale. Kent now leads Aveni's commercial strategy, focusing on scaling AI-driven compliance solutions across the banking sector.

Marko is an experienced technology leader with over 18 years of experience across both enterprise and startup environments, particularly in the fintech and healthtech industries. Marko brings a unique blend of skills, combining strategic vision with operational discipline characteristic of large enterprises.

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Robbie has over 7 years experience working in the investment industry focusing on delivering value across the financial advice chain, latterly as a Solution Design Lead at wrap platform Nucleus Financial.

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Anastasiia is an accomplished sales leader with over 12 years of experience in B2B SaaS sales and leadership, spanning pre-seed to Series B companies across multiple sectors. An alumna of Imperial College London, she brings a broad skill set covering sales, operations, product management, and marketing.

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Nicola has spent over 19 years specialising in marketing to drive growth of both start-up and enterprise businesses within the tech sector. She brings extensive consulting experience having supported +30 start-ups across the UK.

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Ben is an experienced product leader with a strong background in building and scaling AI-powered SaaS platforms for enterprise and high-growth technology businesses. As Chief Product Officer at Aveni, he focuses on aligning product strategy with customer needs and driving the development of transformative solutions for regulated industries.

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Iria holds a PHD in Linguistics, Natural Language Processing from the University of Santiago De Compostela. She has led multiple research projects in computational linguistics and held a range of roles applying this technology in industry.

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Gavin has over 12 years experience in the investment industry driving innovation and leading strategic change in the ever-changing Wealth platform sector. His expertise spans key leadership roles, including serving as the Head of Change at Nucleus Financial and latterly into the role of Head of Delivery Performance at FNZ.

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Elliott is a skilled technical leader with deep expertise in full-stack development, cloud-native architecture, and AI-driven engineering. As Technical Lead at Aveni, he plays a pivotal role in shaping technical strategy and delivering scalable software solutions, with hands-on experience in technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS.

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Raj is a seasoned technical leader with extensive experience in software engineering, cloud infrastructure, and team leadership. As Technical Lead at Aveni, he is responsible for guiding engineering teams in delivering scalable, high-quality solutions, with expertise spanning Python, Node.js, AWS, and modern DevOps practices.

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Andy has +30 years experience in the financial services industry across Wealth, Investments, Retail Pensions & Savings. Laterally he was the CMO and Head of Strategic partnerships at Standard Life ABRDN.

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