ARKEN - Key Persons


Anne Marie Whyte

Job Titles:
  • 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.

Becky Lynn

Job Titles:
  • 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.

Chris Brewer

Job Titles:
  • Solicitor
  • Retired Senior Partner
Our Dev Team are the Rock Stars of Arken. They're innovative, hard-working and will eat anything left in the fridge.

Cormac Dunne

Job Titles:
  • 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.

Dave Newick - CEO

Job Titles:
  • 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.

David Barnes

Job Titles:
  • 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.

Ed Notcutt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Product and Legal Team
  • 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.

Ian Bond

Job Titles:
  • Director and 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.

Jess Firbank

Job Titles:
  • 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.

Pippa Shepherd

Job Titles:
  • 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.

Rob Wheeler

Job Titles:
  • 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.

Sam Warner

Job Titles:
  • 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

William Walshe

Job Titles:
  • 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.