Meet our leadership team

Our leadership team combine extensive experience gained from across the technology and financial services industries, at companies such as IBM, FTSE Group, Apama and Thomson Reuters.

Ryan Terpstra

Chief Executive Officer

Ryan Terpstra joined ITRS as Chief Executive Officer in November 2024, bringing over 20 years of C-suite experience across venture-backed startups, middle-market PE-backed companies, and global public corporations. Renowned as a technology entrepreneur with extensive experience in scaling software and data businesses, Ryan combines strategic vision with deep hands-on execution to drive transformational growth.

Before ITRS, Ryan held multiple C-level product and technology roles at ION Group. He was instrumental in orchestrating ION Group’s multi-billion-dollar roll-up and successful integration of Dealogic, Acuris, Backstop, and Selerity, the AI-driven financial technology company he founded and served as CEO for over 10 years before its acquisition. During his time at Selerity and ION Group, Ryan specialised in building and commercialising cutting-edge AI enabled products.

Prior to Selerity, Ryan held several senior product and strategy roles at Thomson Financial (later Thomson Reuters) where he led the development of data platforms and product strategy for capital markets clients.

Laura Taylor-Smith

Chief People Officer

With many years of HR experience across tech businesses, Laura has transformed the global people space in the four years she has worked at ITRS. She has built the team from the ground up, bringing employee engagement, facilities, and internal communications into the fold. Her enthusiasm and passion have translated into a seat at the executive table as Chief People Officer. When she clocks off, you’ll find her kickboxing, traveling, and spending time with her three children.

James Colquhoun

Chief Financial Officer

James has an impressive and diverse track record as a commercial CFO in high-growth businesses on an international scale. This spans venture and growth capital-backed businesses as well as large corporates.

With 15+ years in CFO roles, James has a strong background in corporate finance, business planning and analysis, and stakeholder relations.

Before ITRS, James was CFO at SightCall, a leading global video assistance platform.

Steve Christinson

Chief Technology Officer

Steve is an experienced Chief Technology Officer with a demonstrated history of leading innovative, high performance, technology teams in the Financial Services industry.

Steve believes in putting architectural simplicity at the core of the business IT estate; that is, the ability to innovate at pace while maintaining stability. He is motivated by utilising the entire production tools landscape to build resilient and responsive systems of a high quality.

Steve is highly proficient and active in programming, a strength which he applies to his hands-on approach to work. Day-to-day at ITRS Group, Steve is in charge of engineering management, C-level presentation/communication, technology strategy, technological aspects of M&A, and technology risk management.

Prior to joining ITRS Group, Steve worked with the likes of Itiviti, CameronTec and OrcSoftware. He has extensive experience working with both mature and new products to support the evolution of the IT estate.

Martin Nilsson

Chief Product Officer

With more than 20 years’ experience of B2B software and financial services technology, Martin joined ITRS Group in 2020 and became CPO in 2021.
Martin’s passion for business development, product strategy and go-to-market led to his co-founding Bee Analytics, to assist the public transport sector in Sweden to be more data driven – and sustainable - by providing Business Intelligence-as-a-Service.

Prior to Bee, Martin spent several years in the financial services technology industry with senior positions at Orc Software/Itiviti. He has managed global teams and employees in around 20 countries and has held many Board appointments as well.

TA Associates

Investor

TA Associates ranks among the 50 largest private equity firms globally. It focuses on investing in profitable and growing companies, typically in the technology, healthcare, financial services, consumer, and business services sectors. The firm has a long history of successful investments and is known for providing strategic support and resources to its portfolio companies to accelerate their growth. TA Associates is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in Menlo Park, Austin, London, Mumbai and Hong Kong.

Montagu

Investor

Montagu Private Equity is one of Europe’s leading private equity firms and has been investing in businesses for over fifty years. Montagu’s investment strategy is focused on partnership with management in buyouts of high-quality companies operating in stable and growing sectors, providing products and services that their customers would badly miss. It develops a shared strategic vision with management and then provides the necessary financial, strategic and operational resources to help realise that vision and support growth.