ABOUT
RIPJAR

Jeremy Annis

CEO and Co-Founder

Jeremy is a former intelligence professional and data scientist with the British government’s signals intelligence agency, GCHQ. He has extensive experience in complex analysis and visualisation of large, structured and unstructured data sets to generate critical insights for national security and the detection of serious crimes.

Tom Griffin

COO and Co-Founder

Tom Griffin’s focus is working with existing and new investors, to help Ripjar secure the appropriate financing to implement its growth strategy. Tom was Ripjar’s CEO for 5 years, growing the company from its conception to 65 people across 2 offices, globally serving governments and enterprises in their fight against criminal activities. Tom has a PhD in Engineering Mathematics, and prior to Ripjar was the Technical Director of GCHQ’s Engineering Department responsible for creating and sustaining the solutions that protect the UK from threats including terrorism, cyber and serious organised crime.

Gabriel Hopkins

Chief Product Officer

As Chief Product Officer, Gabriel leads Ripjar's product management with the responsibility for setting and delivering the company's product strategy. With 20 years of product management and marketing experience, Gabriel understands the challenges of developing sophisticated software solutions while balancing innovation with customer needs. Prior to Ripjar, Gabriel was Vice President, Product Management at FICO overseeing the development of the company's next generation fraud and financial crime solution. He has also served as Vice President, Product Management and Marketing at WorldPay (now FIS).

Claudia Thurner

Chief Commercial Officer

Claudia joined Ripjar in 2022 as our Chief Commercial Officer, responsible for all commercial and revenue-generating activities. She has extensive experience in scaling technology organisations, and her previous roles have included Chief Revenue Officer and EMEA General Manager at AxiomSL, and Sales Director at SmartStream Technologies. With a dual Executive MBA degree from Columbia Business School and London Business School, Claudia is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder.

Joe Whitfield-Seed

Chief Technology Officer

Joe is responsible for the vision, strategy and delivery of solutions across Ripjar’s technology stack. He has been an integral part of the Ripjar team since the company’s inception, scaling our technology and engineering team to counter evolving threats. Prior to Ripjar, Joe worked in a number of technology, research and analytical roles in national security. He specialises in developing scalable AI systems to derive insights from structured and unstructured data.

Simon McClive

General Manager of Labyrinth Screening

As the General Manager of Labyrinth Screening, Simon oversees the direction and execution of our Labyrinth Screening business. Prior to Ripjar, he specialised in data analytics and capability development within the British government. He has also created and led technology across a number of sectors as the co-founder and CEO of a knowledge sharing startup and a software engineer in the financial services industry.

Tom Garnett

General Manager of Labyrinth Intelligence

Tom works as General Manager of Labyrinth Intelligence where he sets and delivers the Labyrinth Intelligence strategy. After studying Electronic Engineering at Cambridge University Tom worked for 10 years at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence (previously Detica) in a number of senior roles in the security and cyber domains, including Oman Country Manager and Head of Business Development for Government Data Analysis Products.

James Mullins

SVP Head of Labyrinth Intelligence Sales

James is our Head of Sales for Labyrinth Intelligence. With over 25 years’ experience in high technology sales, James has led international teams within a number of start-ups, across a variety of industry verticals including Government and Financial Services. James is based out of our London office.

Maria Cox

Head of People Operations

Maria has been worked at Ripjar since 2016. Having worked for 15 years in legal services, she is an HR Generalist with a focus on people and culture. CIPD qualified, Maria believes in a ‘whole team’ approach building and managing strong working relationships through good communications and, placing people and their ongoing engagement high on Ripjar’s agenda. She is experienced in directing the administrative functions of SMEs and developing company culture.

Kate Bennett

Head of Finance

Kate joined the Ripjar team in April 2018 as Financial Controller. With her passion for numbers, attention to detail and collaborative approach Kate leads the finance team in the effective and efficient management of all the company’s financial operations. With over 10 years' experience gained in senior roles within the tech industry she provides expertise across a broad range of finance areas. Kate is ACMA, CGMA qualified.

Robert Biggs

Chief Scientist & Co-Founder

Robert is a former intelligence professional and data scientist with the British government's signals intelligence agency, GCHQ. He has 30 years' experience in integrating structured and unstructured datasets to build data driven system; this includes, for the last decade, using artificial intelligence techniques to produce state of the art algorithms.