Matthew began his career working in the London insurance market as a Computer Operator then IT manager for an underwriting firm.

He saw a gap in the market for innovative IT with integrity and in 1996 founded Intersys. The business began as a one-man IT department, with Matthew zipping around the City of London on a motorbike. Soon, Intersys developed into the highly technical and customer-focused organisation of today.

Matthew combines a deep understanding of operational issues with a strategic technical vision for each of our clients.

He’s also nurtured his passion for emerging technology and continues to scour industry publications and technical papers for better ways to do business through IT.

A solid pharmaceutical and engineering background, combined with a naturally analytical approach, led Catherine into enterprise risk management for ‘big pharma’.

Catherine joined Intersys in 2006 and brings immense value to blue-chip clients in regulated industries looking for efficient and compliant IT.

She also saw the opportunity to enhance the quality of risk managers’ decision-making. Catherine set about using her strong technical and project management skills to lead the development of Intersys’ award-winning supply chain risk management software tool, SCAIR®.

Catherine has the experience to fully understand the challenges facing complex, regulated organisations. This helps her to provide Intersys clients with insights that lead to the right solutions.

Richard’s background in law, economics and languages all gave way to his fierce passion for technology when he joined Intersys in 2007 to develop our forensic computing and broader product portfolio.

He has a formidable knowledge of all things IT including Microsoft server technologies, Office 365, Active Directory, systems analysis, CRM and security.

He’s also one of the first people out there experimenting with the best of new AI software or systems, to see how it could keep our clients' IT current and give them an edge over the competition.

When our team has a tricky challenge that requires innovative thinking, he’s our go-to guy…

Claire joined Intersys in February 2025 at a key moment in the company’s expansion journey. She brings vast experience in senior finance roles across various blue-chip corporations. Claire will play a central role in implementing Intersys’ long-term growth strategy.

Claire has a BSc in Economics and German and is fluent in the language. She spent her early career working in German operations for multinational organisations before qualifying as an accountant. After serving in senior finance roles in multinational corporations, Claire was Head of Finance and Commercial Excellence for North Europe region at a global medical device manufacturer.

Claire has a deep knowledge of management accounting, data-driven decisions, business analytics, pricing, wholesaler management, M&A and tax.

As Intersys expands its operations, Claire will provide the strategic and financial guidance to ensure we stay profitable, efficient and compliant.

With 20 years in IT, Mark brings immense technical knowledge with a committed approach to serving customers.

His specialist areas include disaster recovery, server infrastructure and virtualisation – and all things IT.

Perhaps his overriding skill is client liaison and care: Mark has the ability to take on board our clients’ trickiest problems and become a close point of contact for them throughout their journey to a business-optimising IT solution.

More recently, Mark has brought his natural flair for explaining technical IT subjects to businesses by leading our regular webinars.

A customer-facing IT expert you’ll definitely want in your corner.

Tony began his career in the London insurance markets, managing a team of claims handlers, before retraining as a business analyst and developer. His commercial and coding experience has provided a powerful formula for success heading up Intersys’ Software Development division.

Tony has been the coding brains behind our clients’ bespoke software, which range from pupil tracking for SEN schools to our supply chain risk SaaS product.

Tony now oversees a team of software developers, where he brings his business and coding knowledge to designing solutions that best solve our clients’ challenges.

You’ve got a business problem? We know a head of development who can build you a tailored solution.

Malcolm brings 40-years-plus experience of technology and commercial expertise to Intersys. He is a founding director of a software and IT services company that grew to become the market leader in bringing electronic trading to the London insurance market.

He has a broad range of business experience as a managing director, commercial director and non-executive director with expertise in business strategy, commercial negotiation, and IT products and services. Malcolm’s knowledge has helped steer Intersys towards greater and greater successes.

When we need deep insight into our IT and business growth strategies, we seek his expertise…

Jake first got his hands on a computer in 2006, crafted his first personal website in 2008 and has been all-in with IT ever since. In 2012, he joined Intersys and has developed a deep-seated knowledge of both cyber security and client relationships (in other words, keeping customers very happy).

Jake’s skillset is vast and includes Microsoft 365 and Azure compliance and security, penetration testing, gap analysis, security research, systems analysis, handling security-sensitive migrations and security monitoring.

When you want to know about the latest cyber threats and remedial actions before almost anyone else in the business, you talk to Jake.

Julie joined Intersys in 2017 after an illustrious career working in a top-10 London accountancy firm, a logistics giant, a recruitment company and a property developer.

A chartered accountant, Julie has worked as a forensic accountancy investigator, business systems designer and a financial controller. Bringing a huge amount of experience to Intersys, she leads our financial planning and analysis, ensures increased efficiency to our operations and steers our long-term business plans and growth.

When we have a plan, we ensure Julie is on board to scrutinise our numbers and plot a steady financial course ahead.

Karen has been in the IT business for 40 years, which gives her an unrivalled perspective on what brings the greatest success to IT businesses and their clients.

In her previous roles, she’s led a team of over 40 engineers to successful project resolutions and brings to our growing teams her experience in process development, team leadership and continual service improvement.

Karen’s oversight and close scrutiny of operational activities is a crucial ingredient to our growing resume of successful projects delivered on schedule, exactly to our customers’ requirements.

Yacer helps clients make intelligent and productive decisions about their infrastructure – the hardware, software, networks, hosted and cloud services that keep an organisation running and optimally connected.

His job includes infrastructure design, migration, merging and compliance, as well as redesigning environments and their resilience strategies.

His rise at Intersys is a remarkable story – at 17, he joined us as an apprentice and quickly rose to become a consultant, then our infrastructure lead.

Yacer’s success is due to his hard work, tenacity, knowledge and plain speaking quickly winning the respect of colleagues and clients. ‘Light’ reading for Yacer includes weighty tomes about IT operations and DevOps.