Account Technologies CEO and leadership

Robert Ashton is a Chief Executive Officer at Account Technologies and is based in Slough, Berkshire, United Kingdom. He has worked as Head of New Ventures at MEM CONSUMER FINANCE LTD, Head of Inventive Finance at Inventive Finance Ltd, and Business Analyst at CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. Robert studied at University of Warwick between 2002 and 2005.

Experienced Analytics and Technology Director with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Analytical Skills, Statistical Modeling, Financial Modeling, and SQL. Strong research professional with a PhD in Chemometrics from Cranfield University and a BSc in Physics from Warwick University.

John has an extensive background in financial services, across both Commercial and Retail domains. With previous focus on FX trading and currency flows, then moving toward the payments industry, he is able to draw on a range of expertise built up through ground level exposure to a range of technologies and payments systems. He has worked as both an individual contributor, and as the manager of substantial resource platforms.

Having worked at the forefront of the Open Banking initiative since its inception, John is recognised as a world expert on the technologies and regulation which underpin this new development in retail banking, and has authored a range of articles covering the key issues. He advises regulators in the UK, Ireland, Europe and Australasia, and has consulted for a large number of banks and payment institutions across jurisdictions.

John is a member of the OpenID Foundation and its Financial API (FAPI) working group, having overseen the implementation of this security standard across the UK whilst working with the Open Banking Implementation Entity.

Peter Mc Mahon is a Chief Scientific Officer at Account Technologies and is based in London, Greater London, United Kingdom. He has worked as Developer Consultant at BBD, Consultant at Paracon, and Consultant at ICAS Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd. Peter studied at Damelin between 2003 and 2003, The Open University between 2009 and 2010, and University of Hertfordshire between 2010 and 2011.