Richard King (Chief Executive)

Richard is responsible for the overall leadership and direction of the company as well as having personal executive responsibility for sales, marketing, finance and HR. He joined the company in 2008 as a consultant helping to secure venture capital investment. He undertook a full time role in January 2009 when the investment was completed and in July 2009 was appointed Chief Executive.

In the early part of his career Richard trained as an IT systems engineer before progressing to business development roles. In 1998 he co-founded Innovation Group plc which floated on the London Stock Exchange in the summer of 2000. After leaving in 2002 he undertook a number of consulting and non-executive roles.

Richard has also been involved with Chelsea FC for several years in a variety of roles and is currently Chairman of Chelsea Pitch Owners plc and a Trustee of the Chelsea FC Past Players Trust.

Simon Andrews (Technology Director)

Simon founded VLOC Systems in 2006 and was responsible for the initial establishment of the company and its vision. As Technical Director, his role is to oversee the ongoing strategic direction of the company’s various product lines.

Simon has a wealth of experience in the motor and telematics industry sectors, including roles with Lex Service, RAC and Texaco where he maintained partnerships with major brands including Jaguar, Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Chrysler and subsequently as International Business Development Manager for Thales Telematics, where he delivered major projects for the Malaysian Government and Transport for London.

Dave Peffer (Operations Director)

Dave joined the company in January 2009 and is responsible for working with VLOC’s clients to establish business cases, system frameworks and the programme delivery process for individual client solutions.

Dave spent 10 years at Ernst & Young as an IT and business change consultant before joining General Accident in 1996 as Group IT Director. He remained with the organisation through all of its merger activity retaining the same role when the company became Aviva plc in 2002. After leaving Aviva in 2005 Dave undertook a number of consultancy assignments including a period at IBM as a partner in its business services division.

John Kowalyk (Head of Business Development)

John is one of the founders of the company and has 25 years of experience working with UK insurers and motor manufacturers. As Head of Business Development, he is responsible for targeting potential client organisations, managing day to day sales activity and working with our clients to identify solutions that meet their specific business needs.

Prior to establishing VLOC, John was part of the team that created the concept for Compucar – a leading insurance policy administration system (now owned by The Bollington Group).

Jon Lee is a non-executive director of VLOC and a director of the company’s principal investor, Horizon Innovation of Jersey.

After spells with McKinsey and Ernst & Young, in 2001 Jon became CEO of London Bridge Software, which was listed on the London Exchange and became a leading global provider of software and managed service solutions for retail financial institutions wanting to improve their collections and recoveries operations. From 2005 to 2008 Jon was CEO of Clearswift, a major supplier of information safeguarding solutions.