Lyuba serves as Duco’s Chief People Officer, bringing over two decades of diverse experience in leading global teams across the US, EMEA, and APAC. She has a proven track record of building high-performing teams and driving value through an employee-centric People platform, with a keen focus on aligning with business goals and KPIs. Lyuba’s extensive background includes collaborating with Private Equity firms and successfully executing numerous M&A transactions and integrations.

Prior to her tenure at Duco, Lyuba held the position of Chief People Officer at Broadway Technology, which was later acquired by Bloomberg LP. She has also served as Chief People Officer at TradingScreen and Ullink, and has held senior leadership roles at the New York Stock Exchange and AIG. Lyuba began her career at the American Red Cross, where she was part of the immediate and long-term response teams following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Lyuba holds a Bachelor’s degree from Hunter College and an MBA from Cornell University.

Elliot is Duco’s Vice President of Engineering. He has over 15 years’ experience building and scaling engineering organizations, bridging strategic vision with technical execution to deliver transformative growth.

Previously, Elliot was Director of Engineering at Rightmove, where he scaled the organization from 10 to 25 product teams and drove significant gains in delivery speed and reliability. He also previously held senior engineering leadership roles at Yell and Microsoft.

Margaret is our Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). She is a seasoned B2B SaaS leader, skilled in business transformation, growth marketing and brand breakthrough, with extensive experience in the technology sector.

Margaret’s career includes senior positions at Kinaxis Inc., leading technology company Finastra, and Silicon Valley-based technology firm AMD, as well as a 13-year tenure at Dell Technologies. There, she held several executive roles, most notably as Senior Vice President of EMEA Marketing.

Recognised for her leadership in the industry, Margaret was ranked fourth on the Financial Technology Report's Top 25 Women Leaders in Financial Technology in 2022.

Her global perspective and commitment to driving innovation continue to influence the marketing strategies of leading technology firms. She has an MBA with a concentration in Marketing from the University of Houston and has a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts from Southern Methodist University.

Rob is Duco’s Chief Architect and Innovation Officer. He is responsible for designing, building, and running software and infrastructure empowering Duco’s users.

At his heart Rob loves to build and create - he is the driving force behind Duco Breakthrough labs, which stimulates innovation across the company. He has over 15 years’ of experience building high-performing teams and mission-critical systems across industries. Rob joined Duco in 2017 and has held a range of engineering leadership roles. Earlier in his career, he led engineering teams at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence.

James is Chief Product Officer at Duco. His background covers senior leadership roles across operations and technology within major global capital markets organisations such as UBS, Lehman Brothers and Nomura. Most recently, he co-founded a boutique consulting practice that specialised in helping financial institutions overcome complexity across their middle and back offices. James has a strong track record of operating model transformation, helping organisations successfully deliver on M&A strategies, regulatory compliance and large scale automation programmes. He holds a Bsc in Applied Economics from the University of Plymouth, alongside an MBA from Henley Management College.

Anthony Northam is Duco’s Chief Revenue Officer, leading the global commercial team to support the company’s growth in operational data automation for capital markets. He brings over 25 years of experience in financial data, trading technology, and capital markets, with a strong track record of driving operational transformation, commercial growth, and global scale.

Prior to Duco, Anthony held senior leadership roles at London Stock Exchange Group, Refinitiv, and Thomson Reuters. Most recently, he served as Group Head of Customer Strategy & Solutions at LSEG, leading global go-to-market teams and driving revenue growth and integration following the acquisition of Refinitiv. Throughout his career, he has built and led large international teams across EMEA, Asia-Pacific, and North America.

Anthony holds a BSc (Hons) in Business Studies from Bayes Business School (City University London).

Danielle is Duco’s Chief Financial Officer. Danielle has held numerous senior leadership finance roles, largely across financial services bringing experience from industries including Inter-dealer broking, investment banking, and insurance. Danielle has a track-record of leading financial strategies, delivering significant transformation programmes and managing M&A financials for both acquisition and divestment, including the delivery of the TPICAP integration/separation. Danielle holds a BA in Accounting & Finance from Nottingham Trent University.

Emil is Principal at Nordic Capital Advisors, who he joined in September 2010. Emil focuses on the Technology & Payments and the Financial Services sectors. He has also been active in Healthcare investments. Emil serves on the boards of four portfolio companies. He holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics. From 2007 to 2010, he worked as a Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company in Stockholm.

Johan Ek is an experienced technology investor and board leader with a strong track record supporting high-growth software and fintech companies. He has worked extensively with global SaaS and enterprise technology businesses, helping leadership teams scale operations, expand internationally, and build durable category leaders.

Johan serves as Chair of Zafin, a SaaS platform enabling banks to modernize product and pricing capabilities, and has held board roles across several Nordic Capital portfolio companies in the technology and financial services sectors. Through these roles he has helped guide companies through periods of rapid growth, strategic transformation, and global expansion.

Johan now serves as Chairman of Duco’s Board, bringing deep experience in scaling enterprise SaaS platforms and supporting the next phase of growth in financial data automation.

Spencer lives in London, England and is a Founding Partner of Element Ventures. In addition, Spencer sits on the boards of several FinTech companies including nCino (Nasdaq listed), Nivaura and Duco; the advisory boards of Fenergo and Callsign; and on the boards of Abroad.io, and the National Debt Management Centre of Saudi Arabia. Previously Spencer spent 10 years at HSBC where he was a Group General Manager and Vice Chairman of HSBC’s Global Banking and Markets division, having previously run Debt Origination globally, the Markets Division globally, and then the Global Capital Financing division (wholesale lending and all IB products). Prior to HSBC Spencer was at Merrill Lynch for 17 years in NY, HK and London in various leadership roles in Markets and in Banking. Spencer also remains a senior advisor to ICMA (the International Capital Market Association) which he chaired from 2010 - 2016, and is on the Dean’s Cabinet for Suffolk Univeristy.

Linda Middleditch is a product management and strategy specialist with more than two decades of experience in capital markets technology. She has led teams in senior roles at Itiviti, Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and UBS. She is a Board Member of Macrobond and was Waters Technology Gender/Equality/Diversity award winner in 2021. She also received the Market Media European Women in Finance Award for excellence in Fintech in 2020.

Michael is Duco's strategic advisor and former CEO. He has a long-standing track record in leading fintech growth companies to scale, expanding product capabilities to deliver best-in-class solutions, and significantly growing enterprise value.

Previously, Michael was the CEO and member of the board of directors at Broadway Technology, which was acquired by Bloomberg LP in 2023. Prior to that, he served as managing director, global head of trading at Refinitiv. He was also president and CEO of Mantara, Inc., and president and member of the board of directors at TradingScreen, Inc..

Earlier in his career, Michael was head of JP Morgan investment management’s fixed income trading group after holding various regional and global trading and management positions across the US, EMEA and APAC.