Senior Team
Martin_Peirce
Martin Peirce 

Founder & CEO
UK

Jonathan_Lee
Jonathan Lee 

Chief Operations Officer
UK

Nick_Hedley-Harper
Nick Hedley-Harper 

Systems Manager

Paul Droguet
Paul Droguet 
Regional Manager -
Asia Pac
Martin loves his gadgets and is a technologist through and through. He started out programming his BBC Micro back in the 80's and has maintained a love of computing ever since. His experience with document management and invoice processing in more recent years resulted in him designing Zahara. As a lifelong Chelsea fan, Martin knows how to manage his expectations. He has no sporting ability whatsoever, but is a passionate motorcyclist - the faster the better, a lover of dogs and keen traveller.
Jonathan is Zahara’s Finance Director and has a long history working with software businesses, including spending ten years with the Planit Group which developed and distributed brands like Edgecam, Alphacam, Radan, amongst others. He now works with a number of businesses on a portfolio basis, however, with his financial background Zahara is closest to his heart. He enjoys walking and once ran a walking holiday business in southern France. He is also a keen foodie and collector of cookbooks!
Nick has has had many roles within the company. He started an entry-level position back in 2012, straight out of university, and has risen through the ranks with a deep understanding of the processes and systems required in the business today. Nick can be involved in pre-sales meetings, as well as playing a large role in the back office, fine-tuning our own software, integrations and delivering the support to the Zahara team. With Martin's influence, he has become a keen motorcyclist but also enjoys target/clay pigeon shooting and spending time with his wife and daughter.

Paul is based in Brisbane, Australia and manages Zahara in the Asia Pacific region. Paul has a technical career working in both Australia and the UK. He has a great knowledge of business processes and associated technologies that improve efficiencies. Paul is the territory manager for Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific providing real-time support and sales insight for both existing and new customers.

Project & Customer Success
Ruth_Whittaker
Ruth Whittaker 

Customer Success Manager

Vitoria Bull
Vitoria Bull 

Onboarding Lead

Stephen Rhoode
Stephen Rhoode 

Onboarding Coordinator

Monika Kajabova
Monika Kajabova 

Technical Onboarding Specialist

Ruth joined Zahara in October 2018 as a customer support and onboarding engineer. She brings a wealth of customer care experience gained in data management in education, hotel management and estate agency. When not working Ruth enjoys travel and is currently learning Spanish and has an ambition to walk the Camino de Santiago. She will go the extra mile to make sure Zahara onboarders and users have a world class experience.
Vitoria has over eight years' experience in customer facing roles where she has met a variety of clients and has catered successfully and attentively to their individual needs, no matter the situation. Vitória loves being social and offering support to others, she can help you in English, Portuguese, or Spanish, so take your pick! When not at work you'll find her practicing her photography, climbing walls, or making colour coded spreadsheets. Vitória loves everything organisation and hopes to bring her creative flare and sunny personality with her, be careful her enthusiasm for lists is contagious.
Monika joined us in 2024 as a Technical Onboarding Specialist. She moved to England nearly 14 years ago after graduating from a Business and Accountancy college in Slovakia. She’s got plenty of experience with various finance systems after working as a bookkeeper, which then led to roles as an implementation consultant and project coordinator. Basically, you’re in safe hands with her! She’s also worked in lots of other administration roles, as well as working at music festivals serving noodles and driving a delivery van. Outside of work she loves spending a sunny day at the beach, or gardening in her allotment. She also loves photography, baking, and chilling with her two cats.

Stephen joined the team in 2023 as an Onboarding Specialist. Having graduated with a BA in Education and four years’ of experience working in customer facing roles, he brings an invaluable blend of educational knowledge and customer service skills to your onboarding experience. Beyond work, you can catch him playing cricket, watching rugby, swinging a golf club, or baking banana bread.

Sales & Marketing
Drew Murray
Drew Murray 

Head of Sales

Harry Stephens
Harry Stephens 

Head of Marketing

Rosa Berman
Rosa Berman 

Marketing
Content & SEO

George Pearce
George Peirce 

Marketing
Designer

Drew joined Zahara in 2021 to lead the Sales Team and brings with him over ten years’ experience of working alongside software businesses. As a multi-sport enthusiast he loves riding bikes, running with his dog, Fergus, and hanging out with his family.
Harry joined Zahara in October 2022 as Head of Marketing with almost 10 years’ experience working with fast growing businesses. In his free time, he spends as much time as possible with his family, exploring the New Forest or walking his two dogs.

Rosa joined us in 2022 after completing two degrees in English Literature. Now she’s our resident wordsmith and is responsible for creating all Zahara’s written content. Her favourite thing about the job is helping to bring the Zahara brand to life with words. She’s an absolute stickler for grammar, but controversially is a die-hard fan of the Oxford comma. She's another Cornish member of the Zahara team, and feels most at home when she’s by the sea.

George's creative background before he joined the team was at Kingston School of Art, where he trained in practical industrial design. After some time in industry (and pulling pints) he made the move to digital design, and dedicates his creative flare to Zahara’s web branding. He’s most content when he’s got a coffee in hand and is listening to the most obscure music life has to offer. His weekends are usually spent having a boogie and enjoying the underground music scene with pals.

In-house Development, Design & Testing
James_Godden
James Godden 

Senior Developer & Architect

Anthony_Brooks
Anthony Brooks 

Design & Development Manager

Carl_Spring
Carl Spring 

Software Developer

Simon Richardson
Simon Richardson 

Senior Developer

James is one of the founders of Zahara and is the lead developer and a real stickler for well tested code. Leading the internal development team, he tackles every project with calm professionalism, encouraging the team to find the best way to do things.

In his spare time he plays Minecraft, reads a lot of sci-fi, and explores the rich cultural diversity that is his home town of Brighton.

Anthony - Having spent eight years in hospitality and retail management, including selling doughnuts for Krispy Kreme, Ant switched his focus to software six years ago. Since joining Zahara in January 2019, Ant looks after all things user-focused. Always looking to add strings to his bow, he is currently learning to code. Ant is also a keen sportsman, with skiing and football being his sports of choice. He has spent two seasons living and skiing in Canada.

Carl Started in 2016 as our primary support engineer. Carl worked through the ranks with his strong coding and analytical skillset to become a Software Developer. Working with Carl is nothing if not memorable, he bolsters optimism. He enjoys spending time with his wife, little border terrier dog called Chester, and coding in his spare time. He is the happiest when sat watching a cinematographic masterpiece (like 'Road to Perdition') with his little family.

Simon joined us in 2024 as a Senior Software Developer. He graduated with a degree in Electronic and Electrical engineering from Loughborough University in 1999, and made the switch to software testing in 2000. He’s been in software development since 2001, creating contact centre and data processing systems. He’s now using his over two decades of experience in industry to develop Zahara further. Outside of work Simon enjoys life with his family, playing board games, and walking and cycling as much as possible. He’s also a major coffee lover (and probably needs to cut back a little!).

Tomasz Janista
Tomasz Janista 

Software Developer

Mat_Hellings
Mat Hellings 

Software Developer

Lewis Mungall
Lewis Mungall 

QA Manager

Josh Bent
Josh Bent 

Testing Developer

Tomasz joined us in 2021 as a full stack developer after graduating from the University of Hull with a degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering. Outside of work he loves to travel, competes in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and is completely devoted to his two adorable Siberian cats.

Lewis - Having graduated from university with a degree in Outdoor Leadership, Lewis decided to challenge himself by finding a career in the technology industry. After spending 5 years as QA within the gaming industry, he decided to change sector and joined Zahara in August 2022. Having a passion for all things QA, it is his role to implement testing and oversee all QA processes at Zahara. Lewis is a huge fan of rugby union, enjoys playing video games and guitar, and likes spending time outdoors and exercising.

Josh finished studying Computing and Software Development at the University of Plymouth, and promptly joined the Zahara team in 2022. He has always had an interest in software and technology, particularly with web technologies. As a software tester at Zahara, Josh wants to use the experience to further develop his technical skills and work towards becoming a full stack developer.

Mat Mat has a keen eye for programming and a keen ear for AI. He loves the power that coding gives a person and is always trying to put that power in the hands of others. Bristol born, bred and fed, he keeps the team moral high with his Bristolian accent and West-Country covers of songs. He travels everywhere on his skateboard and, at his best, can solve a Rubik's Cube in 52 seconds.

Cormac Dunne
Cormac Dunne 

Developer

Alex Mansfield
Alex Mansfield 

Developer

Courtney
Courtney Cranston Ogden 

Software Testing

Jordan
Jordan Davies 

Software Testing

Cormac entered the world of work as junior test technician in the electronic manufacturing industry where he quickly discovered a passion for programming. After a lot of e-tinkering, 404 error messages and infinite loops, he managed to land a role as an apprentice web developer where he worked on numerous bespoke web applications across a range of technologies. He’s now doubling down with the aim to specialise in front-end web development.

In his spare time, you might find him paddling for dear life in his kayak, walking his 2 dogs, drinking obscene amounts of coffee or gaming!

Courtney - Having spent most of her working life in customer service, Courtney decided to have a complete career change and become a software tester, something she had long been curious about! She started working at Zahara in October 2022, and her passion for QA has only grown since. Courtney is a strong advocate of environmental preservation, has a love for nature and animals (in particular cats), and enjoys drinking tea, wine and playing games!

Jordan graduated from the University of South Wales in 2019 with a degree in animation. From there, he developed an eye for detail (and more importantly, patience!), as well as an interest in game development and coding. He joined Zahara in 2023 where he was able to combine all these passions as a Software Tester. A former barista, he also enjoys a good brew as well as travelling, learning languages, and getting creative with personal art projects.

Alex joined us in 2024 as a Junior Software Developer after a varied career. Alex has done it all, from graduating with a Master's in Chemical Engineering, working in a brewery, as a chef, and completing a PGCE. Alex decided to go down the Software Development path due to his love of problem solving and computing. In his spare time you can find him cycling around Bristol, looking after his Sprocker Spaniel, or adding to his vinyl record collection.

Tom Northeast
Tom Northeast 

UX Design

Emma Baker
Emma Baker 

Product Manager

Tom - Having graduated from the University of Gloucestershire with a degree in Computer Games Design, Tom has always had a hands-on interest in new software. He's responsible for keeping the website as user-friendly as possible. Outside of work, Tom spends his time travelling and is slowly ticking off every European city. Luckily for us, he’s got a great eye for photography so we can live vicariously through him when he returns from his adventures. His every other waking moment is dedicated to Arsenal FC, and he wouldn’t have it any other way!

Emma's role is to help tune Zahara to our customers needs, making sure features and improvements make the modern finance team better. Her experience working in large finance departments ensure she understands end-user needs and how to get the most from Zahara. She is a stickler for the detail, loves a project board and will nudge the developers when they need nudging.

Support & Customer Care
Jenna_Moore
Jenna Moore 

Support Manager

George Belt
George Belt 

Support Engineer

Ethan Wyatt
Ethan Wyatt 

Support Engineer

Matthew Chedzey
Matthew Chedzey 

Support Engineer

Jenna has worked in various customer support roles over the years, particularly in the financial sector as she enjoys helping people and problem-solving. In her spare time she enjoys dancing, reading, southeast Asian language and philosophy, Kung Fu and a good K Drama on Netflix.

George graduated with a degree in Creative Computing from Bath Spa University and accumulated nine years' of experience in customer facing roles along the way. He joined Zahara in 2021 and always wears a smile, and the odd Hawaiian shirt. If he isn't hunched over a computer at home, he's busy cooking up a storm, most often making it up as he goes along. He also enjoys musical pursuits, video games and exploring the local delicacies and history of Bath.

Ethan has been in various IT customer support roles over the last five years. He has worked with several different technologies and programming languages along the way. He's a very keen learner, enjoys cricket in the summer, gaming, Liverpool FC, walking, going to the gym, and is a lover of cats.

Mat has vast customer service experience, working in retail since leaving college. More recently he studied at Swansea University as a mature student and gained a Web Development degree. He enjoys developing his web skills in his spare time as well as supporting Manchester United (don't judge him!) and going to gigs. But most of his time is spent running around after his son, playing football and Lego.

Eve Butt
Eve Butt 

Support Engineer

Eve joined the Zahara team in 2022 after graduating from the University of Bristol, where she wrote an awful lot about History. When she is not rolling twenty-sided dice, she can often be found at a local cinema or enjoying one of Bristol’s best music venues.

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