Mat Megens

Co-Founder + Architect

After a career as a telecoms hardware design engineer, Mat held fixed income roles at Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley. His experience spans tech, capital markets, supply chain finance, investment banking, venture capital and private equity. He has consulted for the IFC globally.
Mat's favourite feature is Only and Never which gives him peace of mind, knowing his daughter can only use her travel Jar money for Southwestern Rail and not blow it at Costa.

Rob Rooney

CEO

Rob was at Morgan Stanley for 32 years and served as a member of the firm-wide operating committee; CEO of Morgan Stanley International; Co-Global Head of Fixed Income and most recently Global Head of Technology, Operations and Firm Resilience. Rob's favourite feature is 0FX as he travels a lot with his family and enjoys that wonderful feeling of not being fleeced by foreign exchange fees.

Paul Rolles

Co-Founder + Business Architect

Paul spent 15 years at Morgan Stanley, where he was the Managing Director in charge of the European Financial Asset Backed Group. In 2006 he founded and ran of AgFe, a private credit asset manager.  Paul's favourite feature is Shared Jars. He loves socialising, but rarely asks his friends to pay him back after a night out.

Chris Lowrie

Chief Operating Officer

Chris was at Visa International for 10 years, latterly as VP, Systems & Infrastructure. He co-founded OB10, a global e- invoicing business which exited to Tungsten Networks in 2013. He has 25+ years’ experience in ops, payments systems and managing multinational teams.Chris's favourite feature is Budgeting in Jars as he likes to save up for big ticket items and is currently saving for another new motorbike.

Nicola Longfield

Chief Commercial Officer

Nicola has 25+ years' experience at global businesses including her most recent role as VP, Restaurants at Deliveroo. She has expertise in scaling, building and leading commercial teams at businesses including PayPal, Goldman Sachs, and Nectar. Nicola's favourite feature is Jar sharing. She shares Jars with school parents as she's always responsible for collecting money for the teachers' gifts.

Ben Helps

Chief Data Officer

Ben was at Oliver Wyman for 20 years where he led the Business Banking practice in EMEA. Prior to joining HyperJar, he co-founded Factern, which specialised in managing metadata to support user cases such as digital identity and permissioned access management. Ben's favourite feature is Autolinking - with his ordered mind, he loves to have his spending completely organised.

Amabel Polglase

Chief Marketing Officer

Amabel has 25 yrs experience in branding and marketing. She was a Managing Partner at McCann-Erickson for ten years, followed by a stint at Facebook as a Global Client Partner. She began her Fintech career five years ago as a CMO, helped scale Curve and Zilch to Unicorn status. Her favourite feature of HyperJar is the ability to share Jars with her family, so she can control her teenage daughter’s shopaholic tendencies.

Jeff Taylor

Head of Engineering

Before joining HyperJar seven years ago as our first software architect, Jeff was a senior software engineer at Finovertech and Aimetis, and a team lead at Blackberry. Jeff's favourite feature is HyperVouchers as he loves all the discounts he gets on his favourite wine and spirit brands.

Mat Megens

Co-Founder + Architect

After a career as a telecoms hardware design engineer, Mat held fixed income roles at Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley. His experience spans tech, capital markets, supply chain finance, investment banking, venture capital and private equity. He has consulted for the IFC globally. 
Mat's favourite feature is Only and Never which gives him peace of mind, knowing his daughter can only use her travel Jar money for Southwestern Rail and not blow it at Costa.

Rob Rooney

CEO

Rob was at Morgan Stanley for 32 years and served as a member of the firm-wide operating committee; CEO of Morgan Stanley International; Co-Global Head of Fixed Income and most recently Global Head of Technology, Operations and Firm Resilience. Rob's favourite feature is 0FX as he travels a lot with his family and enjoys that wonderful feeling of not being fleeced by foreign exchange fees.

Paul Rolles

Co-Founder + Business Architect

Paul spent 15+ years at Morgan Stanley, latterly as head of their financial asset backed business as MD  in London.  He then started AgFe, an advisor and asset manager in specialist fixed income asset classes. He also founded Factern, a metadata management company. Paul’s favourite feature is Shared Jars. He loves socialising but hates having to hound his friends to pay him back after a night out.

Chris Lowrie

Chief Operating Officer

Chris was at Visa International for 10 years, latterly as VP, Systems & Infrastructure. He co-founded OB10, a global e- invoicing business which exited to Tungsten Networks in 2013. He has 25+ years’ experience in ops, payments systems and managing multinational teams. Chris's favourite feature is Budgeting in Jars as he likes to save up for big ticket items and is currently saving for another new motorbike

Nicola Longfield

Chief Commercial Officer

Nicola has 25+ years' experience at global businesses including her most recent role as VP, Restaurants at Deliveroo. She has expertise in scaling, building and leading commercial teams at businesses including PayPal, Goldman Sachs, and Nectar. Nicola's favourite feature is Jar sharing. She shares Jars with school parents as she's always responsible for collecting money for the teachers' gifts.

Ben Helps

Chief Data Officer

Ben was at Oliver Wyman for 20 years where he led the Business Banking practice in EMEA. Prior to joining HyperJar, he co-founded Factern, which specialised in managing metadata to support user cases such as digital identity and permissioned access management. Ben's favourite feature is Autolinking - with his ordered mind, he loves to have his spending completely organised.

Amabel Polglase

Chief Marketing Officer

Amabel has 25 yrs experience in branding and marketing. She was a Managing Partner at McCann-Erickson for ten years, followed by a stint at Facebook as a Global Client Partner. She began her Fintech career five years ago as a CMO, scaling Curve and Zilch to Unicorn status. Her favourite feature of HyperJar is the ability to share Jars with her family, so she can control her teenage daughter’s shopaholic tendencies.

Jeff Taylor

Head of Engineering

Before joining HyperJar seven years ago as our first software architect, Jeff was a senior software engineer at Finovertech and Aimetis, and a team lead at Blackberry. Jeff's favourite feature is HyperVouchers as he loves all the discounts he gets on his favourite wine and spirit brands.

Meet the team

HyperJar is powered by real people who really care about helping our customers take control of their money and spend life well. Here’s our leadership team, along with their personal favourite features.

Mat Megens

Co-Founder+Architect

Rob Rooney

CEO

Paul Rolles

Co-Founder+Business Architect

Chris Lowrie

Chief Operating Officer

Nicola Longfield

Chief Commercial Officer

Ben Helps

Chief Data Officer

Amabel Polglase

Chief Marketing Officer

Jeff Taylor

Head of Engineering

Mat Megens

Co-Founder + Architect

Rob Rooney

CEO

Paul Rolles

Co-Founder + Business Architect

Chris Lowrie

Chief Operating Officer

Nicola Longfield

Chief Commercial Officer

Ben Helps

Chief Data Officer

Amabel Polglase

Chief Marketing Officer

Jeff Taylor

Head of Engineering