Headquarters:

Ground Floor, 3700 Parkside, Birmingham Business Park, Solihull B37 7YT

Year founded:

2018

Number of employees:

200

Phone:

07837 695 188

Email:

hello@primis.co.uk

Website:

primis.co.uk

LinkedIn:

uk.linkedin.com/company/primis-mortgage-network

“We prioritise embracing cutting-edge technologies, creative problem solving and continuous improvement to enhance our premium funding solutions and provide exceptional value to our clients”

Brett Bastow, IQumulate Premium FundinG

Emma Hollingworth

Chief Distribution Officer

Helen Martin

Chief Risk Officer

Martin Taphouse

Chief Operating Officer

Leadership

Emma Hollingworth leads with warmth, openness and a genuine belief that people perform at their best when they feel supported, trusted and included. She champions an approachable leadership style, encouraging colleagues to share ideas, challenge constructively and feel confident in being themselves at work. She is passionate about creating an environment where people can develop, succeed and enjoy what they do while ensuring collaboration and respect remain at the heart of the organisation’s culture.

Chief Distribution Officer

Emma Hollingworth

Helen Martin is passionate about making sure everyone has a voice – regardless of role, background or technical expertise. She has a natural ability to make complex subjects accessible – helping colleagues feel informed, confident and able to contribute. Martin actively encourages different perspectives and creates an environment where people feel comfortable asking questions and challenging thinking. Her welcoming and supportive approach helps bring teams together, reinforcing a culture built on openness and mutual respect.

Chief Risk Officer

Helen Martin

Martin Taphouse is a strong advocate for colleague engagement and believes listening should translate into meaningful action. As executive sponsor of the Colleague Council, he helps ensure ideas, feedback and concerns from across the business are heard at senior level and acted upon. His approachable and collaborative style helps connect colleagues with the executive team, while his focus on turning feedback into improvements supports a culture where people feel valued, listened to and empowered.

Chief Operating Officer

Martin Taphouse

Anthony McKeown

Chief Financial Officer

Anthony McKeown brings a people-first approach to leadership, combining commercial thinking with empathy, openness and a strong sense of fairness. He values honest conversations and encourages colleagues to understand not only what decisions are being made but also why. His grounded and approachable style helps create trust across teams, ensuring people feel respected, involved and connected to the wider direction of the business.

Chief Financial Officer

Anthony McKeown

Craig Hall

Strategic Partnerships Director

Craig Hall is a passionate advocate for colleague voice and has played an active role in colleague councils at both functional and group levels. He believes the strongest cultures are built when people feel heard and able to influence positive change. Hall regularly shares his experience and market knowledge with colleagues, supporting development across the business while championing open communication and a collaborative working environment.

Strategic Partnerships Director

Craig Hall

Stevens & Associates Lawyers is a leading and trusted employment law firm based in Sydney known for delivering high-quality legal expertise in the area of employment law and industrial relations across Australia, alongside a proven track record of effectively and swiftly resolving a variety of workplace law issues. In the past year, the firm’s growth has been notable. It has: • experienced a 213% growth in the number of client matters, increasing from 149 client matters in the 2022 financial year to 390 client matters in the 2023 financial year • improved its online visibility, leading to over 50 online enquiries each month and a conversion rate of client leads of up to 40% • significantly expanded the breadth and type of matters that it advises on day to day, which has increased the firm’s skillsets, diversity and resilience • expanded its community outreach by collaborating with local Sydney venues for client seminars and continuing active participation in a Sydney small/family business group Stevens & Associates Lawyers has adapted to digital trends by implementing an effective strategy with SEO and web design, resulting in a structural shift that has seen increased representation of employees where the firm previously mainly advised employers. The firm’s recognition as a “Fast Firm” attests to its momentum in the employment law space.

“IQumulate is on a technology journey, and we’re just getting started”

Wayne Tower, IQumulate Premium Funding

Simon Breakspear

CRM Transformation Director

Jo Blackburn

Key Account Director

Laura Martin

Marketing Director

Pam Chhabra

Manager – Residential Strata

Simon Breakspear is a trusted and approachable leader who makes time for people, offering support, reassurance and guidance whenever it is needed. His willingness to listen and share his knowledge makes him someone colleagues feel comfortable turning to for advice. Breakspear is passionate about bringing people together, building strong relationships across teams and ensuring colleagues feel involved and supported through change. His calm and all-embracing approach helps create an environment where people feel valued, connected and confident contributing their ideas.

CRM Transformation Director

Simon Breakspear

Jo Blackburn is an inclusive and supportive leader who is passionate about creating opportunities for people to thrive. She brings valuable frontline perspective into the business and ensures colleagues’ experiences and voices help shape how the organisation moves forward. A strong advocate for female leadership, Blackburn actively champions and celebrates women across the business, encouraging confidence, development and progression. Her approachable leadership style helps create a culture where people feel represented and supported to succeed.

Key Account Director

Jo Blackburn

Laura Martin puts people at the heart of her leadership, helping to embed a positive, supportive culture within her own team and across the wider business. She invests time in mentoring and developing others, creating safe spaces where colleagues feel able to speak openly, ask for support and be themselves. Martin leads with kindness and emotional intelligence, taking time to understand each individual behind the role. Her supportive and collaborative approach helps people feel valued, builds confidence and encourages colleagues to grow and thrive.

Marketing Director

Laura Martin

Stephen McMillan first entered the financial services Industry when he joined GE Capital as a finance analyst in 2008, from which he progressed through roles working both onshore and offshore. From there, he moved into Pacific Premium Funding as a financial planning and analysis leader in 2012 and was a key resource in the evolution of the business, first with the successful sale to Macquarie Pacific Funding and then the following progression into IQumulate Premium Funding, where he is now the commercial manager. As commercial manager, McMillan leads a team that is responsible for commercial analysis and business support, identifying and reporting improvement initiatives, and the securitization and treasury functions of the business.

Commercial Manager

Stephen McMillan

One culmination of these efforts has been the real-world, needs-based IQEdge solution. A one-stop online quoting tool designed for both the Australian and New Zealand markets, IQEdge delivers quotes in under 60 seconds. Plus, the solution offers quote comparison and quote versioning capabilities, enabling users to review vital historical and financial data in a single page view. IQEdge can streamline and automate application processing, underwriting document verification and payment collection, cutting the need for manual labour and minimising processing errors. A digital “self-service” platform, IQEdge, reduces the need for customer and administrative support. Meanwhile, borrowers can access their accounts, make payments and manage their policies independently and through sales and support teams, which are always available for further assistance. “We’ve created a quality platform that simplifies the quoting process yet amplifies the customer experience,” says Gordon. “It’s a real game changer.” IQumulate offers an online digital quoting tool to clients. The best-in-market solution enables IQumulate to tailor funding offerings to brokers that align with their prefered distribution channel.

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What does IQumulate have in mind for the future? “IQumulate is on a technology journey, and we’re just getting started,” says Wayne Tower, CEO. “Through continuous engagement with our clients, partners, marketplace and industry, we will listen to the needs as they arise and position our business to be agile and respond to changes as they occur. “Faster decision-making innovations such as AI-powered decision support systems can expedite the underwriting and approval process, leading to quicker responses to clients. This can improve client satisfaction and potentially attract more business, with the potential to allow IQumulate to capture a larger market share, whilst continuing to deliver service excellence to clients.” “As forward-thinkers with a digital and ‘do it better’ mindset, we collectively and proactively look to learn and improve on our customer experience for our clients, paving the way for successful business outcomes for our clients and our business in the coming years ahead. “We’re excited for the future and look forward to what’s on the horizon.”

Adam Basaldella

Manager – Claims

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Claire Watson

Commercial Manager

Stephen McMillan

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Shaun O’Brien

Head of Underwriting

Emily Walker

Head of Strata and Development

Rex Oakman

Head of Operations and Risk

Sandy Newton

Head of Underwriting

Andrew Mitchell

Manager – NSW

Michael Prokopis

Manager – Southern Region

Pam Chhabra

Manager – Residential Strata

Jeffrey Valdivia

Manager – Commercial Strata

Adam Basaldella

Manager – Claims

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