meet
our team
Keith Onslow
Corporate Governance
As a commercially focused senior executive Keith brings a wealth of corporate compliance and financial expertise from a variety of senior leadership roles – from Thatcham and ArvalPHH, as well as successful entrepreneurial companies within the Telecoms and Renewable Energy sectors.
Keith’s 30 years' business leadership experience across Finance, HR, IT, Risk Management and Corporate Governance has helped accelerate Ridgeway's formation and development.
Rob Whalley
Marketing & PR; Vehicle Remarketing & Contract Hire Sectors
From Marketing Director of ArvalPHH, to Managing Director of Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions (Fleetlease), Managing Director of Experian Automotive and managing director roles in the aftersales market, Rob has a hugely successful track record of commercial growth.
Rob is a widely-recognised industry expert across the contract hire, automotive data and consumer research market sectors.
Paul Jarvis
Motor Trade & Motoring Consumer Sector
With a background in banking & finance and following over 25 years in the retail motor trade, Paul joined Glass’s in 1997 and, as Managing Director, delivered an extended period of significant commercial growth and product development across all automotive sectors.
Paul then helped build and lead an automotive software and data analysis business that was successfully sold to Auto Trader. Paul has since moved on to become a successful commercial consultant, investor and business advisor.
Ian Bowen
Insurance Sector
After twenty years’ experience of working with UK and European insurance businesses, helping them progress through broker and agent models, direct selling, aggregators and into digital and mobile platforms, Ian has developed a thorough understanding of key business drivers within the sector and how technology can support them.
The last five years as Sales Director for Innovation Group’s European Technology business enables Ian to bring some critical, heavyweight proposition expertise to Ridgeway.
David Murby
Technology
Since starting out in programming and system implementation, David’s career history includes the position of Managing Director of the Insurance Services Division of Experian. He also held the positions of Chief Operating Officer, Commercial Director and Product Development Director at Audatex (UK) Ltd.
After Experian David embarked on a consultancy career, which, among other projects, brought senior roles within EurotaxGlass’s Bodyshop and Insurance sector.
Lesley Upham
Bodyshop & Insurance Sector
Lesley spent twenty years defining and implementing the commercial growth strategy within Thatcham Research and serving as a board director for EuroNCAP, before joining IAM RoadSmart as Commercial Director.
A widely-recognised industry expert and an experienced international public speaker, Lesley brings a wealth of expertise within the bodyshop and insurance sector.
Jenny Onslow
Finance
After 10 years with ArvalPHH, Jenny has spent the last 17 years in senior finance roles within the software industry, developing strong, agile global teams, within dynamic high growth companies.
A chartered, certified accountant, Jenny has extensive experience of both M&A and of main market listings – with Micro Focus International plc and Sophos Group plc, where she now serves as Vice President Internal Audit and Risk Management.
Sheila Bradley
Operations and Sales
Sheila has spent almost thirty years ordering men about in the motor trade.
Whether transforming the results of her regional breakdown and relay team at the AA, arranging for the delivery of critical training and services to bodyshops across the country at Thatcham, or providing software product support and managing the engineering function at Innovation Group, Sheila provides a quite unique level of commitment and enthusiasm.
Mike Paterson
Director
With a background in languages and IT, Mike has spent the last twenty years fully immersed in automotive data.
From a business analyst role at ArvalPHH, up through varying commercial and international roles at Glass’s, Polk, Thatcham and Innovation Group, Mike claims to have delivered more types of automotive data and software, to more companies, in more countries, than anyone else.