Geoff Kates

Managing Director, Lepus

Geoff has been for the last 12 years Managing Director of Lepus, a Management Consultancy specializing in both Research and Consulting. Lepus provides Benchmarking/Market Intelligence, Client Research, System Selection and Associated Due Diligence, and Advisory Consulting.  Geoff is the Global Chairman, founding Board Member, and UK Director of PRMIA (Professional Risk Managers International Association).

Before starting Lepus, he was Head of Computer Development at Tokai Bank Europe.. Prior to Tokai, he was IT Director for Fixed Income, Derivatives and Futures Broking at BZW. He jointly ran the IT for the Global Markets Group and sat on the Markets Management Committee. Previous to this he was Head of IT for Abbey National Baring Derivatives.

Before moving back into Banking, he helped set up CATS Software (a Risk Management Vendor) in Europe and was responsible for Sales, Marketing and Support for the UK, Germany, Benelux, Scandinavia, and France. Geoff spent the early part of his career in the States, trading Options on behalf of private clients for three years as well as holding a number of Technical, Sales and Marketing positions in Silicon Valley.

He graduated from Bath University with an honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.