
Protecting Data, Ensuring Business Continuity
Our mission is clear: to provide industry leading backup and recovery technology solutions protecting critical data and operations for enterprise and mid-market organizations, mitigating commercial and reputational risks associated with downtime.

Meet the senior leadership team

Simon Chappell
CEO
After a successful career in Private Equity, Simon co-founded and became Chief Executive of Backup Technology (BTL) in 2005. After 8 years of rapid growth, he sold BTL to iomart for £23m in 2013. Following 3 years in cricket and cycling, Simon co-founded Assured Data Protection, Rubrik’s largest global partner.

Rob Mackle
CRO, EMEA & APAC
Rob has a strong history in the tech industry, previously serving as Sales and Service Director for a major backup and disaster recovery provider. In 2016, he co-founded Assured Data Protection. As Managing Director, he drives EMEA sales and operations, expanding into emerging markets and cementing Assured’s industry leadership.

Stacy Hayes
Chief Strategy Officer
Before joining Assured Data Protection in 2016, Stacy was Vice President, Channels & Alliances at Virtustream. He co-founded DS3 DataVaulting, an early Backup as a Service provider, and as President led it to acquisition by Terremark in 2009. He later ran U.S. Civilian sales at Terremark Federal before moving to Virtustream.

Stewart Parkin
Global CTO
Stewart became UK Technical Director at Assured Data Protection in 2016 after more than 7 years with a leading backup and disaster recovery provider. Now Global Chief Technology Officer, he drives technical initiatives worldwide. Under his leadership, Assured has expanded internationally and established itself as a leader in data protection.

Andrew Eva
Global CIO
Andrew managed backend operations for DS3 Datavaulting from 2004 until its acquisition by Terremark, later moving into product management at Verizon. There, he oversaw storage-as-a-service offerings including DR, object storage, managed backup, and storage tiers. He also presented at leading industry conferences such as NetApp Insight and Gartner Datacenter.

Brian Dutton
CRO, Americas
Brian previously worked with our US Directors Stacy and Andrew at DS3 DataVaulting where he supported the channel relationships and helped grow the business. He has since been consulting for Colocation providers in Ashburn, VA and joined the Assured Data Protection team in July 2018.

Ian Thomspon
Global CSO
Ian ensures technology best practices are developed, shared, and managed globally at Assured Data Protection, across infrastructure, implementations, security, and data protection. With more than 20 years’ experience at leading industry companies, he joined Assured in 2016. He brings deep expertise in networking, backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery.

Paul Dix
Global CFO
Paul brings over 15 years of finance experience to Assured. He was previously CFO at Crisp, a Leeds-based risk intelligence company, where he guided the business through rapid growth and its acquisition by Kroll in 2022. At Assured, Paul partners with leadership to scale processes, drive strategy, and support global growth.

Adam Riley
Global Director of Support
Adam joined Assured in Spring 2024 with two decades' experience running customer support. He has a history of working with growing brands and helping them to achieve their potential. Having lived overseas for the past 18 years, he has worked for software giants such as Avast, AVG and NCR, and brings a wealth of global knowledge to Assured.