Vin Murria

Vinodka "Vin" Murria OBE (born 1962) is a British businesswoman and founder of Advanced Computer Software plc where she served as CEO until it was acquired in 2015.[1] She works as an investor with HgCapital.[2][3]

In 2018, Murria received an OBE for services to the British digital economy, as well as for advancing women in the software sector.[3]

Early life and education

Murria was born in Punjab, India, and moved to the United Kingdom at the age of three.[1] She received a first class BSc in Computer Science and an MBA from the University of London. She also holds an honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from Edinburgh Napier University.[2]

Career

Murria began her career at Kewill Systems. When she left the company in 2001, she had risen to the role of group chief operating officer.

Following her time at Kewill, she started her own journey with a shell company, Computer Software Group in 2002. The Group was taken private with HG Capital in April 2007 merged with Iris software and sold to Hellman & Friedman for £500m in July 2007. .[1]

Murria has been a partner at Elderstreet Investments since 2002.[1]

In 2008, Murria founded Advanced Computer Software Group.[1] In 2015 she sold the business for £765 million to Vista Equity Partners.[4][5]

Murria has also been appointed to sit on various boards, including Chime in 2014, Zoopla board in 2015, and the Sophos and TAINA boards in 2017.[6][7][8][9] In 2017 she became deputy chairwoman of FinnCap.[5] She currently sits on the Boards of Bunzl Plc (FTSE 100), Softcat Plc (FTSTE 250) and DWF Plc.

In September 2018, Murria joined Pythagoras Communications as a major shareholder and Chairperson.[10]

She is a investor, shareholder, women's champion and philanthropist, founding her charity to support education for children in poverty in 2007.

Awards

Murria was named Woman of the Year at the 2012 Cisco Everywoman in Technology Awards and Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2012 AIM Awards.[1][11][12] She was also named Aim Plc CEO of the Year in 2013, and UK Tech Awards 2013 Tech Personality of the Year (shared with David Braben, CEO of Frontier Developments).[13] In 2014 Advanced was named Technology company of the Year.

Philanthropy

Murria founded the PS Foundation in 2007 to help educate young women in India and the UK.[14] The foundation is named after her mother.[1]

References
  1. Medland, Dina (20 September 2012). "Chief executive says 'thank you' everyday". Financial Times. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. "Vinodka Murria: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  3. Cook, James (29 December 2017). "Here are all the UK tech figures named in the Queen's New Year's Honours list". Business Insider. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. Levy, Danielle. "Tech entrepreneur Murria buys major broker stake". Wealth Manager. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  5. Ralph, Alex (2017-05-15). "Murria drops in with Finncap stake". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  6. Williams, Christopher (2015-11-13). "Softcat chiefs cash in as company surges on stock market debut". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  7. Ruthven, Hunter (2015-06-22). "Zoopla secure serial entrepreneur Vin Murria as non-executive director". Real Business. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  8. "Sophos Appoints Vin Murria to Its Board of Directors". www.sophos.com. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  9. "TAINA Technology proud to welcome Vin Murria to its Strategic Advisory Board | The Fintech Times". Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  10. "Pythagoras Announce Vin Murria as Investor and Strategic Advisor". www.prnewswire.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  11. "Cisco everywoman in Technology Awards: The winners' stories". ComputerWeekly.com. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  12. "Vin Murria is named Entrepreneur of the Year at AIM Awards 2012". AccountingWEB. 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  13. MarketScreener. "Advanced Computer Software Group PLC : Advanced Computer Software Group CEO, Vin Murria is named Tech Personality of the Year 2013 | MarketScreener". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  14. Vaz, Keith. "Vin Murria". www.asian-voice.com. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
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