Becrypt Limited was formed in 2001 to meet the growing demand for high-level software encryption products in the personal computer and PDA marketplace. Our corporate philosophy is simple. We aim to provide the best software encryption and secure remote access products available, to fully protect all computer users.
We protect customers in a number of key Government areas, including Central Government, Defence, Law Enforcement, and Customs and Excise. We are also active in the corporate sector, with key customers in Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals, Insurance, and Banking. Our software encryption and secure remote access products have been successfully designed to meet stringent government security policy and standards whilst maintaining the usability, ease of deployment and ease of management demanded by the corporate sector.
We play a leading role in the Information Assurance industry through membership and participation in the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) and the Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) where we sit on the Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) committee. In addition, we currently chair the Crypto Developers Forum – Baseline WG (UK). In-addition Becrypt are members of the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (PITCOM).
Becrypt have recently been positioned in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100, the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection and have won awards from SC Magazine and TechWorld.
Our Leading Software Encryption Team
Becrypt’s core technology team has decades of experience of software encryption and software development, having previously worked with companies like Dr.Solomon's, Sophos, and RSA. Prior to founding Becrypt, the team worked for Topsoft Limited, where they successfully obtained CAPS product certification for a range of products from the Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG), the UK Government’s Information Assurance group within GCHQ. Since formation, Becrypt has built a management team with a wide range of experiences in the international software security market, as well as in global business development, international marketing, and sales.
Management Team
 Bernard Parsons Chief Executive Officer |
A co-founder of Becrypt, Bernard draws upon a thorough understanding of both the security market and Becrypt technology, having been Chief Technology Officer he was responsible for all aspects of product development. Bernard became CEO in 2008 and has led the company through significant growth, prior to Becrypt, he held a range of development and management posts within the security industry. Bernard has a research and lecturing background, having gained a Doctorate in Robotics, and lectured in Computer Science. |
 Gary Thomas Chief Operating Officer |
Gary was the original seed investor in Becrypt and joined the board as a Non Executive Director in 2005. He was later appointed Executive Director in 2009, with responsibility for internal operations. Prior to Becrypt, Gary spent 20 years in the interest-rate derivatives market, becoming a Director of Fuji Capital Markets (London), before spending four years as Head of Trading in their Hong Kong office. Since leaving the city in 2002, Gary has been an active investor in a number of start-up companies. |
 Jon Varney Chief Financial Officer |
Jon is responsible for Becrypt’s Finance, HR and IT departments and is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience as a Finance Director. Jon graduated in Chemistry at Liverpool University and then joined Arthur Andersen & Co specialising in Corporate Recovery before joining Alfred Dunhill plc as Treasury Manager. Subsequently, Jon gained a strong background in the Defence sector through his position as Finance Director of Dowty Aerospace Hydraulics, a TI Group plc subsidiary and then Aerostructures Hamble, a Smiths Group plc company. Latterly Jon joined Conder Environmental plc a major supplier of environmental wastewater systems to the UK construction industry as Group Finance Director and was promoted to Group Managing Director in 2004. |
 Nigel Lee Technical Director |
A co-founder of Becrypt, Nigel is responsible for assessing new technology, future trends and innovations whilst handling technology partnerships with customers and partner organisations. Previously as Technical Director, Nigel was responsible for product architecture and design, for developing the customer support structure, and for managing consultancy work. Before founding Becrypt Nigel held IT Technical and Managerial positions in a variety of organisations in the UK, Europe, and South East Asia. |
 Richard Brooks Director of Sales, EMEA |
Richard has spent 19 years working for a variety of software vendors, both start up and international organisations in the IT Industry. Richard has extensive experience in the IT Security Sector having spent 8 years with leading vendors. Richard has worked with the Becrypt team for over 4 years and his responsibilities include commercial business development, UK & European channel partners, system integrator alliances and management of the pre-sales and sales teams to drive the growth of the business. |
Non Executive Directors
 Barney Quinn Non Executive Chairman |
Barney has over 30 years experience in application software IT companies including in North America. For 13 years Barney was a Main Board Director of Sherwood International plc, a provider of software and services to the insurance industry. Barney set up and ran for three years the Sherwood North American operation. Latterly, Barney became Director of Worldwide Operations/Chief Operating Officer of Sherwood from 2001 to 2004. Barney has also been a Non Executive Director of Raft International plc and SSP Holdings plc. Currently Barney is Chief Executive of Workplace Systems, a leading provider of software for Workforce Management. |
 Steve Bellamy Non Executive Director |
Steve has over 28 years experience in both business operations and investment. He is Chairman of The First Close Technology Fund, which specialises in investing in early stage UK technology companies and is a Non-executive Director of three other technology companies. In 2007 he also became a Founder Partner and CEO of Accretion Capital, a specialist European technology fund management business, launched to capitalise on emerging technology opportunities in Europe. He has held a number of executive roles in his career, including Chief Operating Officer and Finance Director for Sherwood International plc from 1994 to 2001. Prior to joining Sherwood, Steve was a UK investment Director of Brierley Investments, an investor in undervalued UK companies, and before that worked at Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC) in New Zealand and New York. He trained as a Chartered Accountant in New Zealand. |