Umony

Dean Elwood is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Umony. A serial communications entrepreneur, he has spent more than two decades building and leading teams at the intersection of telecoms, compliance and AI. Known for a pragmatic, customer-led approach, Dean works closely with financial-services leaders and regulators to translate complex requirements into clear, executable plans.

Previously, Dean founded Voxygen which he led through growth and then acquisition by Lebara Group. His career spans hands-on engineering through to corporate development, giving him a rare mix of technical depth and commercial execution in regulated markets.

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Anna Pitt-Stanley is the Chief Operating Officer and co-Founder of Umony. She focuses on operational governance, talent and partnerships, ensuring disciplined execution as the business scales. Anna is recognised for building trusted relationships with clients and partners and for leading complex, multi-stakeholder programmes to time and standard

Before joining Umony, Anna held a leadership role and was on the board at Voxygen (which she co-founded and was later acquired by Lebara group). Her background spans operations, governance, commercial management and programme delivery in regulated industries, with a hands-on approach to risk management. She holds an LLM in Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Alan Charbonneau is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of Umony. A career technologist and engineering leader, he specialises in large-scale, real-time systems and secure data platforms. Alan leads architecture, security and delivery across the stack, with a focus on reliability, privacy-by-design and audit-ability in regulated environments.

With 15+ years in software, he has built and coached high-performing teams, established modern engineering practices (from CI/CD and automated testing to observability), and partnered closely with compliance, legal and client stakeholders to translate complex requirements into robust, maintainable solutions. He is passionate about mentoring engineers and turning cutting-edgeAI into practical features that deliver clear risk-reduction outcomes.

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