Our Team

Polly Avgherinos

Chief Executive Officer

Following early graduate roles in research, Polly joined Wilmington’s marketing team in 1995. Since then, she has gained over 20 years experience of managing information and data businesses across the legal, professional, charity and commercial sectors. At MiExact, Polly is focussed on making sure that our market leading products and services continue to evolve, enabling clients to make informed decisions and achieve their goals.

Patrick Hulbert

Chief Revenue Officer

As Chief Revenue Officer, Patrick brings a customer-first approach to commercial leadership. Drawing on his background as a qualified engineer, he combines analytical thinking with a focus on understanding customer needs and delivering long-term value. He has built and led successful sales, marketing and customer success teams across the technology and business services sectors, creating the conditions for clients and the business to grow together.

Ashley Rowthorn

Executive Director, Charities

Ashley founded Legacy Futures in 2015, growing it into the world’s leading legacy consultancy. He now leads the MiExact Charity Division, supporting hundreds of organisations with insight, strategy and legacy administration. With nearly 20 years’ experience in the sector, he is a regular international speaker and has supported campaigns including Remember A Charity (UK), Include A Charity (Australia) and Will Power (Canada).

Neil Kirk

Chief Operating Officer

Neil is a KPMG qualified Chartered Accountant with 20 years of Finance and Charity experience. This has been in various different guises as a charity auditor, charity trustee and working as a finance officer both within and outside the charity sector. His strong commercial finance background, specific experience as an analyst, along with being a CiCLA qualified Legacy Administrator is unique within the Legacy sector.

Neil Graham

Chief Technology Officer

With over 25 years in technology, and almost all of those within data intensive, business critical systems, Neil has worked on some of the most well known and prominent platforms across multiple sectors including AJ Bell wealth management, Emis Health GP systems, Very group e-commerce platform, and many more besides. Neil is currently working as a fractional CTO, as well as advisory roles within the BioTech, Education, and Digital Marketing space, and is a Trustee at an education charity.

Edward Barden

Head of Product

Ed has worked in B2B Information Services for over 12 years. He began his career in the commercial property industry, before moving to the commercial credit risk sector. In both sectors he worked to drive and deliver user centric products to enhance the industry. Ed joined MiExact in 2022 as Head of Product.

David Baldock

Sales Director

David has worked in publishing, information and data sales for over 20 years. In that time, he has worked for various UK publishers driving sales, leading commercial teams and ensuring sales excellence, delivering a market leading sales experience for his clients.

Dr. Claire Routley

Consultancy Director

Dr Claire Routley has worked in fundraising for over 15 years, specialising in legacy fundraising for the last decade. In 2011, Claire completed a PhD looking at why people choose to leave legacies to charity. Alongside her role she is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Kent’s Centre for Philanthropy, and is a member of fundraising think-tank Rogare’s international advisory panel.

Stephen Mooney

Client Partnerships Director

Stephen has worked with clients since 1994, in brand consultancies, creative agencies, in running his own agency and on the client side. His experience blends commercial and not-for-profit, UK and international. Stephen works closely with Group-wide clients to maximise their legacy and in-memory giving potential.

Caroline Waters

Head of Programmes

Caroline supports our charity clients on the various consortium research programmes, as well as across our benchmarking and forecasting services. Caroline has a background in marketing, communications, fundraising, stakeholder management and is a strategic project manager. Caroline worked in the education sector for over a decade. In her spare time, Caroline is a Yoga and Pilates lover, amateur runner, passionate baker and chief taxi driver for her two daughters.

Melissa Turley

Head of Customer, Production & Event Services

Melissa’s career started at Old Mutual South Africa, where her passion for customer service began. She held various roles focused on customer care and completed a Leadership in Business course at the University of Cape Town in 2002. On arrival in the UK in 2003 she continued fulfilling roles in sales/marketing client support processes and now serves as Head of Customer, Production & Events Services at MiExact.

Stacey Barnes

Head of Marketing

Stacey Barnes has specialised in B2B information and events marketing since 2008. She began her career in the energy industry, working on marketing campaigns for conferences, data and information products at price-reporting agencies such as S&P Global Platts and Argus Media, before joining MiExact in 2018. She holds a degree in English Literature from Queen Mary, University of London.