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Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid
Banyan Software is the best permanent home for software businesses that serve specialized industries, their employees, and their customers. With a buy-grow-and-hold-for-life approach and a permanent capital base, Banyan acquires and grows companies worldwide, honoring founder legacies and helping portfolio companies modernize through shared AI expertise and operational discipline. Founded in 2016, Banyan operates more than 120 portfolio companies across North and South America, Europe, and APAC, and has appeared on the Inc. 5000 list for six consecutive years. The Banyan Software Foundation, endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock, leverages technology to build a greener and more equitable world.
About WIZE
WIZE is the leading all-in-one Portfolio Management System for Swiss boutique wealth managers, External Asset Managers, and family offices. Founded in Geneva in 2010, WIZE has earned a trusted position in a relationship-driven market through deep product capability and a differentiated back-office outsourcing service that competitors have not replicated. The company operates on a highly recurring subscription model, holds a strong position within its vertical, and is in excellent operating shape. WIZE is now entering its first chapter of international ownership under Banyan Software, combining more than fifteen years of product depth and client trust with the operational and AI expertise of a global software group.
The Opportunity
You will join WIZE directly as Managing Director, United Kingdom, reporting to the CEO of WIZE, with responsibility for establishing and growing the UK business. This is a value-creation mandate, not a turnaround. . You will take the business into a new market, with the United Kingdom as the primary prize. The product has to remain the primary competitive advantage, the recurring revenue base has to be protected, and the opportunity to create structural distance through AI is real.
You will own the UK client and partner relationships, build the commercial motion from the ground up, and partner with the CEO and product and technology leader to ensure the platform addresses the needs of the UK market.
You will have substantial authority over the execution of the agreed UK strategy. Key commercial development decisions, including market positioning, target segments, pricing, partnerships, resource allocation, and major commercial commitments, will be decided jointly with the CEO.
You will do this with the long-term backing of a permanent-capital owner, free from the pressure to flip the business.
What You Will Own
Commercial & Revenue Growth
Product & Technology
Team & Operations
What We Are Looking For
The Managing Director we are looking for is a commercially-led WealthTech operator with deep roots in the UK wealth management software market who leads with an AI-first mindset and is energised by the opportunity to create real, lasting business value.
You have personally owned a revenue number, built a commercial motion where none existed, and opened a new geography from scratch.
You have held senior commercial responsibility at a software company serving wealth managers, private banks, or asset managers, with a track record of treating product as a primary strategic lever, closing complex, relationship-driven deals at a senior level, and leading your organisation through at least one meaningful inflexion point.
You proactively reposition ahead of market pressure, make difficult commercial and talent decisions for the long-term health of the business, and understand how to grow recurring revenue and protect the retention that sustains durability.
This is a value-creating enterprise SaaS leader who sees AI not as a feature but as a structural advantage embedded in how they sell, operate, and create enduring competitive distance for the businesses they lead.
Qualifications for Success
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