Gareth Werren

I'm a technology leader and software architect with 19 years' experience, 17 of them in financial services. As Chief Platform Officer at Fignum, I lead the architecture, engineering, AI strategy and day-to-day operations for Origin and Adapt, Fignum's loan origination and servicing platforms for specialist lenders, working closely with clients from pre-sales through to delivery.

AI

Embedding AI across engineering with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot and internal MCP servers, gaining an estimated 2x-10x increase in delivery capacity depending on the task. Building agentic AI and data extraction into our products.

Platforms

Architecting and delivering Origin (loan origination, live with mortgage and motor lenders), Adapt (loan servicing) and Evolve, the shared platform underpinning them, with 30+ third-party integrations to date.

Clients

Technical pre-sales and RFPs, with AI-powered rapid prototyping sessions winning client confidence and cutting implementation requirements gathering to around a week.

Leadership

Building and leading a team of teams in the UK with outsourced partners in Portugal and Hungary of around 30 engineers and testers. Winning board investment through evidence-based proposals.