Transact
Ben Procter has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries and roles. Ben is currently working at Transact as the Head Of Tech Risk & Governance, where they have been since October 2023. Prior to that, they worked as the IT Operations Manager at Transact from July 2020 to October 2023. From 2016 to 2020, they worked at OneFamily in various positions including Infrastructure Support Manager, Technical Support BAU Team Lead, and System Administrator. Before that, they worked as a Transition Consultant at Acora - Outsourced IT Services from October 2015 to January 2016. Ben also has experience as a Managing Director at PnP Systems LTD from December 2012 to September 2015. Additionally, they worked at Family Investments as a Desktop Technical Support Analyst from November 2007 to July 2014, and at Towergate Insurance as a Junior Technician from May 2005 to May 2007. Their career started at Central Sussex College as an Apprentice Technician from July 2004 to January 2005.
Ben Procter attended Ardingly College from 1997 to 2002 and Central Sussex College from 2003 to 2004. In terms of additional certifications, they obtained a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Lean Six Sigma - Yellow Belt from The Knowledge Academy in 2019, LCS Level 1a from Lean Competency System in 2018, and became a Microsoft Certified Professional in June 2011.
Transact
Transact is the leading independent investment wrap platform in the UK. Established in 2000, we have over £50.31 billion of funds under direction (as at June 2021) on behalf of over 6,400 advisers and 205,000 investor clients. Our service includes an online platform, owned and built by us, and dedicated regional adviser support to help bring clients' assets and investments together in a smarter, more tax efficient way. We offer access to a wide range of tax wrappers (including ISAs, pensions and life insurance investment bonds) and funds which advisers use to build client investment portfolios. Portfolio valuations, purchases and sales are all supported via Transact Online which is available 24/7. Transact's parent company, IntegraFin Holdings plc, is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 index. We have been rated the number one investment platform in independent surveys conducted by CoreData and Investment Trends for 11 consecutive years (2010-2020). We once again topped major categories including Overall Satisfaction, Investment Capabilities and Adviser Support Services in the 2020 Investment Trends survey. We are proud to have been voted Platform of the Decade at the 2016 UK Platform Awards, and in 2017 we won eight awards including FT Adviser’s 5 Star Investment and Investment Innovation award. In 2018 our awards included Platforum's Best Adviser Platform over £10bn, as well as Professional Paraplanner's Best Platform and Best Overall Service - Existing Business awards. In 2019 we were awarded Professional Adviser's Best Platform for Advisers (AUA over £20bn), Professional Paraplanner's Best Platform award as well as FT Adviser’s 5 Star Investment Provider award. For 2020 we were awarded a Platinum Platform Rating by Adviser Asset (which we also received in 2019 and 2018) and the FT Adviser’s 5 Start Platform award.