As co-founder and Chief of Product, Darius is responsible for bringing the vision of Wrisk to life. He is an expert UX practitioner and has worked in varied environments – holding leadership roles across large corporates within technology and insurance to consultancies and green-field startups.

Darius led the Experience Design Practice for ThoughtWorks Europe (a top technical consultancy) for several years. Over his tenure, he led several successful digital programmes, including large scale transformations for Thomson Reuters and launched TimeOut’s award-winning iPhone app.

As Head of Digital at specialist insurer Markel International, Darius helped build out their digital capability. He introduced new tools, tech and working practices alongside more Agile approaches to governance. Beyond repeatedly delivering quality software, his team was recognised for cultural transformation by being awarded one of the prestigious Spark the Change cross-industry awards.

Darius is recognised as a change agent within the insurance industry. He has keynoted and presented at several industry events and attended insurtech round-tables at 10 Downing St.
Darius is a regular speaker at international conferences on digital leadership, UX and Agile transformation and is a huge advocate of Lean UX and disruptive innovation.