Bio

Dean is a Partner at Corten. In addition to his role at Corten, Dean is the CEO of Forterro, a European-focused software company serving more than 11,000 small and midsized industrial customers. Dean started his career in the tech industry in his early 20s and by age 29, he had played a major role in the international growth of US software firm Primavera and was instrumental in its sale to Oracle for c. $550m. This led to a CEO role at KDS, a travel and expense management software company, which was acquired by American Express in the largest technology deal Amex had ever closed at the time. Dean then become CEO at CoreHR, a cloud-based HR and payroll solutions provider, driving its growth and then acquisition by Access Group. There he took the role of President, leading the successful integration of CoreHR into Access, and establishing what is now the Access People division. Dean is highly passionate about social mobility and philanthropy, and actively supports those with similar backgrounds to his own. Twice homeless and a primary carer in his teens for his disabled mother, Dean now campaigns and invests to level the playing field for the UK's under-served communities through his not-for-profit foundation, the Forbes Family Group.