About us

AI is transforming professional services. The firms that thrive will be entrepreneurial, collaborative and bold. We’re here to help our clients build cohesion and success through these challenging times.

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Our sector focus is our difference

  • Deploy specialist performance and reward tools that work
  • Gain sector insight from our research and publications
  • Become part of a community of progressive firms
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Our story

Ray D’Cruz & Patrick Fitzgerald, co-founders

“We started Performance Leader in 2007 because most HR platforms were too expensive or difficult to implement.

Today, the same HR platforms are really just here to tick a box. They're clunky, generic and totally unsuitable for the challenges of partnerships, where the stakes are high.

Almost 20 years on, our focus remains the same: specialist tooling for professional firms that are serious about building a performance and reward culture.

Our product team obsesses over design and deploys at a velocity only available to specialists.

Our client team stands beside our clients, as reflected in our NPS score of 80 (the top 1%). They're also dedicated to building our community and sharing knowledge.

If you want to do more than tick a box, we're for you."

Melbourne

2008

London

2015

Perth

2018

Our Leadership

Ray D'Cruz

CEO & Co-Founder

Abby Deakin

Senior Customer Success Manager

Anne-Marie Armour

Customer Support Consultant

Patrick Fitzgerald

CTO & Co-Founder

Paul Lemon

Head of Business Development

Emma Smedley

Customer Success Manager

Katie Simpson

Customer Success Manager

Logan Balavijendran

Head of Customer Success

Maria Clancy

Senior Customer Success Manager

Peter Dutton

Head of Infrastructure & Infosec

Seerat Awan

Senior Developer

Resources

Our publications

We help you stay at the leading edge and keep evolving