Leadership Team

Board of Directors

Greg Bentley

Executive Chair

Greg Bentley

Executive Chair

Greg Bentley joined his four brothers at Bentley Systems in 1991. Previously, he founded a financial trading software firm, which became part of SunGard Data Systems, Inc., an S&P 500 company on whose public-company board Greg served from 1991 through 2005. He holds an M.B.A. in finance and decision sciences from Wharton. Greg is a trustee of Drexel University, where he also serves as chairman of the advisory board for the Pennoni Honors College.
Keith A. Bentley

EVP and Board Director

Keith A. Bentley

EVP and Board Director

Keith Bentley is a founder of Bentley Systems and is the principal architect of the company’s technology directions. He has served as a director and an executive officer since Bentley’s inception, and was the company’s president until 1995 and CEO until 2000. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Delaware and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florida. Keith is the primary inventor on numerous company patents.
Barry J. Bentley, Ph.D.

Board Director

Barry J. Bentley, Ph.D.

Board Director

Barry is a founder of Bentley Systems and has served as a director and an executive officer since the company’s inception in 1984. He is one of the originators of MicroStation and has been continuously involved in the planning and development of Bentley’s software applications and technology. Barry served as chairman of the board from 1984 to 1996. His software development career dates back to 1979, when he co-founded and served as vice president of Dynamic Solutions Corporation, developing products for data acquisition and analysis. Barry holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware and an M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the California Institute of Technology.
Raymond B. Bentley

Board Director

Raymond B. Bentley

Board Director

Ray Bentley is one of the original developers at Bentley Systems and has served as a director since 2015. He is a lead developer for MicroStation and a chief architect in the Core-Graphics group. Ray earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a master’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Cincinnati.
Nicholas Cumins

Board Director

Nicholas Cumins

Board Director

Nicholas Cumins is a Board Director at Bentley Systems and also serves as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. In this role, he is responsible for the company’s overall strategy and growth. An experienced software executive, he has served in leadership roles with established and startup companies for 25 years. He most recently served as Bentley’s chief operating officer. Prior to joining Bentley as chief product officer in 2020, Nicholas served as general manager of SAP Marketing Cloud, a comprehensive marketing automation platform. He also served as chief product officer of Scytl, a platform for online voting, and as senior vice president of product with OpenX, a pioneer in programmatic advertising. Before OpenX, Nicholas had already served in a variety of senior roles at SAP, including product management, corporate strategy, and business development. He earned master’s degrees in law and in business from Paris II Panthéon-Assas University. Nicholas is a dual French and U.S. citizen and is based in France.
Kirk Griswold

Board Director

Kirk Griswold

Board Director

Kirk B. Griswold has served on our board of directors since 2002. He is a founding partner of Argosy Capital Group, Inc., a private equity and real estate firm. Kirk holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. with a dual major in finance and management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Janet B. Haugen

Board Director

Janet B. Haugen

Board Director

Janet B. Haugen joined as a director in September 2020. She previously served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Unisys Corporation from April 2000 to November 2016. She also held positions as Vice President, Controller and Acting Chief Financial Officer of Unisys between April 1996 and April 2000. Prior to joining Unisys, she held positions at Ernst & Young from 1980 to 1996, including as an audit partner from 1993 to 1996. She currently serves on the board of directors, Audit Committee Chair and a member of the Compensation Committee of Paycom Software, Inc., a provider of comprehensive, cloud-based human capital management software, a position she has held since February 2018. Since May 2019 she has served on the board of directors of Juniper Networks, Inc., which designs, develops and sells high-performance network technology products and services, and as chair of the Audit Committee since February 2020. She also served on the board of directors and chair of the audit committee of SunGard Data Systems Inc., a software and services company, from 2002 to 2005.

Brian F. Hughes

Board Director

Brian F. Hughes

Board Director

Brian F. Hughes has served on our board of directors since February 2020. He retired from KPMG LLP in 2019 where he served as partner since 2002. At KPMG LLP, Brian was also national private markets group leader from 2012 to 2019, national co-leader of KPMG’s venture capital practice from 2009 to 2019, and the practice leader of the technology and venture capital group at KPMG’s Philadelphia office from 2002 to 2009. He began his career in 1981 at Arthur Andersen and was elected partner in 1993. Brian holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and accounting and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Leadership Team

Nicholas Cumins

Chief Executive Officer

Nicholas Cumins

Chief Executive Officer

Nicholas Cumins is a Board Director at Bentley Systems and also serves as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. In this role, he is responsible for the company’s overall strategy and growth. An experienced software executive, he has served in leadership roles with established and startup companies for 25 years. He most recently served as Bentley’s chief operating officer. Prior to joining Bentley as chief product officer in 2020, Nicholas served as general manager of SAP Marketing Cloud, a comprehensive marketing automation platform. He also served as chief product officer of Scytl, a platform for online voting, and as senior vice president of product with OpenX, a pioneer in programmatic advertising. Before OpenX, Nicholas had already served in a variety of senior roles at SAP, including product management, corporate strategy, and business development. He earned master’s degrees in law and in business from Paris II Panthéon-Assas University. Nicholas is a dual French and U.S. citizen and is based in France.
Werner Andre

Chief Financial Officer

Werner Andre

Chief Financial Officer

Werner Andre serves as Bentley’s Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2022, where he is responsible for all aspects of finance including worldwide accounting, financial planning and analysis, tax and treasury. Werner joined Bentley in 2015 as Global Corporate Controller and served as Bentley’s Chief Accounting Officer from 2020 through March 2024. He was an instrumental player in the company’s initial public offering process and successfully scaled the financial reporting and controllership functions as the company matured to a public company. Prior to joining Bentley, Werner served as Assistant Corporate Controller – International Accounting and Reporting for Rockwood Holdings, Inc., and held several roles with PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1995 to 2010. Werner earned a BS and MBA degree in Accounting and Financial Reporting from the University for Economics and Business Administration in Vienna.
Andy Rahden

Chief Revenue Officer

Andy Rahden

Chief Revenue Officer

Andy Rahden serves as Bentley’s Chief Revenue Officer, responsible for leading the company’s global accounts organization. Since joining Bentley in 2023, Andy has served as senior vice president of Solution Engineering and Services, overseeing Bentley’s global team of application engineers, solution architects, consultants, and technical account managers who partner with major accounts to integrate new technologies into their workflows. Andy has more than two decades of experience in digital design software. Before Bentley, he was CEO of educational technology company Shmoop and held senior leadership roles at Pluralsight where he founded the company’s Creative, Design, and Engineering group and Autodesk where he held several global leadership roles in technical sales and services. Earlier in his career, he worked in water infrastructure design with Baker Hughes and in sales management for a SolidWorks distributor. Andy holds a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Utah.
Eric Boyer

Investor Relations Officer

Eric Boyer

Investor Relations Officer

Eric Boyer joined Bentley as investor relations officer in December 2022, and is responsible for the strategic direction and execution of the company’s investor relations efforts. Eric has over 20 years of experience within investor relations and capital markets, including roles as SVP and Head of Investor Relations at IHS Markit, equity research analyst for Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank, and management consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He earned a Bachelor of Science in business logistics and international business from Pennsylvania State University.
Chris Bradshaw

Chief Sustainability and Education Officer

Chris Bradshaw

Chief Sustainability and Education Officer

Chris Bradshaw is chief sustainability and education officer at Bentley Systems, bringing together Bentley’s sustainability and education initiatives with the objective of empowering Bentley’s users to achieve sustainable and resilient outcomes, while ensuring the next generation of engineers has the tools and knowledge to succeed. He joined Bentley as chief marketing officer and was previously chief marketing and product officer of Blue Prism Group, a London-based software company that specializes in robotic process automation. Chris also worked at Autodesk in a variety of leadership roles, including chief marketing officer. Additionally, he managed flight software development for the United States Air Force, where he guided the development, testing, and integration of on-board computer systems for two national space programs. Chris earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University, and an M.B.A. from Duke University. He serves as a member of the Board of Project Lead the Way, a K-12 STEM education non-profit organization.
Issa Breibish

Chief Design Officer

Issa Breibish

Chief Design Officer

Issa Breibish is an award-winning design executive with over 30 years of experience driving transformation across a broad spectrum of industries. With a passion for simplicity at the intersection of people, brands, and technology, Issa’s career has spanned early-stage startups through Fortune 500 companies where he has consistently fostered cultures of innovation, design leadership, and advocacy. At Bentley, he leads multidiscipline teams across product, brand, and digital experience, positioning design as a key driver of transformation across the business. Before joining Bentley, Issa served as Chief Customer Officer at Seequent, in addition to holding influential roles at Adobe, Corbis, and Verity. He was also co-founder of Veer, a design-forward brand which became a creative industry love-mark before being acquired by Bill Gates in 2007.
Graham Grant

CEO, Seequent

Graham Grant

CEO, Seequent

Graham Grant is the Chief Executive Officer of Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company. He is responsible for leading all functions of Seequent as a strategic business unit of Bentley Systems. Graham joined Seequent in 2012 and worked across all business functions as Chief Operations Officer before becoming CEO in April 2021. Prior to Seequent, Graham held commercial and operational roles across multiple geographies and sectors including financial services, renewable energy, shipping and forestry management. He holds a Honours degree in Forestry Science from Canterbury University and a MBA from the University of Leeds.
James Lee

Chief Operating Officer

James Lee

Chief Operating Officer

James Lee is Chief Operating Officer of Bentley Systems. In this role, he is responsible for strengthening cross-functional planning and execution, driving operational excellence, and overseeing corporate development. A strategic and operational leader, he has a 20-year track record of driving growth and transformation in the technology industry. Prior to joining Bentley, James served as General Manager of Startups and AI at Google Cloud, where he built Google Cloud Platform into the platform of choice for AI development, and led Google Cloud’s Strategic Initiatives for the Americas. Before Google, James spent 12 years at SAP, including serving as COO for SAP Ariba and Fieldglass and as COO and General Manager of Sales for SAP Greater China. James holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia, and a Diploma in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Cate Lochead

Chief Marketing Officer

Cate Lochead

Chief Marketing Officer

Cate Lochead is chief marketing officer at Bentley. She joined Bentley in 2025 and is responsible for leading the company’s global brand and communications, events and digital, demand generation, field marketing, and product and industry marketing activities. Cate has more than 20 years of experience building high-performing go-to-market teams in both startups and global software companies. She has led marketing teams through major industry shifts in AI and cloud infrastructure. At JumpCloud, she built a global marketing team that fueled three years of rapid expansion. Earlier in her career, she oversaw marketing at Carbon Black through the company’s successful IPO, and led application communications at Oracle, where she aligned messaging across a broad portfolio of acquired companies. Cate holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Virginia. She also co-founded Soul Savvy, a non-profit wellness center in Rwanda focused on mental health, physical well-being, and personal connections.
Julien Moutte

Chief Technology Officer

Julien Moutte

Chief Technology Officer

Julien Moutte is chief technology officer of Bentley Systems and is the principal architect of the company’s technology directions. He has over 20 years of technology leadership experience in startups, scaleups, and large organizations. Prior to joining Bentley as vice president of technology in 2021, Julien served as head of technology for SAP Marketing Cloud and a member of the office of the chief technology officer with SAP Customer Experience. He also served as chief technology officer of Scytl, a platform for online voting, and the Fluendo, the Free Software multimedia experts, which he co-founded in 2004 in Barcelona, Spain. Julien holds a degree in computer science from Université Claude Bernard in Lyon, France.
David Shaman

Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

David Shaman

Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

David Shaman joined Bentley in 1998 as deputy general counsel in its Netherlands office and was named Bentley’s chief legal officer in 2016. Prior to this role, he served Bentley as general counsel and was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the legal department’s global operations. Before joining Bentley, David was with the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Covington & Burling LLP, in its Brussels, Belgium, office. David earned a jurist doctorate degree from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Ruth Sleeter

Chief Information Officer

Ruth Sleeter

Chief Information Officer

Ruth Sleeter is Chief Information Officer of Bentley Systems, responsible for internal technology infrastructure, systems, data, and security. Prior to joining Bentley in 2025, she served as Chief Information Officer for Axon Enterprise and, before that, as Chief Information Officer at Sonos. Ruth has over 25 years of experience as a technologist across a wide variety of industries. Her multifaceted career encompasses software product leadership, strategic planning, internal technology management, and business transformation. She holds a degree in computer science from Columbia University.
Florence Zheng

Chief People Officer

Florence Zheng

Chief People Officer

Florence Zheng is the Chief People Officer at Bentley Systems. In this role, she is responsible for driving business outcomes through advancing the company’s people strategy. Leading the global People organization, she focuses on building a high-performing organization and cultivating the unique Bentley culture through effective organization design, workforce planning, leadership development, talent acquisition, learning, and colleague engagement. Florence started at Bentley in 2005 and held several leadership positions before joining the executive team as Chief Talent Officer in 2014. She took an advisory role in 2022 working with Bentley’s founders before taking on the global HR leadership role again. Prior to Bentley, Florence served in HR management roles at Shell and GE Energy in China. Florence holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree from Shanghai International Studies University.