Leadership

Lara brings two decades of experience to her role as Executive Vice President of Settlement Fund Accounting. She is responsible for strategic growth and guidance in settlement fund accounting, banking, distributions, and tax compliance. In the last ten years, Lara and her team have overseen the distribution of more than 7,700 class distributions, representing over 31 million payments and more than $17 Billion in assets. In recent years, $4 billion of these monies have been distributed in EUR, CAD, ZAR in support of collective actions and non-US settlements. As the marketplace for digital disbursements continues to grow, this team has helped facilitate more than 100+ digital distributions to more than 3 million claimants via PayPal, Venmo, Zello, Amazon and Interac.

Prior to joining Verita, Lara specialized in public accounting for over a decade, serving as an audit manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Financial Services sector based in San Francisco, Singapore and New York. Throughout her years of experience in settlement administration, Lara has overseen more than 2,600 settlement administrations, which have included some of the largest and most complex private settlements in history: Enron, UnitedHealth, Facebook, Pfizer, and Fortis (Europe).

Lara graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics and Psychology, and holds a Masters of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, Australia, as well as a Certified Treasury Professional Certificate and a California C.P.A. License.

As a results driven CFO, Geoff leads the finance team with over 25 years of accounting experience in financial management, strategic planning, and business growth. He works with the Verita leadership team to optimize financial performance, drive operational efficiency, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

In 2023, Geoff assumed the role of CFO at Verita. Prior to this, he held various financial leadership positions within Computershare since 2012, including serving as the financial lead for KCC starting in 2015. Geoff’s extensive experience also includes financial executive roles at Sara Lee and Hyatt Corporation. Notably, he served as the CFO of SDI Inc., a subsidiary of Hyatt Corporation.

Geoff received a Bachelor of Arts in accounting from Illinois State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

As Chief Technology Officer, Brett brings over 25 years of information technology (IT) experience. Brett oversees all aspects of Verita’s IT infrastructure, including cloud and data center services; Settlement Administration Technology/Development Teams and Verita data management.  Brett also directs Operations, Technology, Product Management and Customer Support for the Trustee and Fiduciary Services group. Prior to Verita, he worked as the Head of Operations for TitleXI Software Services, directing all company technology, operations, and support. Before that he was the Director of Investment Operations for Pacific Life Insurance Company directing multiple teams responsible for investment middle and back-office operations, institutional client liability operations, and strategic business and technical integration.

Brett received his Masters of Business Administration from the University of California, Irvine and two Bachelor degrees in Accounting and Economics from the University of Louisville.