Affinda Group

Affinda Group is a trusted partner to organisations seeking to maximise their impact in the AI era.

Team automating workflows with document AI
Team automating workflows with document AI

Affinda is an AI transformation partner to enterprises globally. With expertise in business process automation and a proprietary intelligent document processing platform, Affinda enables organizations to streamline workflows with AI.

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Our story

Affinda co-founders Ben Toner and Tim Toner
This is a story of two brothers whose mix of grit, curiosity and ambition sparked something bigger than themselves – a company built on customer focus, bold ideas and the drive to make a real impact. It all began 12 years ago in an apartment next to The University of Melbourne. Tim Toner had been working around the clock as an investment banker at Macquarie and Lazard, while his brother, Ben, was immersed in the world of quantum physics, having recently completed his PhD at Caltech. With high hopes and big dreams, they set out to build the best tech company they could.

Fast forward to today, and the rapid advancements in AI have supercharged the business. The Affinda Group team now sits across Asia Pacific, North America and Europe, serving customers in more than 80 countries, and we’re growing at more than 100% per year.

Leadership team

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Ben Toner, Co-founder & Chief Scientist

Ben is an expert in machine learning, data science, software development and quantum computing. ​Ben has a PhD and Master of Science in quantum physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

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Timothy Toner, Co-founder & CEO

Tim has 20+ years of experience as an investment banker and tech company founder. Previously, Tim worked at Lazard and Macquarie Group, where he focused on principal investments, M&A and equity capital markets.

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Peter Halstead, Independent Chair

Peter has over 35 years of capital markets experience across Australia and Europe. He is currently Chief Investment Officer at Little Group (Paul Little’s family office). Previously, Peter was Head of Equity Capital Markets at Lazard and Head of Institutional Sales at Citi for Australia & New Zealand.

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Christine Christian AO, Non-executive Director

Christine has 35+ years of experience as a company director, investor, and entrepreneur. She is currently President, State Library Victoria, Chair of Pier 12 Capital and SelfWealth and Non-Executive Director of Generation Development Group and MaxCap Group. Prior to her board career, Christine was CEO of Dun & Bradstreet’s Australia and New Zealand business from 1997 to 2011.

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