Having gained a BA in Finance and Accounting, Vivien trained with PricewaterhouseCoopers within both the audit and corporate recovery departments and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1993. She has worked in the profession for seven years followed by 5 years with two large corporate companies and then 4 years with entrepreneurial and venture capitalist backed business. During the last 5 years she has been successfully running her consultancy business, JVP Consultants Ltd offering financial, business and management advice to over 20 clients both in the UK and abroad.

Vivien joined Datanomic as part-time Chief Financial Officer in 2009 with responsibility for the financial function of Datanomic and its subsidiaries.