Auckland, New Zealand — 1 May 2026 — IDIOM Limited today announced the appointment of Feargus Norton as chief executive officer, with the title “Head of IDIOM”, effective 1 May 2026. He succeeds founder Mark Norton, who will continue to support the company as Executive Director after serving as CEO since establishing IDIOM in 2001.

Feargus Norton brings 20 years of experience within IDIOM, with a strong track record across the company’s operations, customer engagement, and commercial growth.

“Feargus was identified early as the right leader for IDIOM during the process of bringing the business into BlackRock’s Long Term Private Capital portfolio in 2023,” said Founder Mark Norton. “Our current parent company, Heywood, represented the buyers in that process and were impressed by Feargus’ deep product expertise, customer insight, and leadership capability. His appointment to the executive team following the transaction reflected a clear succession plan leading to today’s announcement.”

In 2025, Keylane acquired both Heywood and IDIOM. Keylane is a leading European provider of highly configurable, customer-centric SaaS platforms for the insurance and pensions industry.

“IDIOM leads the global market in decision automation, particularly in enabling complex data transformations and calculations that underpin success in financial services,” said Feargus Norton. “The business is well positioned to take advantage of the opportunities created through Heywood and Keylane. I’m excited to build on our proven technology and expertise to support their continued growth, while also expanding our strong base of multinational clients across financial services and related sectors.”

About IDIOM Limited
IDIOM is a global leader in decision automation. Its flagship product, IDIOM Decision Manager, enables business specialists to define, test, and deploy the critical data transformations and calculations that power core operations across financial services and related industries. IDIOM supports corporate clients at scale across insurance, pensions, health, government, and logistics sectors worldwide.