Our Team

Married to Micky with three sons, I live in the sticks and am a country boy at heart. I’ve spent most of my career in tech progressing from coder, to salesman, to sales leader to CEO. After 16 years in corporates, I co-founded my first business in 2000 with fellow Pathfinder, Sandip which we exited in 2008. I went on to join Reevoo which I led until 2018. Today I help others avoid mistakes I’ve already made.

• My “Huh?” Things: Can’t do attitudes, hypocrisy, arrogance. 

• My “Ha” Things: Family & friends and if I’m on a hill, in a wood or by a river I’m happy.

• Phobia: For weeds surely?

• Most admired trait: A sense of humour.

• North Star: Keep it simple.

• Favourite Song: I love music, I can’t pick one!

• Album I’ll never get sick of: Caravansarai, Santana.

• Favourite quote: “Vision without execution is hallucination.” – Thomas Eddison (probably)

• Favourite Book: Return of the native – Thomas Hardy.

• One behaviour that makes you go nuts: The blame game.

Married to Katie with four children, an entrepreneur and investor across multiple verticals following the exit of a UK/Dutch software/agency I co-founded Spindrift with fellow Pathfinder, Keith in 2007.  It became the 14th biggest design and build digital agency in the UK (eConsultancy top 100) before being sold to Publicis in 2014.

• My “Huh?” Things: Extreme Pessimism.

• My “Ha” Things: Family, Paisley VW camper van, progressive trance, cooking for family, orange, deejaying on a beach at sunset, skiing, mountains, pint of warm ale and cognac. Here is my latest heavy rotation that I deejay to the kids.

• Phobia: Snakes!

• Most admired trait: Inspiring, loyalty and mentoring.

• North Star: Always be prepared to step off a cliff.

• Favourite Song: Sky Fall Away by Above and Beyond.

• Album I’ll never get sick of: Above and Beyond Acoustics Volume 1, My daughter and little boy were born to the album in a birthing pool. Oxytocin production at its best.

• Favourite quote: “The man who finds his homeland sweet is a tender beginner; he to whom every soil is as his native one is already strong; but he is perfect to whom the entire world is a foreign land” – Hugo of St Victor Twelfth Century Saxon Monk.

• Favourite Book: Frank Herbert’s Dune Trilogy. Allegory of climate change.

• One behaviour that makes you go nuts: Failing to see an opportunity in a bad situation.

I’m married with three sons, an entrepreneur and investor across multiple verticals following the sale of a UK/Dutch software/agency I co-founded in 2007 called Spindrift. 20 years in enterprise software sales, product and delivery. We built software products and provided expert consulting to some of the most complex online commerce projects in Europe. I’m particularly interested in application of technology to people

• My “Huh?” Things: Duplicity and pretentiousness. 

• My “Ha” Things: Adventure travel: sailing, motorbiking, rally raid. Enabling people. Utopian and dystopian visions.

• Phobia: Authoritarianism

• Most admired trait: Passion. I tend to be dispassionate by nature so really appreciate it in others.

• North Star: Go with the flow and steer for the best outcome

• Favourite Song: “I am the Resurrection” by Stone Roses or “She Sells Sanctuary” by The Cult – Love the guitars and don’t pay much attention to lyrics.

• Album I’ll never get sick of: “Surfer Rosa” by The Pixies. Still not sure what most of the songs are about…

• Favourite quote: Not a quote person…

• Favourite Book: Patrick O’ Brien’s Aubrey/Maturin series.

• One behaviour that makes you go nuts: Talking at people rather than conversing with them

I am married with two children, an entrepreneur and investor. I co-founded my first start up with my fellow Pathfinder Jonathan and exited in 2008 - since then have done few other startups spanning various industries and consulting in Middle East, India, Singapore, Hong Kong and China. I thrive in challenging environment and ensure that the experience built up can be used to scale up startups faster and for less! Love working with passionate people.

• My “Huh?” Things: Disrespectfulness, Impatience, Selfishness

• My “Ha” Things: Family and friends, cooking, good wine - passion for travelling, running, keep fit, meeting people

• Phobia: N/A

• Most admired trait: Loyalty, honesty and fun.

• North Star: Make difference to people's lives

• Favourite Song: I Don’t Like Cricket (I Love it)

• Album I’ll never get sick of: Tera Chehra - Adnan Sami

• Favourite quote: “In a day, when you do not come across any problems -you can be sure that you are travelling in the wrong path” - Swami Vivekananda

• Favourite Book: The African Child by Camara Laye

• One behaviour that makes you go nuts: Waffling

I’m married with two children, a sports fanatic, an entrepreneur and investor across multiple technology companies. I have a track record of successful growth curves within technology companies, and have also ventured successfully into other areas including self storage and hospitality.

• My “Huh?” Things: Negativity, child poverty.

• My “Ha” Things: Family, friends, rowing, biking, canoeing, running, swimming, gym, gardening, music, reading, fireworks and alcohol.

• Phobia: Spiders!

• Most admired trait: Driven, honest, objective, fun.

• North Star: If in doubt, do something.

• Favourite Song: Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On), Talking Heads.

• Album I’ll never get sick of: Heaven or Las Vegas, Cocteau Twins. A plethora of ethereal notes, beautifully pieced together.

• Favourite quote: “Things come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle” – Abraham Lincoln.

• Favourite Book: Too many to mention!.

• One behaviour that makes you go nuts: Fear of failure and unwarranted stubbornness (I know, that’s two!)