Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Commercial and operational leader with 12+ years’ experience building and scaling high-growth marketplace and technology businesses across the UK and internationally. Founder, CEO and Entrepreneur in Residence with a track record spanning venture-backed startups, international expansion, fundraising, partnerships, and hands-on operational leadership. I’ve built teams, launched businesses into new markets, raised capital from leading investors, and worked closely with founders, operators, and global partners to scale companies from early-stage to international growth. Co-founder of PonchoPay, a FinTech platform simplifying childcare payments and subsidies, backed by Kamet Ventures. Co-founder of Shepper, scaling operations across 25+ countries, and part of the founding team at LOVESPACE during its early growth phase. Particularly interested in marketplaces, FinTech and businesses where strong execution and commercial focus genuinely move the needle.
Built and scaled this payments platform to 100k's of users and £millions processed. Backed by Kamet Ventures, PonchoPay works with leading childcare providers and payment partners to simplify one of the UK’s most fragmented payment journeys. Raised £4m to date, working closely with partners including Adyen and participating in leading accelerator programmes including Accenture’s FinTech Innovation Lab.
Kamet is a €100m venture builder, backed by AXA. As an Entrepreneur in Residence I supported Kamet's portfolio of ventures while leading an incubation project.
Part of the launch team helping scale LOVESPACE from early-stage startup into one of the UK’s leading consumer storage platforms. Helped grow the business from a small founding team to 30+ employees and ~£3m revenue, while supporting fundraising across multiple investment rounds and leading strategic partnerships with brands including Mothercare, Workspace, TaskRabbit, and Oxfam.
Early team at Streetcar (sold to Zipcar) and account management in the gaming industry. Studying for an MBA at University of Oxford.