Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Board level operator excited to help others succeed and "scale-up", with the useful perspective of an M&A, PE and CEO background in start-ups through to £100m+ revenue, 300 FTE organisations; and a track record of working as Chair or Founder Adviser with Founders / CEOs, to assist organisations to deliver sales performance and operational scale within rapid-change technology markets, and secure shareholder liquidity. Currently working with VC backed iRiS Software and privately owned Airangel, hoppa, and Saescada - across a variety of elements comprising Growth, Transformation and Liquidity Most recently transformed an under-performing €80 million UK based PE-owned US & EMEA B2B technology group through to a successful cash exit to a US strategic buyer; streamlined 4 business units around a revised commercial and operational geographic strategy, integrated 2 acquisitions (EU & US), restored and maintained year-over-year sales growth, and won market share in the strategic and emerging regions of Africa and Middle East.
For the Deskless employee creating cultures where every voice matters and every person can be their best..... in the UK, EU and US. Equity backed by YFM, Mercia & Foresight Single-unified platform for employee listening. WorkBuzz enables customers to get feedback throughout the employee lifecycle, from onboarding through to exit, helping to creating moments that matter and reasons to stay...... particularly the 80% of the workforce that are deskless employees
The most trusted and intelligent accreditation platform in the world providing end-to-end software for all workforce, media, broadcast, athletes, performers and officials at across leading venues, stadiums, sporting leagues, federations, government events and ceremonies from 100 to 1,000,000 people Backed by Gresham House since 2024 with £10m investment Its feature-rich platform allows organisations to set levels of personnel security and risk-based data collection while removing pain points for venue owners and event organisers, with tools for data registration and document collection, data review & vetting, automated background checking with external sources, badge printing, access control and tracking. Sitting at the crossroads of operations, health & safety, security and IT, Accredit Solutions’ platform benefits multiple client departments by streamlining efficiencies and driving increased security to protect against the global terrorism threats to events, making it a mission-critical technology.
15gift's mission is to make buying without humans feel human. We’re obsessed with the psychology of choice, studying the key principles that drive people to make confident decisions on the high street and bringing those qualities into the digital world through intelligent decision-engine technology. SAAS based proprietary Humara is an agentic Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)-powered virtual sales agent and its cloud-based Guided Selling Engine are powering thousands of confident choices every day across some of the world's largest brands including Verizon, Charter, Sprint, Virgin, EE, Sky, Three, BT, and O2. With every engine interaction, we’re learning more about customers, gathering insights, and powering more and more accurate recommendations. Private equity backed since December 2022 via the funds and support of FPE Capital
CONNECTING PEOPLE TO THE RIGHT PROFESSIONAL TO MAKE CONFIDENT 'BIG LIFE' DECISIONS Unbiased.co.uk is the UK's leading professional service marketplace that is revolutionising the way consumers find advice. To-date, Unbiased has helped 10+ million people find the unbiased advice they need from the UK’s biggest selection of financial advisers, mortgage brokers, solicitors and accountants. Backed by YFM Equity Partners and their £4.5m 2019 Series A investment
The right Content in the right Place at the right Time Smartology provides a highly efficient and powerful digital Contextual advertising software platform designed to address the challenges associated with the expiration of Cookies, cost effective and targeted brand amplication, brand security, and advertising quality. Backed at Series A by Committed Capital, this fast scaling business operates in the US & UK and led by its founder Mark Bembridge