Experience

Skill Capital

• United Kingdom
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • May 2021 - Present

  Skill Capital works with best-in-class management teams and world-renowned private equity investors across Europe and North America in pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities. Founded in 1998, Skill Capital specializes in finding & assessing board-level management teams for portfolio companies, facilitating due diligence on upcoming deals, and working with executives and founders to raise private capital. Skill Capital works with best-in-class management teams and world-renowned private equity investors across Europe and North America in pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities. Founded in 1998, Skill Capital specializes in finding & assessing board-level management teams for portfolio companies, facilitating due diligence on upcoming deals, and working with executives and founders to raise private capital.



London Dynamics

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Observer

  • Oct 2020 - May 2021

  Responsible for continued growth and scaling of the London Dynamics business across all sectors of eCommerce. Working alongside founding team of Michael Valdsgaard and Daniel van der Schoorwe are taking London Dynamics on a very exciting journey. Come and join us, speak to us and get hands-on with London Dynamics to see how hyper-realistic Augmented Reality is going to change eCommerce. Responsible for continued growth and scaling of the London Dynamics business across all sectors of eCommerce. Working alongside founding team of Michael Valdsgaard and Daniel van der Schoorwe are taking London Dynamics on a very exciting journey. Come and join us, speak to us and get hands-on with London Dynamics to see how hyper-realistic Augmented Reality is going to change eCommerce.



Dragonfly AI

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Observer

  • Aug 2019 - May 2021

  Responsible for continued growth and scaling of the Dragonfly AI business across all sectors from Retail to L&D. Working alongside co-founders David Mitchell and Mark Bainbridge we are taking Dragonfly AI on a very exciting journey. Come and join us, speak to us and get hands-on with Dragonfly AI to see what Predictive Visual Analytics can do for your business. Responsible for continued growth and scaling of the Dragonfly AI business across all sectors from Retail to L&D. Working alongside co-founders David Mitchell and Mark Bainbridge we are taking Dragonfly AI on a very exciting journey. Come and join us, speak to us and get hands-on with Dragonfly AI to see what Predictive Visual Analytics can do for your business.



Capita

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Venture Capital Principal & Scaling Partner

  • Mar 2018 - May 2021

  Scaling up to become a successful, sustainable business requires more than just a passive financial investment. At Capita, our proposition is different. We enable our partner start-ups to think and act like a big company at a very early stage in their development. Our dedicated corporate venturing unit, Capita Scaling Partner, has been created as a platform to secure tangible growth for start-ups by leveraging the wherewithal of Capita plc. It is made up of highly experienced professionals with skills across sales, marketing, strategy, commercial negotiations, investment, business architecture, IT and project management. We provide start-ups with:• a dedicated business development team that works with them over 2-3 years to secure B2B deals from our established client base• direct access to our corporate contacts – the decision makers – through relationships that have been built up over 30 years• the ability to negotiate scale deals with clients on an equal footing• direct channels to UK and Ireland consumers • Capita’s proprietary consumer data, collected from handling over 45 million contacts every day• access to our low cost and scalable shared services • access to our extensive investor network and relationships with investment banks.We sit side by side with our partner start-ups, pitching their proposition to our own client base, allowing them to speak to decision makers immediately. Our start-up partners are empowered to think big and act big, while retaining their own brand, culture, identity, agility and negotiating terms with clients and suppliers on an equal footing. We’d love to hear from innovative digital companies that are disrupting our core markets and need help to scale, early stage investors who want to maximise the value of their portfolio and buyers of SMEs. Show less

• Solutions Manager - Professional Services Sales

  • Nov 2017 - Mar 2018

• Solutions Manager - Group Sales

  • May 2017 - Nov 2017



Newton Europe

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Principal Consultant

  • Sep 2015 - Apr 2017

  Our approach is different – deliberately. We work hand in hand with our clients, delivering at the coalface. Together, we crack some of the largest and most complex challenges in the public and private sectors, by pinpointing and implementing the changes that will create the greatest impact.

• Lead Consultant

  • Oct 2013 - Sep 2015

• Senior Consultant

  • Jul 2010 - Oct 2013



Triumph Motorcycles Limited

• United Kingdom
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Design Engineer

  • Jul 2006 - Sep 2007

  Based in a chassis team I was responsible for updates to the Rocket 3 and development of new parts for the Rocket 3 Touring. I took a number of parts from renderings through design, prototype manufacture, and testing and release procedures. Also took on the number one warranty issue on the Rocket 3 and implemented a permanent fix with a dealer and production line kits that were made available in record time. Based in a chassis team I was responsible for updates to the Rocket 3 and development of new parts for the Rocket 3 Touring. I took a number of parts from renderings through design, prototype manufacture, and testing and release procedures. Also took on the number one warranty issue on the Rocket 3 and implemented a permanent fix with a dealer and production line kits that were made available in record time.