Experience

UCL EdTech Labs

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisory Board Member

  • Jan 2020 - Present



Outlier Ventures

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

• Venture Capital

  • Aug 2022 - Sep 2023

  London, England, United Kingdom Part of a team of advisory professionals, working with multiple cohorts of companies leveraging web3 technologies, Covering Distributed Ledger technologies DeFi, Tokenisation of assets, NFTs and advising founders/companies on launch, growth strategies, raising investment, pitch development. Due Dillegencing companies to on board and negotiate terms of investment. Venture capital accelerator firm investing in Web 3.0 technologies, blockchain and the metaverse. Skills: Investments ·… Show more Part of a team of advisory professionals, working with multiple cohorts of companies leveraging web3 technologies, Covering Distributed Ledger technologies DeFi, Tokenisation of assets, NFTs and advising founders/companies on launch, growth strategies, raising investment, pitch development. Due Dillegencing companies to on board and negotiate terms of investment. Venture capital accelerator firm investing in Web 3.0 technologies, blockchain and the metaverse. Skills: Investments · Working with Investors · Investment Strategies · Networking · Public Relations · Business Development · Start-ups Show less



Discentia Capital

• United Kingdom
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

• Founding General Partner

  • Dec 2019 - Jan 2023

  London, United Kingdom Discentia Capital was a venture capital fund investing in the Future of Learning (EdTech) sector.



Ideal Ventures Studio

• Canada
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

• Accelerator Consultant/Entrepreneur in Residence

  • Jun 2015 - Jan 2021

  Toronto/London • Ideal labs now rebranded Ideal Ventures works with start-up companies and are dedicated to finding, nurturing and launching the next generation of world-class entrepreneurs in the years to come from Toronto, Canada. • Part of a team of advisory professionals and investment committee dedicated to providing the best possible service and support to venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. Area of advisory expertise: Investment, Raising capital, Due diligence, venture building, and business… Show more • Ideal labs now rebranded Ideal Ventures works with start-up companies and are dedicated to finding, nurturing and launching the next generation of world-class entrepreneurs in the years to come from Toronto, Canada. • Part of a team of advisory professionals and investment committee dedicated to providing the best possible service and support to venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. Area of advisory expertise: Investment, Raising capital, Due diligence, venture building, and business change transformation. • Appeared on Ideal Incubator/Ideal Labs TV Series (The Launch Pad Show) as an advisor. Series aired for 10 episodes throughout Canada and the United States. Consulted and advised new start-ups with their business ideas and concepts leading them to investment totalling $1,000,000CAD in 6 start-up businesses. Show less



EDUCATE Ventures Research

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accelerator Business and Investment Lead

  • May 2018 - Dec 2019

  London, United Kingdom Launched in 2017, UCL EDUCATE is the leading European research and business accelerator for EdTech ventures. EDUCATE builds and develops world-class EdTech products and services that delivers transformational impact across the educations landscape for both teachers and learners. Over 260 efficacy driven companies have been trained in research and impact-based methods in learning environments. Our highly competitive and intense program is designed to create and hone entrepreneurs… Show more Launched in 2017, UCL EDUCATE is the leading European research and business accelerator for EdTech ventures. EDUCATE builds and develops world-class EdTech products and services that delivers transformational impact across the educations landscape for both teachers and learners. Over 260 efficacy driven companies have been trained in research and impact-based methods in learning environments. Our highly competitive and intense program is designed to create and hone entrepreneurs and innovators with marketable, profitable and impactful Edtech products and services. Our ambition at EDUCATE is to be at the forefront of designing and developing pioneering EdTech, to revolutionize how teachers teach, and students learn – and to ensure that the UK continues to lead the way in EdTech globally. We are the gatekeepers to EdTech Entrepreneurs in London. Show less



London Air Labs

• United Kingdom
• Information Technology & Services

• Co-Founder

  • Dec 2017 - Dec 2018

  London, United Kingdom London Air Labs is focused on big data for smarter cities and offers real-time sensor data sets to cities, businesses, organisations and concerned citizens using our top of class monitoring sensor technology. London Air Labs is a business that is intending to revolutionise air quality monitoring in every global city starting with London. We achieve this by creating a city wide air monitoring network by installing our state of the art, small, highly accurate and inexpensive sensor… Show more London Air Labs is focused on big data for smarter cities and offers real-time sensor data sets to cities, businesses, organisations and concerned citizens using our top of class monitoring sensor technology. London Air Labs is a business that is intending to revolutionise air quality monitoring in every global city starting with London. We achieve this by creating a city wide air monitoring network by installing our state of the art, small, highly accurate and inexpensive sensor devices capable of measuring the concentration of pollutants of concern. Data is captured and uploaded to our cloud servers via WiFi or 3G radio technologies every 30 seconds and is fully transparent for users to access the data in various formats depending on their needs, including maps, reports and analytics to make informative decisions for themselves and their families. The data is transmitted, collected and made available online and via our mobile app or through our website. Show less



Hampshire Trust Bank

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Business Analyst

  • Jan 2018 - Mar 2018

  London • Consulted with Commercial Mortgages management and personnel to identify, define and document business needs and objectives for a new Commercial Mortgages front end platform and understand current operational procedures, problems, input and output requirements and levels of systems access.



Various Companies

• Entrepreneur

  • Mar 2016 - Jan 2018

  London, United Kingdom



The Launch Pad (TV) Show Series 1

• Advisor

  • Jun 2015 - Dec 2015

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Appeared on The Launch Pad Show as one of four advisors in Series 1. Series 1 aired for 10 episodes throughout Canada and the United States. Consulted and advised new start-ups with their business ideas and concepts leading them to potential investment totalling $1,000,000CAD in 6 start-up businesses.



Snefrid Engineering Consultancy

• Business Consultant

  • Nov 2013 - Dec 2014

  London, United Kingdom • Successfully led and project managed a business change project - an online cloud MI reporting system. New system resulted in saving approximate 33-man hours of reporting each week by total workforce (£110,000 a year in savings).



Lehman Brothers (in Administration)

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Client Money Associate/Business Analyst

  • Nov 2010 - May 2012

  London, United Kingdom • Proficiently worked on full project life cycle of a major new CASS settlements reconciliation database system – 13-month project. Designing the reconciliation database to act as the golden source of data on $1.4bn worth of client money and assets. • Implementing business change by identifying business processes and documentation flows, gathering business requirements, creating user stories of multiple types of end users, analysing the data of the current business systems, validating the… Show more • Proficiently worked on full project life cycle of a major new CASS settlements reconciliation database system – 13-month project. Designing the reconciliation database to act as the golden source of data on $1.4bn worth of client money and assets. • Implementing business change by identifying business processes and documentation flows, gathering business requirements, creating user stories of multiple types of end users, analysing the data of the current business systems, validating the measures taken by the business to correct issues, whilst being in line with the FSA guidelines and providing recommendations to implement change. Show less



ManpowerGroup

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 700 & Above Employee

• EMEA Senior Business Analyst

  • Oct 2009 - Nov 2010

  London, United Kingdom • Provided project and financial management/reporting on internal basis to the CFO and EMEA Account Director. • Successfully project managed a business change transformation project & deployed an EMEA standardized reporting software system for the company.



Accenture

• Ireland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Strategy Business Analyst/Consultant

  • Jul 2007 - Oct 2008

  London, United Kingdom • Trained at Accenture Core Analyst School, Chicago Illinois August 2007. • FS Clients: Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, and Citigroup. Other non-FS, British Telecom, Vodafone. • US Banking Project Outline: To provide project and financial management of the US banking projects portfolio and provide performance analysis on 10-15 projects for US banking clients, such as Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, and Citibank. • Internal Capital markets Project… Show more • Trained at Accenture Core Analyst School, Chicago Illinois August 2007. • FS Clients: Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, and Citigroup. Other non-FS, British Telecom, Vodafone. • US Banking Project Outline: To provide project and financial management of the US banking projects portfolio and provide performance analysis on 10-15 projects for US banking clients, such as Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, and Citibank. • Internal Capital markets Project Outline: Aided an internal capital markets team to standardize the status reporting techniques for banking projects on an international level. Show less