Founder & AI Transformation Advisor

APR 2026 - PRESENT · 5 months

Helping mid-sized, private equity-backed and regulated businesses identify, prioritise and deliver practical AI transformation. • AI opportunity assessment and strategy • Product and operating model transformation • AI adoption, governance and execution

Co-Founder, Chief Product & Technology Officer

JAN 2024 - JAN 2026 · 2.1 years

Knowa powered by PSCA represents a strategic joint venture between Knowa and the Plan Sponsor Council of America (PSCA), part of the American Retirement Association, bringing innovative AI solutions to the U.S. retirement plan market. - Formed joint venture with American Retirement Association to expand Knowa from UK pension funds to US retirement plans - Navigated dual regulatory frameworks (UK Pensions Regulator + US DOL/ERISA) to bring AI-powered governance tools to American market - Developed new agentic AI compliance tools for US retirement plans

Co-Founder, Chief Product & Technology Officer

FEB 2018 - JAN 2026 · 8 years

Knowa is a multi award winning and leading board governance platform for UK pensions trustees and advisers. - Co-founded and bootstrapped AI-powered governance platform from 0>1, serving 1,000+ enterprise clients including major pension funds and corporate boards - Built and shipped award-winning AI features (intelligent search, RAG-based knowledge querying, AI meeting minutes) winning 4× UK Pensions Technology Innovation Awards - Led lean cross-functional team, achieving <1% annual churn, #1 Capterra ranking (4.9/5), and ISO 27001 certification - Spent 1,000+ hours hands-on with LLM APIs building production AI features - prompt engineering, RAG architectures, model evaluations, structured extraction of decades of institutional knowledge, used daily by 10,000+ users

CTO

MAR 2017 - FEB 2018 · 1 year

CTO at Zephyrus Partners, the UK pension consultancy where Knowa was incubated before spinning out as its own company in January 2018. Led digital transformation for Defined Benefit pension schemes, working with trustees, administrators, and legal advisors. This work uncovered the governance and knowledge management problems that became Knowa's founding thesis.

Founding Product Manager

NOV 2014 - FEB 2017 · 2.3 years

what3words has given every 3 metre square in the world a simple address made of 3 words that can be easily integrated into products, platforms and apps. - Built product and platform foundations for global scale - core apps, APIs, and developer ecosystem that enabled adoption across 170+ countries - Shipped public APIs and developer documentation, enabling integrations with hundreds of consumer apps - Led product direction for mobile and web apps through rapid prototyping and iteration. Won Cannes Lions Grand Prix, D&AD Black Pencil, Webby Awards

Co-Founder & COO

MAY 2012 - SEP 2014 · 2.4 years

Chongqing, China based startup studio, focusing on education, consumer products and digital media. 2.5 years, 20 early stage venture investments, internal design and research teams totalling 60.

Creative Director

SEP 2009 - SEP 2014 · 5.1 years

China office of award winning Architecture, Urban and Interior Design studio. Team of ten with projects including Finnair office, Beijing Government MLP, Chongqing Government MLP, Chongqing University MLP, FCO and British Council pavilion.