career summary

nustom

Chief Operating Officer, Apr ‘24 - now

Making it possible for everyone to build software. Only non-engineer in a six-person team.

Chief Operating Officer, Jun ‘22 - Apr ‘24
VP People, March ‘21 - Jun ‘22

Banking as a Service startup. Led UK banking licence application from submission to full approval. Scaled from 25 employees to 100. Laid foundations for full launch.

Permutive Ltd

VP People, Jul ‘19 - Feb ‘21

Edge computing adtech startup. Series A to $18.5m Series B. Scaled from 28 employees to 90, including major US GTM org expansion. First few customers to £6m ARR.

VP People, Mar ‘18 - Jun ‘19

Cybersecurity developer tools. 30 employees to 140 internationally. Series A to $22m Series B. Expanded to $15m ARR.

Monzo Bank Ltd

Head of People, Feb ‘16 - Mar ‘18

Consumer bank. Pre-Series A to Series D. 20 employees to 300+. 150 prepaid users to 500,000 full UK bank account customers.

GoCardless Ltd

Head of People, May ‘14 - Sep ‘15
Office Manager, Jan ‘13 - May ‘14

Recurring payments fintech. Pre-Series A to $7m Series B. 20 employees to full 80-person org inc international. Initial product-market fit signs to £3m ARR.

education

MA (Cantab) Philosophy

2i. University of Cambridge (Emmanuel College).

Logic (philosophical and formal), ethics, metaphysics, aesthetics, language.

MA English & American Literature

Merit. University of Kent.

American modernist literature, aesthetic writing, vision & blindness, contemporary art philosophy.