Based 50% time in UK and 50% in the US
Google and Techstars Mentor
Recent Milestones:
- Successfully led e-Fundamentals to its acquisition by Softbank's CommerceIQ in 2022, marking a significant milestone after serving as Chairman for six transformative years. Sold for $500m.
- At Pario Ventures, which I co-founded and lead as CEO, we made headlines by participating in Bolt's global startup investment round.
- Previously held the dual role of Chairman and Co-CEO at AAM Group/MyCarDirect, the UK's second-largest Car Subscription platform. Under my leadership, the company achieved a £25m turnover and cash-positive status in 2022 after a challenging three-year journey.
- Previous Chairman of The-Bunch for 4 years.
-Author of The Startup Rules at 100000 copies since Oct 2023
-Author of other books to help the startup world.

Looking Back:
- Founded Adaro Red in 2010 as part of Adaro Group, focusing on NHS contracts. Within three years, it reached a turnover of £10m, leading to a lucrative exit to a PE firm.
- Held pivotal roles at Ariba SAP, Serco Solutions, and TechMahindra between 2002-2009, and took on Chairman roles at Webdadi and Psand from 2010-2013.
- As CEO of Convey from 2001-2002, I led it to its acquisition.
- The tumultuous dotcom era saw me as the third recruit at Silicon Valley's Commerce One, which had a stellar IPO on NASDAQ at $22bn in 1999, only to face bankruptcy by 2002.
- Proudly served as a founding team member at Intelysis B2B within Chase Manhattan and played a pivotal role in launching BVR, a B2B e-procurement venture in collaboration with Barclays.

Investments - BOLT, The PitStop Magazine, MyCarDirect, QED Naval, Credinord, Revolut, UFO Drive, River Simple, What3Words, Drone AG, TransferGO, Impossible Foods and others