Operators & investors

Our experienced team support Founders Factory's portfolio companies in all areas critical to building a startup - from strategy, operations and fundraising to product, marketing, talent and technology.

Explore roles on our team

Leadership & Operations

Founders Factory leadership and operational support.

Emma-Jane Willan

Chief Financial Officer

Athene St John

Commercial Associate

Brent Hoberman

Executive Chairman, Founder

Claire Morris

Chief Studio Officer

Damian Routley

Chief Commercial Officer

Farah Kanji

Chief People Officer

George Northcott

Vice President

Henry Lane Fox

Chief Executive Officer, Founder

Kate Nussrainer

Executive Assistant to CEO

Levi Young

Sector Director, Home & Hygiene

Louis Warner

Chief Operating Officer

Olly Betts

Sector Director, Fintech

Paul Egan

Chief Technical Officer

Petya Georgieva

Office Manager

Corporate Development

Legal and commercial support on a wide variety of subjects as well as helping shape your strategy and fundraising story and getting you to tell it to the right people so you can get funded.

David Hickson

Chief Strategic Development Officer

Frank Webster

Head of Corporate Development

James Badge

Legal Counsel

Venture Investments & Fundraising

Team responsible for making investments in our accelerator and supporting portfolio with fundraising, from strategy and materials to cap tables and term sheets.

Camila Zattar

Venture Portfolio Associate

David Hickson

Chief Strategic Development Officer

Edoardo Gentili

Venture Portfolio Associate

Edward Kandel

Investor (Fintech & Insurtech)

Michelle Wilk

Investor

Olivia Brooks

Investor

Talent

Making sure you can recruit and retain a brilliant team that can deliver on your mission.

Farah Kanji

Chief People Officer

Raluca Ciobancan

Head of Talent and Community

Growth

Strategic and hands-on support growing revenue and building your brand.

Emma Wolfin

Growth Lead

Lee Bernasconi

Chief Marketing Officer

Liam Nolan

Growth Lead

Louis Butcher

Growth Lead

Olivia Martyn

Head of Brand Marketing

Brand, PR & Events

Providing the best resources for our founders and helping our portfolio and team to get to the right people in our network.

Ellie Slaght

Head of Community & Events

Helen Terry

Interim Head of Events

Olivia Martyn

Head of Brand Marketing

Rae Gray

Integrated Graphic Designer

Simon Lovick

Content Manager

Product

We help you and your team to build the right product the right way.

Inês Liberato

Product Coach

Jacob George

Head of Product

Valenice Balace

Product Coach

Design

We also help you and your team to build the right product the right way.

Bhav Mistry

Head of Design

Flora Pearson

Product Designer

Isha Maggu

Product Designer

Rae Gray

Integrated Graphic Designer

Tech

From high-level strategy & hiring to hands-on development, we're here to support your engineering and data science needs.

Ali Kokaz

Head of Data Science

Andrei Gheorghe

Head of Engineering

George Brooks

Product Engineer

Paul Egan

Chief Technical Officer

Strategic Partnerships

We are here to help startups get traction with our investors and other businesses in our network. We can help across the sales pipeline, helping you run pilots and ultimately close contracts and partnerships.