I am a mentor, lead angel and adviser with 50 years of international experience in banking, financial services and management consulting. I have advised on operations and technology design, value engineering, M&A due diligence and outsourcing. I am a Financial Times qualified Non Executive Director and was a finalist for the UKBAA Angel of the Year Award 2024. I have held director roles including at Stent‑Tek Ltd (Pathfinder Medical), Purplle (Manash Lifestyle Pvt Ltd), Astrid & Miyu and as a director and trustee of the Royal Docks Trust in London.
I invest in and advise a broad range of startups and funds and have been an investor in companies including sAInaptic, Entrepreneurs Collective, SohoGrit, Prickly Bear, Lounges.tv, Sigma Financial, Chefs For Foodies, OnBuy, Truly Madly, Mintago, Nuggets, Yoello, Pathfinder Medical, Pangaea Data.AI, Seedrs and Fourth Partner Energy among others. I mentor founders at IIM Udaipur Incubation Centre and have been a mentor to the Founder Institute and The Tony Elumelu Foundation; I have also advised Pontaq VC and served as an observer at Seedrs. I partner with founders as investor, board member and mentor, bringing deep operational, technical and transactional experience to help scale businesses.