Will started his career marketing Musical Theatre Productions in the USA. On his return to the UK, he joined one of the world’s leading PR Agencies, Ketchum Inc, where he managed the PR and live events for London Fashion Week, Wonderbra and Wrangler Jeans. He broke out on his own to set up one of the live event industry’s original ‘dot com’ tech successes and became one of the youngest UK Presidents of the International Live events association (ILEA). His passion for pioneering tech solutions led him to the retail industry where, for the last six years, Will has been immersed in research and development. The result is the launch of Ubamarket, which has already been named “The world’s most sophisticated shopping app" by The Grocer.

Luke has been fully immersed in the SME and private equity sectors throughout his career. As well as founding IW Capital in 2011, Luke is also the Co-founder of Crowdfinders which champions private investment into high-growth businesses. During his time in charge of IW Capital, Luke has helped facilitate hundreds of millions of pounds worth of investment into Britain’s SME landscape through the EIS. As both an investor and a Director, Luke is in charge of overseeing Ubamarket’s ongoing Funding programme.

Will has experience in working in blue chip retail and technology companies. Previously he was a corporate lawyer in the City and also spent two years leading technology and media legal at RB.

Duncan has been working as a specialist in Retail Systems for more than 25 years. He has designed and developed successful EPOS, Card Payment and Back Office/Head Office systems, and has developed interfaces to a host of systems, including petrol forecourt controllers, tank gauges, car wash controller, supplier EDI systems, card payment, EPOS and loyalty systems.

Ashleigh has worked in various corporate roles honing her skills for project coordination and customer service, most recently as Office Manager for Duracell UK. She joins the team as Customer Engagement Manager to ensure a smooth integration in-store and to provide on-going support to our customers.

Scott is a highly experienced retail specialist and is considered a global authority within the Retail and Convenience sectors. His core value proposition is helping retailers and CPGs to grow their businesses in new and mature markets. As the founder of the Retail Leaders Forum, Scott has been at the forefront of the sector for many years and has a reputation for being able to develop and appraise strategy on a macro and micro level to drive sales and profit.

Stephen and his team at Pecs Data are world-renowned as market leaders in data capture, scanning and audio transcription, with offices in the UK, South Africa and Mauritius. Before forming a strategic alliance with Ubamarket, Pecs Data processed in excess of 60 million examination results, scanned over 1/2 billion forms and currently have over 28 million images stored on their bespoke Cloud Platform. With 45 years of providing quality BPO services under their belt, Steve and his team are now working full-time with Ubamarket to ensure that our shopping list and store mapping capabilities are second to none.

As the Former Head of Marketing & PR at Saatchi and Saatchi, overseeing accounts including Toyota, EE and Visa, Tatiana has forged a successful career developing communications strategies for SME’s. She now joins the Ubamarket team as Head of PR overseeing our extensive market research, press office, social media communications and media relations.

With wide-ranging Director level experience spanning 30 years in wholesale/retail, logistics, IT and operations, Wayne is a strategic Advisor to Ubamarket with responsibility for new business across Retailer and POS estates, worldwide. A former MD of one of the UK’s largest Point-Of-Sale companies and previously the IT Director for Nisa Retail, Wayne brings a wealth of strategic and multi-faceted expertise to our team.

Neil has 25 years experience in Convenience Retailing, mostly at Nisa where he was CEO for 7 years. Neil has one of the most extensive networks in retail/wholesale and has also chaired the Association of Convenience Stores which represents the industry and worked in both customer insights internationally and as a senior leader in the wholesale and cash and carry markets. He has an MBA and has played a full part in the international retail leaders programme, developing his wide expertise across retailers, wholesalers and suppliers.

Ben has spent the last 20 years working in leadership across companies like Capita, Deutsche Post, eBay, and more recently with Swedish Fintech company Klarna. Possessing a powerful transformative presence and a formidable reputation for the achievement for driving success, is able to support businesses and organisations across industry in a broad remit, facilitating the achievement of corporate objectives.

Hans was the COO and Founding Director of Lidl UK as well as the CEO of national retail chain, Cotswold Outdoor. His illustrious career also spans Harrods, House of Fraser and Marks & Spencer. Hans sits on the Board of Ubamarket as a strategic advisor from the in-store retail perspective.

Nick was Managing Director and SVP of Unilever Europe before becoming CEO of Vitacress Ltd, the leading European grower of watercress, baby leaf salad, tomatoes and fresh herbs.  Nick has a wealth of experience in both retail and food service and sits on the Board of Ubamarket as a strategic advisor from the supplier perspective.