the team
meet the crazy people building the magic
Patrick Smith
founder / ceo
Serial entrepreneur with a proven track record, including an exit at 18 and an exit from his digital agency, which he grew to 50 employees with 250+ clients.
Now, he's tackling one of the digital world's biggest challenges: identity. Leveraging cutting-edge technology, Patrick is redefining trust in the digital world—all while building the UK's next unicorn.
David Webb
chairman / investor
Accomplished technologist and entrepreneur with over 35 years of experience. Previously, David founded, 6point6 supplying services to Central Government, Defence & Security, Financial Services and Commercial sectors.
Paul Wilshaw
cpo
Award-winning products and designs.
Previously Head of Innovation at Barclays, Involved in many firsts; mobile-to-mobile payments, mobile check deposits, accessible banking, 3D printed bones for the NHS and even hacking a pinball machine to accept SMS payments.
Rob Jones
cfo
An accomplished financial expert with a passion for making boring forecasts and numbers exciting, making them easy to understand.
Previously, Finance AMD Alstom Power Nederland B.V. and Yokogawa.
Alban Tramard
ciso
Cyber security executive/senior manager with a data and engineering background.
Previously Group CISO for THG, one of the world’s largest online retailers, with £2Bn turnover, 10,000 staff, 30+ locations worldwide, across multiple industry types.
Sarah Schlobohm
caio
A data science thought leader with a history of innovation and transformation in financial services.
An experienced people manager with a passion for training the next generation of data scientists. Previously at The Citation Group, Kubrick Group and HSBC as Head of Financial Crime Risk.
John Nicholas
head of engineering
Bringing 20 years experience and a deep understanding of architecture, scalability, partitioning and how to measure delivery fitness.
Previously at Deloitte, AND Digital, LateRooms.com and numerous self-made start-ups.
Siân Gwyther
ea to ceo
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Business and Marketing. Experience in event management, such as managing FLIP MCR and zally's presence at MTF. A keen interest in brand identity and now building zally's profile with events and across social channels.
Shannon Oxley
social media executive
Social media obsessed and always looking for the next trend with a creative eye and innovative mind. A deep passion for influencer marketing and thrive off expanding and developing new marketing techniques for established businesses.
Aiden Bradwell
senior software engineer
BSc Dual Major in Computer Science and Psychology from the University of Ottawa Computer-Vision Researcher, Semiconductor Firmware Programmer, Back-end System Developer, and most recently Full-stack Cyber Security Developer with zally.
Ols Boutell
software engineer
1st Class degree in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics from Kingston University. Software Developer with experience in secure coding. Previously a Software Engineer for BT, an outgoing individual with a passion for security and creation.
Adil Said
data scientist
University of Greenwich graduate with First-Class Honours in BSc H Mathematics. Dissertation explored a niche application of Bayesian spatial-temporal models to study violent crime dynamics in London. Developed machine learning applications and natural language processing for live event sentiment analysis and contributed data science / statistics articles on Medium.
Chloe Wong
software engineer
Manchester Metropolitan University graduate, completing Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Sciences.

Chloe is a Biomedical Scientist turned Software Engineer with an interest in cloud computing and front-end development. Chloe has experience with AWS and front-end technologies.