His educational background includes a BSc in Banking, Finance and Management and he has more recently completed Level 1 of the CFA Program. He has worked in numerous client facing roles but most recently was involved in setting up the U.K. arm of a Silicon Valley startup that provided lending technology. He has 4 years experience is in technology sales and has sold to large banks and other financial institutions.

After graduating from Loughborough University with a Master in Systems Engineering, he joined the software developer graduate scheme at Sky, where he was involved in the development of new and innovative mobile applications. He has since worked as a consultant with a range of clients developing full-stack software solutions.