MD and founder. Humberto has previously set up a software company in his native Venezuela before moving on to work in both consultancy and management roles for a variety of large multinationals. After completing his MBA at Cambridge University he spent a year working on RFID at the AutoID centre. Humberto also holds a PhD in Business and Economics and a degree in Computer Engineering, and is a certified privacy expert to the European Commission.

Director and founder. Alexandra started out on a predominantly scientific career, holding an MA and a PhD in Natural Sciences, but left science after becoming interested in the idea of Friendly Technologies. She previously co-founded a charity promoting open source software and since founding Friendly Technologies has worked hard in a variety of roles ranging from administration and PR to company director.

Director and chairman. Charles is an independent consultant and an investor and director in start-ups and early stage companies, and has worked with GEC and Accenture, where he was in charge of the UK supply chain business.

Director. An experienced angel investor, Richard co-founded Codemasters with his brother David. Sold to Balderton Capital in 2007, Codemasters is a British videogame development and publishing company which they built up from a bedroom enterprise into one of the best known games developers in the world. In 2008, the brothers were awarded a CBE for their contribution to the British software industry.