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Mar 2012
Lumata is the leading global provider of real-time customer lifecycle management, advertising, and data monetisation software and services. We provide operators, brands and advertisers with the tools and marketing expertise to unlock the value in their data.
Lumata’s CLM solutions are powered by the Expression Platform, which globally reaches over 250 million consumers per year. Expression uniquely integrates predictive analytics, campaign management and offer optimisation modules in a single interface, enabling marketers to rapidly configure, deploy and analyse their CLM activities.
Lumata was formed in November 2011 and is backed by Francisco Partners, a leading technology focused private equity firm. For further information on Lumata, please visit http://www.lumata.com
Board Member
Jul 2008
VOLIA was founded in 2002 as a cable analogue operator. Today VOLIA is a leading Ukrainian nationwide provider of entertainment, communications and information products that offers a set of modern telecommunication services: analog, digital & HDTV, interactive TV “VOLIA Smart HD” by OTT technology, high-speed Internet and services of the biggest Ukrainian data-centre.
VOLIA’s focused on providing best entertainment with great content, building the proper customer experience and leading the innovation.
The company employs about 2000 people who are the high-level experts in their respective fields. If you want to build the best VOLIA experience and join a great team, send us your CV to cv@volia.com
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2020
Investment Director
Nov 2020
Founded over 20 years ago, Oakley Capital was established to be the partner of choice for exceptional founders and entrepreneurs. We invest in private, pan-European businesses with enterprise values ranging from €100 million to over €1 billion, acquiring control or co-control stakes and supporting complex transactions such as carve-outs. Our team comprises more than 250 professionals across our offices in London, Munich, Milan, Madrid, and Luxembourg, providing genuine European reach combined with deep local expertise and cultural insight. Through our differentiated origination capabilities, we uncover attractive investment opportunities across four core sectors: Technology, Consumer, Education, and Business Services. We prioritise long-term, repeat partnerships with outstanding founders, many of whom choose to reinvest in our funds. To date, we have raised nine funds, including Fund VI, which closed at its €4.5 billion hard cap in 2025. Across the Group, Oakley manages in excess of c.€16 billion on behalf of our investors, generating consistently strong returns for all our stakeholders.
For more information, please visit: www.oakleycapital.com
2018
Managing Director, Continental Europe
Apr 2018
Deliveroo is an award-winning delivery service founded in 2013 by William Shu and Greg Orlowski.
Deliveroo works with approximately 176,000 best-loved restaurants and grocery partners, as well as around 150,000 riders to provide the best food delivery experience in the world. Deliveroo is headquartered in London, with offices around the globe.
Deliveroo operates across 9 markets, including Belgium, France, Italy, Ireland, Qatar, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and the United Kingdom.
2015
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Feb 2015
CEO and Founder
Feb 2015
Vivendo is the home of Design.
We offer you a wide selection of stylish furniture exclusively made in Italy.
Why Vivendo?
MADE IN ITALY
Looks aren’t everything. Italy may set trends but it is also an undisputed global force in high quality manufacturing.
So as Italians we know where to find the very best to make our passion for producing excellent furniture a reality.
DESIGN
Our specialists scour the world looking for unique and peerless design and innovative processes.
We partner with local family-run companies who, as expert producers, have spent generations honing their skills working with the best local materials, fabrics and leather. They combine this time-honoured expertise with a passion for innovation to create quality, contemporary design that will stand the test of time.
SERVICE
We always deliver the best in class whether in service or design.
We save you time and money by simplifying the process, connecting you directly with our producers and ensuring we're always here to answer your questions. The result? Seamless purchasing with a personalised customer experience. And a future heirloom you’ll cherish.
SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENT
We love our planet and want to preserve it so we only work with producers who are committed to using recyclable plastic, responsibly sourced timber and non toxic paints.
2013
Board Observer
Mar 2013
Marketers spend billions on attracting customers and yet more than 70% of first time interactions with a brand are also the last. At SmartFocus, we understand that every customer is on a unique journey. Motivations to try, buy or stay loyal change depending on the individual making the choice. Trusted by over 600 customers, Message Cloud by SmartFocus sends out 60 billion personalized interactions and 7 million email campaigns annually – the customer has control, but you have the power to influence.
Message Cloud encompasses everything marketers desire with their digital strategies – enabling them to own every customer moment, with a decisioning engine that creates contextualized messages triggered by customer behavior, not by the marketers guess.
It allows businesses to eradicate conversion kerbing obstacles, through smart and crowd insights, email and personalization across any device – all on one powerful platform. SmartFocus empowers businesses to influence their valuable customer journeys, connecting and engaging with them at every treasured touch point.
At SmartFocus, we created Message Cloud to redefine context-driven marketing and put an end to marketers asking the common questions, why aren’t our campaigns engaging our customer base? Why is our revenue decreasing when marketing efforts have doubled? Mobile commerce is becoming the norm, how can we keep up?
Using our software will bring customers into contact with your brand, whatever the device, whatever the channel. It’s a personalized and unforgettable experience.
- Forrester Research, Inc. cited the SmartFocus Message Cloud as a Strong Performer among real-time interaction management suites in its inaugural Wave report on the fast growing RTIM market
- Forrester Research, Inc. named The Message Cloud as a Strong Performer in their Wave report The Forrester Wave™: Cross-Channel Campaign Management, Q2 2016, with the highest score possible in five criteria
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