Professional Experience

Feb 2025 - Present

Founder & Managing Director

Landport Labs

Managing director and founder of Landport Labs, a software and services company.

Aug 2025 - Present

Managing Director

Switchcraft

Managing director of Switchcraft, a price comparison service for energy and broadband.

Sep 2020 - Present · 5+ yrs

Board Member

Picsa Group

Current board member providing strategic guidance for financial services platform.

Jan 2012 - Present · 13+ yrs

Founder & Managing Director

Western Cape Labs

Western Cape Labs is majority owned by Landport Labs, and is a holding company for a number of ongoing strategic investments in South Africa.

Apr 2023 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

Senior Director of Product & Engineering

Sage · Full-time

United Kingdom · Remote

Responsible for the product strategy and execution for retail planning tools including Inventory Planner by Sage, and revitalisation of the Engineering function of Brightpearl.

• Led product strategy for retail planning tools including Inventory Planner by Sage
• Revitalised the Engineering function of Brightpearl post-acquisition
• Mission: make efficient operations accessible to retailers, so their business can thrive by making the complex simple

Sep 2021 - Apr 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

Chief Operating Officer

Inventory Planner by Sage · Full-time

United Kingdom · Remote

Led the successful transition that allowed the founder-CEO to exit on excellent terms, with all commitments complete, ahead of schedule. This moved the business into a sustainable operational structure.

• Supported company growth post acquisition (first by Brightpearl, then by Sage)
• Created and executed scalable best practices, systems, playbooks and enablement programmes
• Managed all functions across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Support, Product and Engineering
• Distributed leadership responsibilities to leaders for long term stability

Apr 2020 - Feb 2023 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Chief Operating Officer & Board Member

Yebo Fresh · Full-time

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Grew the operational capability of the business from one tiny warehouse doing 100 orders a month to a 4000m² capacity with 50+ staff delivering over 1M meals during the first 6 months of COVID pandemic.

• Built and deployed core people, process and technology systems to enable scale up to multi-city business
• Partnered with CEO and CFO for fund raising and rapid decision making in tight-knit executive
• Served as Board Member: Chair of Remuneration and co-chair of Tech Committees
• Supported leadership through multiple transitions and fund raises, vacated seat for Series A investors

Sep 2016 - Mar 2020 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Chief Technology Officer

Picsa Group · Full-time

City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Led technology strategy and development for financial services platform, building scalable systems and establishing technical foundations for the business.

Jun 2007 - Jun 2012 · 5 yrs 1 mo

Senior Manager, Security Product Marketing

Symantec · Full-time

Europe, Middle-East & Africa

Progressive career through multiple roles: Subject Matter Expert for IRM Sales, Principal Product Marketing Manager, and Senior Manager for Security Product Marketing across EMEA region.

• 100% accountable for product portfolio success in EMEA with measurable pipeline building
• Led product launches, competitive analysis, and win/loss analysis
• Managed sales targets from $8M to $500M+ across different product lines
• Developed go-to-market strategies for products growing 300%+ per annum

Jan 2006 - May 2007 · 1 yr 5 mos

Technical Director

CompassHill · Full-time

United Kingdom

Compass Hill was a software and services company specialising in enterprise messaging and collaboration systems.

• Sales and implementation of software to blue-chip customers including ABN AMRO, Centrica, H3G, Channel 4, Commerzbank
• Developed strategic partnerships with Symantec and Microsoft
• Positioned Compass Hill as a leading supplier of Enterprise Messaging Software

Aug 2004 - Dec 2005 · 1 yr 5 mos

Managing Director

Bubble Information Solutions · Full-time

United Kingdom

Early career leadership role managing information solutions company.