Raised in the UK, I have lived on both coasts of the US and on continental Europe. I now live in New York while spending meaningful time in Silicon Valley and London.

I have been a VC, an operator and a founder, across stages in both consumer and B2B. I have sold everything from moisturiser to software. I have experienced both winning and losing. I have learned that success offers signals, failure delivers understanding. I know how hard yet rewarding it is to build and scale a business and how much having the right partners can change outcomes.

Prior to White Star, I was CEO of Sakara, a digital wellness business. Previously I co-founded Chord Commerce, a data infrastructure company for agentic commerce, in which White Star are investors. Before that, I was President, COO and CFO of Glossier, the pioneering direct-to-consumer beauty brand, which I helped grow from pre-launch startup to a global brand and unicorn. Earlier in my career, I was a Venture Capitalist at Index Ventures, where I developed my perspective on early-stage company building, after starting out in investment banking at Citi. I graduated from Oxford with a degree in Modern History and I have an MBA from Stanford.

My great passion in life is music. I grew up playing across a wide array of genres. I recently built a studio at home, where I spend much of my time producing melodic and progressive house music. I am also a huge football (soccer) fan and a long-suffering West Ham supporter.