I’M RESPONSIBLE FOR …

Heading up the Google initiative Google For Startups in the UK, which involves selecting and then enabling startups around the world to succeed with Google’s mentorship.

I GOT THE JOB …

By founding startups myself. When I moved to the UK in 2012, I co-founded a company called Azimo. Off the back of its success, Google reached out about my current role in early 2018 and, although I didn’t want to work for a big company, I began to see it as an opportunity to harness talent, knowledge and resources from one of the most successful tech companies in the world.

MY TYPICAL DAY…

Starts at 8.30am. I have back-to-back meetings and divide my time between the startups themselves, potential investors and sometimes the media. In terms of who we choose to support, I’m focused on ensuring that there is diversity among our founders, as well as those building ‘profit with purpose’ companies – ie those using technology to build products that are socially impactful, such as a company called Predina that’s using artificial intelligence to predict transport risks and reduce them.

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