the team
meet the crazy people building the magic
Patrick Smith
founder / ceo
A serial entrepreneur, who launched two businesses by age ten. After leaving high school, he sold his first business at 18, and later founded a London agency that grew to a 50+ team with 250+ clients in under two years. Now as zally's CEO, Patrick aims to kill passwords and build the UK's next unicorn.
David Webb
chairman / investor
Accomplished technologist and entrepreneur with over 35 years of experience. Previously, David founded, 6point6 supplying services to Central Government, Defence & Security, Financial Services and Commercial sectors.
Paul Wilshaw
cxo / board member
Award-winning products and designs.
Previously Head of Innovation at Barclays, Involved in many firsts; mobile-to-mobile payments, mobile check deposits, accessible banking, 3D printed bones for the NHS and even hacking a pinball machine to accept SMS payments.
Rob Jones
cfo / board member
An accomplished financial expert with a passion for making boring forecasts and numbers exciting, making them easy to understand.
Previously, Finance AMD Alstom Power Nederland B.V. and Yokogawa.
Alban Tramard
ciso / board member
Cyber security executive/senior manager with a data and engineering background.
Previously Group CISO for THG, one of the world’s largest online retailers, with £2Bn turnover, 10,000 staff, 30+ locations worldwide, across multiple industry types.
John Nicholas
head of engineering
Bringing 20 years experience and a deep understanding of architecture, scalability, partitioning and how to measure delivery fitness.
Previously at Deloitte, AND Digital, LateRooms.com and numerous self-made start-ups.
Siân Gwyther
community manager
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Business and Marketing. Experience in event management, such as managing FLIP MCR and zally's presence at MTF. A keen interest in brand identity and now building zally's profile with events and across social channels.
Lucy Forth
social media manager
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Business and Marketing. Experience in event management, such as managing FLIP MCR and zally's presence at MTF. A keen interest in brand identity and now building zally's profile with events and across social channels.
Aiden Bradwell
senior software engineer
BSc Dual Major in Computer Science and Psychology from the University of Ottawa Computer-Vision Researcher, Semiconductor Firmware Programmer, Back-end System Developer, and most recently Full-stack Cyber Security Developer with zally.
Ols Boutell
software engineer
1st Class degree in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics from Kingston University. Software Developer with experience in secure coding. Previously a Software Engineer for BT, an outgoing individual with a passion for security and creation.
Adil Said
data scientist
University of Greenwich graduate with First-Class Honours in BSc H Mathematics. Dissertation explored a niche application of Bayesian spatial-temporal models to study violent crime dynamics in London. Developed machine learning applications and natural language processing for live event sentiment analysis and contributed data science / statistics articles on Medium.
Andy Fanthome
data scientist
University of Liverpool alumnus with a first-class BSc in Computer Science.
Former Junior Data Scientist at NHS Alder Hey Innovation and Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters. Passionate about advancing machine learning and data science at zally.
Chloe Wong
software engineer
Manchester Metropolitan University graduate, completing Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Sciences.

Chloe is a Biomedical Scientist turned Software Engineer with an interest in cloud computing and front-end development. Chloe has experience with AWS and front-end technologies.
Casey Swift
PA to Patrick Smith
Casey is a former A-Level law and politics student, who moved from Nottingham to Manchester to break into the business industry.

Casey is eager to learn, hardworking and very excited for new experiences!