Meet our team:
Susan J Mumford
CEO and Co-Founder
After a decade operating as an art dealer and adviser, American entrepreneur Susan J Mumford has built a career providing solutions for the art industry, based out of Lewes, East Sussex. She’s also Founder & CEO of the Association of Women Art Dealers (AWAD). A keen amateur gardener, she can often be found in the garden with her hands in the soil.
Dr. Chris E. King
CTO and Co-Founder
Dr. E. Chris King is an experienced software developer with 25 years’ experience in the financial sector. His most recent work has been developing cutting edge onboarding and KYC solutions. He spends his free time pursuing fine art photography (represented by the Ivy Brown Gallery, New York) and making jewellery.
Martin Bealey
CFO
Chartered Accountant (EY). BSc Economics (Bristol University). 30+ years board level experience: The Debt Management Office, a Bank of England/Treasury Agency; Standard Chartered Bank; PA Consulting; and operating in 15+ smaller businesses where annual revenue ranged from £1m to £50m.
Edie Meyer
Business Development Director
Edie is based in New York City and has a background in sales, marketing and research. She lived in London for 9 years, where she worked in Business Development for art media companies including Art Asia Pacific Magazine, Louise Blouin Media and Art World magazine. Edie is a founding member of the Art Innovators Alliance and Membership Co-chair of ArtTable. In her free time she visits galleries and fosters rescue dogs.
Harry Sweetman
Finance Manager
Harry is a qualified bookkeeper and Xero-certified advisor specialising in cloud accounting. He has acquired extensive knowledge and experience of finances, working with both start-ups and established businesses covering a wide range of sectors, including not-for-profit.
Kirsty Boden
Digital Marketing Manager
Kirsty is a freelance social media and content marketing specialist. She has worked with numerous clients across a wide range of industries over the past six years, and has a passion for dissecting data and extracting insights to help inform social and content strategies.
Pere Villega
Developer
Pere has a Master’s Degree in Computer Science, with more than 10 years’ experience in software development. He is passionate about new technologies, best practices, and mentoring junior developers.
Lance Walton
Developer
Lance has 24 years of software architecture, design and development experience in financial markets, investment banking, health provision, internet technologies and academic research. He is a Scrum Master and XP coach, mentor and advisor in Agile Methods of software development. He has a talent for getting systems into production where organisations have previously struggled to do so.
Channing Walton
Developer
Channing has three decades of software architecture, design and development experience in financial markets, investment banking, internet technologies and academic research, and has worked with agile methods since the late 1990s.
He specialises in helping struggling projects to succeed, and also in building highly effective teams that deliver robust systems.