Meet the Team

Stewart was a Managing Director at intelligence and investigations consultancies in London (G3) and New York (Veracity), where he led cases around the world, managed teams of analysts, and developed research and reporting processes.

Patrick is a computer security specialist who previously worked on developing new technology at Veracode, a leading application security company. In his earlier career he was a radar analyst at MIT Lincoln Laboratories.

Matthew worked as a director, senior consultant, and analyst at four risk and investigations companies: The Risk Advisory Group, Livingstone, Veracity and FTI. He has led projects in various global regions and co-developed a security risk analysis platform.

Sylwia has built and managed enhanced due diligence research teams for Thomson Reuters (Refinitiv) in EMEA. After a decade of managing the research and customer success teams, she looked after the business proposition globally and worked with the customers across sectors to advise on best KYC, 3PR, and pre-transactional compliance and due diligence projects’ solutions.

Chris has a huge amount of experience in both start-ups and multinationals, SaaS businesses and financial services. Starting his career in building societies and the FSA, he moved on to help grow the streaming business, blinkbox. After 8 years he returned to financial services working with Capital One and HSBC. He joins us from Akeero, a B2B SaaS product for Threat Modelling in the Cyber Security space.

Bill has extensive experience developing compliance strategies for multinational corporations and financial clients. He was a Managing Director and SVP at Dow Jones, Steele Compliance and The Red Flag Group where he focused on anti-bribery and corruption, KYC and AML solutions.

During a 14-year career at Thomson Reuters Silvia was a senior sales specialist and client relationship manager, focused on providing data and analytics solutions to buy-side, sell-side and corporate clients, with a focus on research and advisory.

William has extensive experience in intelligence and investigations consulting having previously worked at FTI Consulting, Veracity and Cortex Intelligence. His work has included due diligence, asset tracing and fraud investigations across the US, Latin America and West and South Africa.

Ben has held various engineering and leadership roles over his career, working at companies including Pottermore, WorldRemit, Capital One, Bupa and Asos. He joins us from Deutsche Bank, where he built and led the technology organisation for their internal Fintech Breaking Wave.

Louise has more than 15 years experience providing customer support and managing global accounts for Refinitiv and the London Stock Exchange. She has a broad experience supporting large multinationals, investment banks and consultancies with their data and analytics requirements.

Aarron has worked in various client engagement roles in the technology space, including a 3 and a half year tenure with a demand generation agency, which involved supporting several disruptive start-ups and tier 1 vendors in their go-to market strategy. He also has experience in leading teams tasked with driving such initiatives.

Giovanni is a passionate and fiery professional with several years of experience across various industries. He is focused on creating strong and healthy relationships with clients and team members, making sure that engagement is transmitted to everyone at any level. Giovanni has recently managed and led the EMEA Business Development at OneTrust and has extensive experience within the ethics and compliance and risk landscape.

Ben is a senior digital product leader with 15 years of experience in product strategy, development and delivery. He has worked across various industries in both scale-up and blue-chip environments. He's driven by developing the right digital strategy and turning it into the right digital products so companies can realise their true value.

Africa previously worked at Protection Group International, where she constructed country risk reports through open-source investigation. Africa has a Masters in Terrorism, Security, and Society from King’s College London, as well as a Masters in Modern Middle Eastern History from St. Andrews University.

Sal has almost twenty years of experience working in diligence and investigations. She spent the majority of her career at The Risk Advisory Group heading up their marketing efforts. Most recently she has been consulting on digital/content marketing projects in the wider risk sector.

Karla promotes and maintains Ground Truth’s culture, supporting employees in their growth and development. Originally from Colombia, she started her career at GTI as a Recruitment Specialist, onboarding subject matter experts best suited for investigative and intelligence projects.

George has been at some of London's most dynamic startups for the past 8 years, building compliance functions across the board from low level process to high level regulatory compliance and FCA licence applications. In recent years he's further specialised in Anti-Money laundering, due diligence and SAR reporting sectors.

Delphine previously worked at Kroll in the Forensic Investigations and Intelligence team, with a focus on project and team management. She has experience in illicit trade investigations, deep web infrastructure searches, due diligence, compliance, risk management, and asset tracing. She is heavily focused on developing and promoting strong internal and external communication as well as client relations. She completed her undergraduate degree in PPE at New College of the Humanities, and postgraduate degree at SOAS in Middle Eastern Studies with Arabic.

Lucca worked for 5 years in financial services before moving to GTI. Lucca has always been extremely passionate about supporting people in their development and wellness. She is also currently training to be a Humanistic Psychotherapist, which enables her focus on championing Employee & Workplace Mental Health.

Having grown up in Kenya, Charlotte maintained a strong interest in Africa and the Middle East. She completed her undergraduate degree in Middle Eastern Studies and International Relations at the University of Exeter, and a Masters degree in National Security Studies at Kings College London. Alongside her studies, she was lucky enough to take on a various work experience placements within the security and investigations industry, including a summer internship with GTI. After working with a range of different departments, Charlotte is now a Client Experience Specialist.

After completing her History degree at Cambridge University, Katharina studied Management Studies at Cambridge’s Judge Business School. Alongside security and investigations, Katharina has a firm interest in foreign policy and international relations - strengthened by her previous employment at the Financial Times and the Economist.

Mollie is a driven and dynamic marketing professional who completed her English Literature degree at Cambridge University. Her varied background in luxury retail and the start-up world allows her to create content and campaigns that resonate with audiences across a range of industries and demographics.

Sam is a curious and purpose-driven engineering leader with experience shaping and delivering complex products and platforms. His software engineering background provides him with a foundation of lean-agile practice that enables him to lead highly productive teams that enjoy their work.

Dave is an engineering leader with extensive experience in finance, fintech, blockchain and property industries. He has a proven track record working across a broad range of technology stacks for start-ups through to large international enterprises.

George is a software engineer with nearly 10 years of experience, having worked at a variety of companies in London and beyond. George has a BA in Computer Science from Oxford University. He has been to more than 40 countries, and speaks five languages.

Robert advises Ground Truth on the development of the company's Governance program. Robert was previously Global Head of External Affairs at Rio Tinto, Vice President at GSK, and was a UK diplomat with postings in Brussels, Bangkok, Canberra and London.

Karin advises Ground Truth on strategy, sales & marketing and business development. Karin is currently CEO at CGEM, a growth consulting company, and Venture Partner at Match-Maker Ventures. She previously led the B2B business for NZZ Media Group and held various senior international sales & management roles at Thomson Reuters.

Colin advises Ground Truth on User Experience and platform development. He is currently Success Director at Ontic Technologies. His prior career included roles at Palantir Technologies, the US State Department and intelligence community.

Having spent twelve years working at JPMorgan, Peter joined a fledgling fintech start-up called Revolut as its CFO. Almost three years and 4m customers later he left Revolut to join Money Dashboard as CFO.

Alec advises Ground Truth on strategy and platform development. Alec previously led the development of Kroll Bond Rating Agency's data analytics platform, was COO of Eurasia Group, and was an investment banker with Deutsche Bank.

Edo advises Ground Truth on high-volume data product strategy and integrations. He is currently Director of Corporate Development | M&A Integration at AML RightSource. Edo previously led the growth of the due diligence business at The Red Flag Group, which was subsequently acquired by Refinitiv.