Management Team
Who We Are
Mike Starmer-Smith
Co-founder & CEO
20 + years of experience as a Senior Corporate & Investment Banker completing a variety of senior leadership positions at Deutsche Bank in London and New York. Proven success delivering many multi-disciplinary projects including implementing digital solutions to global multinational companies. Since leaving banking in 2019, Michael has worked as a consultant, a non-executive director and technology investor. Former British Army Officer with global operational experience
Matt Overall
CTO
20 + years of experience as a Technical Leader delivering a game-changing inflight retail system used by EasyJet, Virgin, SAS, and other of the world’s leading airlines and building consumer mobile apps for global brands - Vodafone & nPower reaching millions of users. Engineered digital campaigns & data tools for Coca Cola, Pepsi, Walkers, McDonald's. Scaled teams across the US and Europe, spending six years in New York supporting the growth of the business and technical teams
Simon Scoot
Co-founder & Non-Exec.
20 + years of international experience as a Senior Marketing & Operations leader whose career highlights include managing the InterContinental London Park Lane and leading the global brand strategy for IHG's luxury & lifestyle brands. This role included accountability for developing mobile applications and implementing complex corporate programmes in multiple locations. In 2018, Simon founded Lido, a consultancy company specialising in marketing innovation in the hospitality sector. Due to other commitments, Simon stepped away from day-to-day involvement in AIUS in summer 2023
Partners
Backing from
Innovate UK is the United Kingdom's innovation agency, which provides money and support to organisations to make new products and services. It is a non-departmental public body operating at arm's length from the Government as part of the United Kingdom Research and Innovation organisation
Protecting the Hospitality Sector
NorthPoint International Ltd specialises in providing a range of security programs and training to those seeking to defend the hospitality sector from a range of physical and cyber threats. Their aim is to assist in building capacity at all levels to protect the hospitality sector from a wide range of threats to provide a secure environment for guests and visitors and to support the tourism industry more widely
We welcome the opportunity to collaborate with other organisations