We're Aligned.
The Earlymarket team are fanatical about the best new ideas and technologies, and are committed to making them happen. We all come from different backgrounds and see things from different perspectives but share the same values of progress and growth for business, technology, and people. We have a strong shared expertise in helping start-ups hit the ground running.
Our Team is Your Team.
We pride ourselves on being hands-on with our portfolio, particularly with our Labs companies, where we do much more than just fill the gaps.
PATRICK WILLS
Founder 
Paddy has worked in finance most of his career at Banque Paribas (now BNP), Deutsche Bank, Montier Partners and others. He managed a tactical investment portfolio for Catlin Group (now part of XL) before running his own company. He is a qualified helicopter pilot and has 2 children.
Paddy attended both Imperial College, London and University of Exeter and has a degree in Computer Science. He's also enthusiastic about self-driving cars and has completed a degree in the subject. 
ALICE FRESSON
Chief Operating Officer 
Alice is Earlymarket’s Interim Chief Operating Officer. She has over 30 years of management experience in the finance, retail, philanthropy and recruitment sectors. In joining the disruptive startup community, she is excited to be in such a vibrant and innovative team. Alice is a Chartered Accountant, Life Coach, a proud Ambassador of Wellbeing of Women and Supporter of the South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership.
She loves to dance, travel, enjoys art classes, sadly hates to exercise-preferring restorative yoga instead! Being born in Malaysia where food and family are important, she is a satay, rendang and noodle foodie, and loves cooking for her family. 
ASYA GHALACHYAN
Investment Associate 
Asya first joined Earlymarket as an intern in 2015, where she worked in the marketing department. Now a graduate of the University of Westminster, Asya has responsibility across our incubated projects juggling various marketing, consumer relations, partnership and business development tasks.
She also finds herself performing at events throughout the year with Akhtamar (Armenian Performance Group) which she helps run in her spare time. |
SARAH CHENEVIX-TRENCH
Founder 
Sarah spent 7 years in Asia in the 1980’s and early 90’s where she worked on a number of documentary film projects mainly for companies in Hong Kong including China Light and Power. She also wrote and produced a four part series on the environment for schoolchildren. After leaving Hong Kong she was involved in a couple of other projects including a retrospective for Ferragamo.
She has recently become involved in a well established international environmental charity. She runs a 200 acre ecofarm in Suffolk half of which is being rewilded. She has a degree in Zoology, is a qualified private helicopter pilot and has three children. 
CLEA WHITLEY
CFO 
Clea studied Architecture at Oxford Brookes University, graduating with a BA(Hons) in 2008, before becoming an accountant due to the recession and disappointment in the lack of maths involved in being an architect. She is now a part-qualified ACCA.
Rowed competitively with City of Oxford Rowing Club for 3 years before moving to London. She continues to be creative in her spare time through her jewellery shop on Etsy, CleaMadeThis, and joining the London Amateur Ballet (as of January 2016). |