Tom Kiddle
Co-Founder
Recently, Tom exited Equals Group PLC after 3 years as Chief Commercial Officer achieving over 35% revenue growth YOY every year before taking the business private with a sale to PE, in a combined deal worth over £280m. Taking Equals from £44m revenue upon joining to over £130m on exit.
Tom started his career in finance at Travelex on the UK B2B Dealing floor. Spending over 15 years in B2B SME, corporate foreign exchange and marketplace collections. Tom worked across a variety of sectors as an FX dealer with Travelex and Western Union completing his Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments Level 4 qualification comprising of Regulations, Derivatives and Tax & Investment Advice modules. Tom quickly worked his way through to senior management roles before taking a new position with AliPay owned WorldFirst in the UK rising to Country Manager.
At WorldFirst Toms role consisted of oversight of all commercial factors as well as onboarding and first line compliance in the UK, with Tom completing further qualifications in KYC, CDD and Compliance. Tom worked across the corporate and E-commerce sector helping Amazon merchants collect and sell globally.
Tom lives in Milton Keynes with his wife, daughter and black labrador, Frank. He is a keen golfer playing off 13 and always welcomes a meeting on the links.
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Alistair Hesketh-Hutson
Managing Director | Partner
Alistair has been working in the payment industry for 11 years, managing a range of complex commercial partnerships across media and financial services. His priority is delivering exceptional customer outcomes when it matters most.
Craig Agutter
Group Operations Director
Craig spent 14 years at WorldFirst, taking P&L responsibility for their flagship multi-currency collection product across Europe. He's been integral to both the Ant Group acquisition in 2019 and the Equals Group sale to Railsr and private equity in 2025.
Dominic Hutson
Fractional CTO
Front-end Engineer, contracting for some of the biggest payment gateways in the world. Working on both apps for enterprise and start-ups.
Steve Paul
Co-Founder