Meet the minds that power Venatus

Rob grew up all over Wales, in fact going to 7 different schools. With my surname in the 70/80’s this was quite a challenge and he believes this has helped shape his personality. Others will tell you it’s just his “Napolean Complex”. Rob’s spare time is dominated by sport. Either playing, watching or coaching, his passions are golf, rugby and Football. If you haven’t guessed already he is quite competitive!

Matt has been a leader in online media since 2000 and co-founded Venatus in 2010. An extensive background in premium advertising and a passion for the technical aspects of AdTech have positioned Matt as a renowned industry figure, shaping brand-safe and effective digital advertising across the gaming ecosystem.

Nick previously served as CEO of Telegraph Media Group for seven years, where he led the company through significant digital transformation and growth. Previous roles include eight years at Yahoo, where he held several senior leadership positions, including Vice President of EMEA. 

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Tony has extensive experience as CFO leading private equity-backed businesses spanning multiple sectors, he has a strong track record of building strong businesses and supporting successful investment outcomes. Most recently, he served as CFO at Keyloop. He began his career at Reuters, where he spent 23 years and qualified as a Certified Accountant, during this time, he held several leadership roles, including Financial Director (FD) for the Gulf region based in Dubai and FD for Emerging Markets/Financial Controller (FC) for EMEA based in Geneva. Tony is married with two children in their mid-20s. He is a keen but limited golfer, an enthusiastic sports follower, and (unfortunately) a Spurs fan.

Dora previously served as Chief Strategy Officer at Ozone, the digital advertising platform created by The Guardian, The Telegraph, News UK & Reach plc. Prior to this Dora held senior positions at The Telegraph where she was Managing Director of Digital, and Yahoo where she led programmatic sales and operations across EMEA.

Fleur previously served as Senior Director at Placements.io, where she spent five years driving international growth and leading the company’s expansion into the UK and Europe as its first regional hire, building and scaling the business from market entry to sustained success.Earlier in her career, she led Account Management across the UK and Northern Europe at AppNexus, before spending five years at Google driving strategic growth across the UK eCommerce ecosystem, accelerating digital performance and revenue for leading commerce platforms.

Lina is the Chief AI and Data Officer at Venatus, focused on turning AI into measurable revenue uplift through optimisation, forecasting and automation. She previously led Data, Machine Learning and AI teams at Bumble, Dojo, Moo.com, and Hilton, focusing on monetising data to drive growth.

Sterling grew up in Trinidad and Tobago before moving to the US in the mid-nineties and spends his free time watching sports. His favorite is football where he tries to watch every Manchester United game. Sterling also loves American football and watches every Jets game he can. He loves when his team wins so he can engage in friendly banter with friends and work colleagues!

Prabhu is a seasoned technology leader with over 12 years of experience as a CTO, having built his career organically from hands-on engineering to executive leadership. He previously served as CTO of MiQ Digital, where he built the technology organization from the ground up and scaled it to over 300 professionals. Prabhu brings deep expertise in ad tech, along with a strong track record of architecting and scaling large-scale data and AI platforms.

Spike grew up in the USA with a stop in Australia before settling in London and spends his free time making music and staying active with yoga and hiking. He loves drumming, and exploring new countries.

Collette is a People and Culture leader with a proven track record across the publishing, gambling, and technology sectors. Most recently, she supported Legend through a significant scale-up from 200 to 550 employees by directly aligning people strategies with commercial objectives. Known for maintaining a high standard of excellence, Collette leverages her cross industry expertise to build and sustain engaging, high performance cultures.

Tom is an experienced Strategy and Corporate Development professional with a demonstrated track record of driving growth (organic and M&A), scale and value creation across multiple industries and at private, PE-backed and FTSE-100 organisations