Tom has worked at major tech companies including Microsoft alongside a number of tech startups. He is available every month to talk marketing with our members.

Brandon is an experienced CFO who can help Plexal members understand cash flow, business model issues and any other financial questions.

Cara makes sure we’re putting on great events, meetups and bringing in great partners that benefit our whole community.

Need to organise a tour of the space or find out more about our membership options, talk to Kelsey

Lydia Ragoonanan is the programme lead for the London Cyber Innovation Centre. She caught the bug to support collaboration between startups and large organisations during her four years at Nesta, where she designed and ran programmes to test and scale new social innovations.

Before working at Nesta, Lydia was the principal strategist at the New Zealand Transport agency where she wove behavioural insights approaches and user design into the fabric of the organisation. While at the Transport Agency, she was the Australasian representative on the World Road Forum’s funding and finance committee. And in past professional lives, she’s also been an internal auditor and a private secretary in the civil service.

In her spare time, Lydia enjoys the great outdoors, geeking out on podcasts and having adventures with her six-year-old daughter.

Need to recruit staff or retain the team you have, it’s about much more than money, Meryl can help you build a winning team and culture

Our programme of events, from female-founder accelerators to sport tech hackathons are managed by Phil and his capable team. Get in touch to learn more about our event programme.

Tommy is an innovation programme manager at Plexal, where he works with large corporate clients to develop and deliver innovation activities. He’s passionate about funding and building innovative businesses, projects and products from the ground up.

Before joining Plexal, Tommy assisted the venture capital fund BlueChilli in establishing its presence in Brisbane, as well as building its portfolio. He has acted as an advisor to tech companies, coordinated the smart cities innovation program CityConnect across Australia and was a university guest lecturer on entrepreneurship.

Part mad professor (he holds degrees in Engineering Physics and Medicine and has a Masters in Psychology) and part business growth specialist, Swedish-born Markovski has business acumen, creativity and a genuine love of people in spades.

After spending 15 years spearheading change at Google, Adobe, Bazaarvoice and WPP, he’s helping Plexal’s clients transform their businesses and build purpose-driven teams that ultimately results in measurable growth. A believer in the power of behavioural insights and good old-fashioned empathy, he understands that innovation is carried out by people first and foremost.

In short, the sort of person you want holding your hand as you propel forwards into the next industrial revolution.

If you’re looking for an events space with a difference, Marcus is your man.

Originally from sunny southern California, he has background in interactive media and design innovation (and a Master’s degree in Design Innovation from Goldsmiths, University of London to boot).

Three years ago, he sold his car, bought a plane ticket and moved to London.

Next thing he knew, he was part of the team that helped launched Plexal in 2017. He’s been with us ever since as our community has grown, and has plenty of stories up his sleeves. “But if you want to hear them, you’ll have to join me for a tour,” he teases.