Josh is CTO at ARK, where he aims to accelerate digital transformation across the residential property sector. He has built and scaled teams engineering teams across size and industry from corporates like Admiral through to startups such as Cleo. His quality focus is rooted from a deep interest in formal verification, with practical expertise in building web and mobile applications. Conference and meet-up speaker, he enjoys sharing learnings with the wider community.

Akeel is co-founder of ARK and Fund Manager of the Urban Splash Residential fund (USR). Previously he worked at UBS Investment Bank where he was part of a team advising on real estate transactions with a combined value of c.£20bn. Whilst at university, Akeel co-founded the education technology platform Aula which he has exited. Akeel graduated from Pembroke College, University of Oxford with a BA in Economics & Management. Akeel also sits on the Fundraising Board of the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Charity & Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.

Kevin has over 16 years of product and commercial experience in start-ups, scale-ups and global multinational companies such as Zeelo, Xceptor and Thomson Reuters, across a number of different sectors including legal, fintech, property and big data. He has built and scaled product teams and has a focus on ensuring a customer-centric approach throughout the development process.

Shéa graduated from Queen’s University Belfast with a first-class Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. Whilst studying at university, he completed an internship with Urban Scale Interventions where he developed a behaviour recognition tool to help prevent suicides in public spaces. Shéa also developed the initial PoC for PolyLoop, a SaaS approach to strategically align policy and funding opportunities through developing actionable frameworks with insights. Prior to joining Ark, Shéa worked within FinTech consultancy, developing web apps for global financial services clients.

Amelia brings over 9 years of experience in the Property Management Industry to Ark and has joined Ark as our Customer Success Lead. Starting as an Apprentice in Administration, Amelia gained extensive knowledge in property management and steadily advanced to Head of Operations for a >13,000 home Block Managing Agent. Amelia is thrilled to leverage her expertise in Property Management alongside Ark's innovative technology to enhance and improve the lives of residents and leaseholders across the UK.

James studied General Engineering with a specialisation in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Sheffield. His final year project assessed how changing separation distance for an array of “bladeless wind turbines” impacted electricity generation using computational fluid dynamics. Following graduation James embarked on a Software Engineering bootcamp learning the fundamentals of programming and collaborated to develop a group decision making app! When not coding he enjoys a run or hike in the countryside.

Jake oversees The Holroyd Family Office. He has an overarching responsibility for commercial investments, The Holroyd Foundation and the wider Holroyd Estate. To date, Jake has had exposure to funding, managing and exiting investments. After graduating with a BA Hons in Business, Jake completed an internship and graduate scheme with Enterprise Holdings, leaving the company some six years later to join a young EdTech business in London. In November 2017, Jake joined The Holroyd Family.