Management team

Paul Aitken - Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Paul is the founder of borro.com. Prior to this Paul founded and was the MD of Movota, a provider of mobile solutions to leading media companies, which he sold to Bertelsmann in 2005. In addition to this, Paul has extensive senior operations, supply chain, marketing, & strategy experience in the Retail and IT sectors from his time working with DSG International and RM plc. Paul also holds an MBA from IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Paul Brett - Business Development Director

Paul has over 20 years experience in the financial services and lending industries and over 10 years specialist business development expertise. Prior to joining borro Paul worked at Fastcom as the Sales and Marketing Director and at SPML as the Head of Sales. He also formed the Mortgage Industry Association and brand "Freehold" by successfully bringing together 25 companies in the industry with a collective £1.6 billion of distribution. Paul also brings to the table several years of consultancy experience, devising strategies for several multi million pound turnover private companies.

Guy Buckley-Sharp - Chief Financial Officer

Prior to joining borro.com, Guy spent 5 years with ETV Capital Limited one of the leading venture debt providers in Europe. Prior to this Guy worked at Ernst & Young LLP (formerly Arthur Andersen), in the UK corporate restructuring department specialising in bank workout and formal insolvency work.

Paul Duncan - Chief Technical Officer

Paul has a background in financial and telecoms software, and extensive experience of CMS systems where he has delivered large sites for both mobile and web browsers. Paul has worked on projects for a range of successful companies including Egg, Nortel, Orange, Motorola, Disney, GMAC Finance and City Index

Claire Gates - Managing Director

Claire has over 10 years experience in the financial services sector working for major blue chip companies. Having previously led the Retailer and Partnership section of GE Capital in Central & Eastern Europe, Claire was most recently Managing Director at Virgin Money, where she established Virgin Money Canada. Claire brings a wealth of consumer finance leadership to the business.

Matt Hawksworth - Sales & Operations Director

Having worked as Operations Manager for one of the South East's leading childcare providers, Matt moved into service and operations consultancy. He was responsible for design and implementation of service and operational strategies for a wide range of blue chip clients including Barclay's, Vodafone, BSkyB and Marks & Spencer.

Samantha Lilley - Head of Valuation

Samantha is a qualified Fine Arts and Antiques Chartered Surveyor and Fellow of the Gemmological Association. Before joining borro Samantha was a General Valuer based in the London and European Valuations Department at Bonhams Auctioneers, she was also Head of Department, European and Oriental Costume and Textiles for the Bonhams Group and Head of Sale for European Costume and Textiles with Christies.

Ray Palmer - Retail Operations Director

Ray is responsible for the retail operations at borro.com including logistics, valuation operations, and warehousing. He is a supply chain expert and has spent over 20 years in a variety of senior roles at blue chip companies including The Dixons Group and Sainsbury's.

Anat Sneh-Matalon - Product Marketing Director

Prior to joining borro, Anat was the VP of Product at iMedix where she led the product to win awards, including TechCrunch's ‘Crunchies' Best New Start-up of 2007 Award. Anat brings to the table over 10 years of experience in web development and product management with expertise in ecommerce (retail, travel, insurance), search, and web 2.0. She holds a B.A. in Computer Science and an MBA from London Business School.