Our Team

Meet our team

Our team is a dynamic blend of talented and passionate experts with a range of skills and knowledge within the technology, business and space sectors.

Chris Newlands

CEO & Founder

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Chris Newlands

CEO & Founder

Chris is one of Scotland’s most connected entrepreneurs in the travel and technology landscape. After serving in the Royal Navy, he carved out a career in Financial Services before launching Space Aye. Chris is a GlobalScot and Co-Chair of UKNI Open Geospatial Consortium.

Graham Norton-Standen

Chairman

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Graham Norton-Standen

Chairman

Graham is a highly respected captain of industry. Former CEO of Garnet International, Graham has served as Chairman, senior board member or advisor to a variety of organisations globally which include British Telecom (BT), Cable & Wireless, Deutsche Bank, Hewlett Packard, Reuters, Tata Group and Unisys, to name a few.

Steven Mail

Non-Executive Director

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Steven Mail

Non-Executive Director

Steven is a non-executive director based in the United States and acts as an independent advisor to the Board. Steven had a successful 20 year investment banking and hedge fund career before leaving the banking world to found and manage two of Europe’s largest global macro hedge funds.

Gordon Bain

Technical Director

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Gordon Bain

Technical Director

Gordon is a qualified Agile Project Manager and Technical Program Director with a strong history delivering large scale corporate projects for both Public and Private sector organisations. Gordon’s background includes working for several Global Fortune 500 companies in addition to setting up a number of his successful projects. 

Angus McGuire

General Counsel

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Angus McGuire

General Counsel

Angus is a highly focused and experienced commercial lawyer who deals with the many complex requirements required to meet the legal regulations involved in running a public facing SME. Prior to joining the team, Angus spent his career in private practice where he had a particular interest in growing SME’s and early-stage investment.

Anthony Burr

PR & Media Manager

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Anthony Burr

PR & Media Manager

Anthony is a Public Relations expert specialising in Publicity, Media and Story Brokering. He is a former newspaper and television journalist with The Sunday Times, Daily Express and Sky Sports, he is now a well-known PR expert with knowledge and experience at the front line of the British media.

Dr Crawford Tait

CTO

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Dr Crawford Tait

CTO

Crawford is a highly skilled and experienced IT professional. He is experienced in developing web-powered solutions. His previous roles include Head of R&D at Skyscanner, he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our team which helps guide research and development. 

Adam McLean

QA & Operations Manager

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Adam McLean

QA & Operations Manager

Adam is all in the details, he brings an attention to detail and a breadth and depth of knowledge to the team. He has previously worked in testing teams at Barclays and is our resident satellite expert, working with our partners to ensure smooth delivery of satellite imagery and information. 

Lucy Lapham

Marketing & Brand Manager

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Lucy Lapham

Marketing & Brand Manager

Lucy is an experienced global marketing and brand manager, with a passion for branding and creative visuals. She started her journey in marketing with our product Talk Holiday in 2017, and since then has experienced a variety of industries, bringing well-rounded marketing knowledge to the team.

Our advisory board

Eric Orme

Director of World Wide Live Events Product & Engineering – Amazon Prime Video

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Eric Orme

Director of World Wide Live Events Product & Engineering – Amazon Prime Video

Eric is an establish product and technology leader in the media industry. Currently leading world wide live events for Amazon Prime Video, Eric has worked in a variety of technology companies and start-ups over the past 19 years.

 

“Spelfie is able to preserve those hard to capture moments in a completely new and unique way that wasn’t possible until now.”

Dr Chris Arnold

Former Creative Director – Saatchi & Saatchi

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Dr Chris Arnold

Former Creative Director – Saatchi & Saatchi

Chris specialises in advertising and brand marketing and was previously a Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatch. He currently works for Creative Orchestra (a creative advertising and brand management agency) in London. 

Joe Little

Former Technology Principal & CTO, Digital Technology Innovation – British Petroleum

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Joe Little

Former Technology Principal & CTO, Digital Technology Innovation – British Petroleum

Joe’s experience in leading BP’s Digital Innovation Organisation, helps him identify potentially highly disruptive technologies, solving business problems with real, innovative, digital solutions. Key-note speaker, author and former chair of the London Technology Fund.

Linda McCutheon

Former President – Time Inc New Media

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Linda McCutheon

Former President – Time Inc New Media

Linda is an executive who helped lead the print media industry into the digital age through the immigration of content to online channels and platforms. She has an extensive background in market and media research and has been a steward of brands such as Time, The Economist, Business Week, and Money as well as their digital sites. Linda keeps a keen focus on emerging technologies. 

 

“This is the biggest thing in digital advertising I’ve seen in 10 years!”

Carl Allen

Former Executive – IBM

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Carl Allen

Former Executive – IBM

Carl is leveraging his broad CEO and C-suite executive experience to help ambitious organisations like Space Aye reach desired enterprise value. He was an Executive at IBM and deliberately moved on in March 2021 to give back to industry to help professionalise, transform and scale businesses to achieve their goals.