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

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

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

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

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.

Hayden Sutherland

Chief Innovation Officer

Hayden is a digital & technology leader with over 25 years of experience in managing, designing and delivering innovative & commercially successful enterprise technologies across the public and private sectors.

He is a trusted fractional CIO/CTO, principle architect and intergration & data specialist who runs his own Glasgow-based consultancy.

Hayden is also the Founder and Chair of the Open Transport Initiative, as well as a MaaS Scotland Steering Board member and part of the UK Digital Twin Hub Governance & Trust Working Group.

Anthony Burr

Communications Director

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

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

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

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.

Andy White

Senior Back End Developer

Andy brings a wide range of technical business experience to the Space Aye team. He has worked on many projects in software engineering, from manufacturing and construction industries to defense, and a contractor to Scottish Parliament. Andy’s experience is key to developing a robust backend for our products; such as Spelfie.