Jun 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 11 mos · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

• 💼 CENTAUR VENTURE CAPITAL®: Investing in Visionaries Who Change the World
• 🎯 Investing in Proportion and Purpose
• Centaur Ventures® is the private equity and investment arm of CCG®.
• Our mission is to identify, structure, and grow ventures that embody endurance, companies that are not built to exit, but built to last.
• We do not chase speculation. We cultivate stewardship.
• Every investment we support is designed to strengthen the Founder’s Covenant: combining ethical leadership, sound governance, and financial resilience within a transparent, compliant structure.
• 💶 What We Do
• Centaur Ventures® provides strategic and structural advisory for early-stage ventures, private equity-backed SMEs, and family-owned enterprises.
• We design funding and governance frameworks that prepare businesses for long-term success, from capital readiness to exit or succession.
• Our work extends beyond financial modelling; we install discipline; the governance rhythm that investors trust.
• We specialise in:
• 🔷Private Equity Structuring: Designing Cyprus HQ or holding architectures that align investor control with founder vision.
• 🔷Venture Governance: Implementing boards, reporting systems, and shareholder agreements that balance agility and accountability.
• 🔷Capital Advisory: Guiding founders through fundraising, valuation, and shareholder negotiations with compliance and proportion.
• 🔷Succession Preparation: Aligning investor exits and family transitions under one legal and operational framework.
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Who We Serve
• Founders preparing for investment or sale.
• Private equity funds seeking disciplined co-investment partners.
• Family offices pursuing structured, governance-driven diversification.
• High-net-worth individuals building professional holding ecosystems.
• ❓ Why It Matters
• Most ventures scale for valuation, not sustainability.
• Centaur Ventures® reverses that equation, we invest in governance before growth.
• Our approach ensures that capital serves purpose, not the other way around.

Dec 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 5 mos · Cyprus

• We are a Centaur.tech company that happens to serve you great food!
• AT CENTAUR’S is built on the belief that healthy food should not be a luxury only for the privileged. AT CENTAUR’S offers Affordable, Excellent Quality food for everyone! It is a place where you can eat well.
• AT CENTAUR’S is powerful because of how we bring people together. So we celebrate with you, life’s moments – little, important and big – where many stories will be created and be told.
• Aiming to create moments that will surprise you & exceed your expectations, by fostering a healthy & thriving culinary ecosystem by integrating – Talent, Data and Technology.
• AT CENTAUR’S story embraces the meaning of real food, service excellence, experiences, flavours and conjuring up a feeling of love.
• 12 HOURS
• Our message to you is powered by authenticity. All our proteins are prepared within 12 hours low and slow cooking with honest and healthy food wisdoms; served to you conveniently, with variety and affordability. There is science, culture and taste behind our 12 hours slow cooking method;
• We aim to redefine the way we do business by establishing enduring relationships that we believe is one of the foundational pillars for building a great company worthy of lasting.
• Steered by our heritage that is based on the core Philotimo values, we offer value that will impact all our stakeholders and at the forefront of this mission, our community.
• Hence, with ethos, pathos and logos we build real, honest and sustainable relationships.
• AT CENTAUR’S exists to inspire you to create moments to cherish.

Sep 2014 – Present · 11 yrs 8 mos · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

• 🚀 Centaur Tech – Technology as Governance 🚀
• 🏗️ The Engineering Arm of Clarity
• Centaur Tech® is the technological backbone of Centaur Consulting Group, the place where governance, data, and process converge into a single version of truth.
• Our purpose is simple: to design systems that make integrity operational.
• We don’t build software for its own sake.
• We engineer digital environments that protect founders, families, and organisations from drift, duplication, and disconnection.
• 💡 What We Do
• Centaur Tech® develops and maintains Centaur 365®, our proprietary business platform built on Microsoft Dynamics 365, SharePoint Premium, and Power Platform.
• This platform acts as the governance engine of every Centaur-administered entity, ensuring that every decision, document, and register is connected, auditable, and remembered.
• From fiduciary services to private equity, every workflow we implement is designed to reduce administrative risk and deliver transparency without friction.
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Who We Serve
• Centaur Tech® supports all Centaur divisions; Trust, Ventures, Properties, and the Vitruvian Family Office, as well as select clients who require secure digital infrastructure for governance, reporting, and audit readiness.
• 🕊️ Why It Matters
• Technology without governance is noise; governance without technology is blind.
• Centaur Tech® ensures that structure, compliance, and human discipline are embedded into the systems themselves.
• By turning governance into code, we transform organisations from reactive to proactive, enabling founders and families to see, decide, and endure with confidence.
• 📩 Let’s innovate together. Connect with us to explore how we can transform your business with technology-driven governance and investment strategies.

Feb 2008 – Present · 18 yrs 3 mos · Nicosia, Cyprus

• 🏢 CENTAUR PROPERTIES®: Enabling Strategic Substance Presence with Purpose
• 🏗️ The Architecture of Presence
• Centaur Properties® is the tangible expression of governance, the physical and operational infrastructure that transforms structure into substance.
• It ensures that every Centaur-administered entity has not only legal existence, but a visible, verifiable footprint in the real world.
• From executive offices and board meeting facilities to dedicated corporate premises, Centaur Properties® provides the backbone for substance, the critical bridge between compliance and credibility.
• 🏪 What We Do
• Centaur Properties® establishes and manages the physical presence required for genuine “mind and management” under international tax and governance standards.
• Our services encompass:
• Substance Infrastructure: Fully equipped offices, directorship presence, and operational space for Cyprus-based headquarters.
• Corporate Domiciliation: Registered offices, lease agreements, and address management ensuring continuous statutory compliance.
• Facility Management: Maintenance, IT, and administrative support tailored for business continuity and professional representation.
• Residency & Relocation Support: Assistance with director relocation, work permits, and executive residence under Cyprus and EU frameworks.
• Integration with Governance: Every physical facility is connected to Centaur 365®, ensuring that decisions, board meetings, and activities are recorded and verifiable in real time.
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Who We Serve
• We serve international companies, founders, and family offices requiring compliant, cost-effective, and elegant physical presence in Cyprus. Our facilities are also home to several of Centaur’s internal business units, providing our clients with access to an ecosystem of governance, technology, and fiduciary expertise.
• ❓ Why It Matters
• In modern governance, form without substance is risk.
• We eliminate that risk by grounding legal structures in tangible, auditable presence.

Jul 2006 – Present · 19 yrs 10 mos · Cyprus

• 🏛 Centaur Trust – The Fiduciary Backbone of Governance 🏛
• 🎯Guardians of Integrity and Structure
• Centaur Trust® is the licensed, regulated fiduciary arm of Centaur Consulting Group®.
• We serve as the custodian of legal truth, the entity that anchors governance to law, ensuring that every structure, transaction, and covenant stands the test of scrutiny and time.
• Our role extends beyond compliance.
• We act as protectors of proportion, turning regulatory obligations into instruments of continuity for founders, families, and investors.
• 💡 What We Do
• Centaur Trust® provides comprehensive fiduciary and trustee services for international holding, headquartering, and wealth-protection structures.
• As a regulated service provider under the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), we deliver full fiduciary oversight, from directorships and trustee appointments to corporate administration and statutory reporting.
• We specialise in the creation and stewardship of:
• Cyprus Holding and Headquartering Companies, offering legitimate tax efficiency and full EU compliance.
• Cyprus International Trusts, providing asset protection, confidentiality, and structured succession planning.
• Corporate Secretarial and Governance Services, ensuring accuracy and continuity in all statutory obligations.
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Who We Serve
• We serve founders, families, and private equity investors seeking a trusted, licensed partner to administer their holding and wealth structures with transparency and accountability.
• Our clients include entrepreneurs post-exit, family enterprises, and international firms consolidating global assets under Cyprus HQ governance.
• 🏹 Why It Matters
• In today’s environment of regulatory pressure and reputational risk, compliance is not optional… it is strategic.
• Centaur Trust® transforms governance from a cost into an advantage.

Jan 2006 – Present · 20 yrs 4 mos · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

• 🌍 Centaur Consulting Group® (CCG®) – "Strategy, Structure, Stewardship" 🌍
• [ We Help Founders and Families Build Companies that can be Trusted, Inherited or Sold ]
• 🚀 Who We Are
• We are not a consulting firm.
• We are a business-building ecosystem.
• Centaur Consulting Group® (CCG®) is a Cambridge-based platform that helps founders, family offices, and SMEs build companies that are governable, investable, and enduring.
• Whether you are a second-time founder, a global family group, or an intrapreneur ready to lead, we help you design a business that can be trusted, inherited, or sold.
• 🏛 Why We Exist
• Most founders don’t fail from lack of vision.
• They fail from fragmentation:
• No clear structure.
• No digital rhythm.
• No operating model that can scale.
• We solve this by offering complete operational architecture, from legal structure and compliance to digital execution and succession design..
• 💡What We Offer
• We don’t offer services.
• We offer Minimum Viable Ecosystems, complete with:
• Spine: Legal & operational structuring.
• Nervous System: Digital platform (Centaur 365®).
• Skin: Office, substance, and presence.
• Shield: Tax, audit, and financial compliance.
• Voice: Strategic reports, investor storytelling.
• Succession Path: Optional Family Office evolution layer.
• Every engagement is a business that breathes.
• 📩 How We Deliver It
• We are not a loose group of services.
• We are a coordinated anatomy built around:
• 1 Platform: Centaur 365®, your single source of truth.
• 5 Business Units: Centaur Tech®, Centaur Trust®, Centaur Ventures®, Centaur Properties®, Vitruvian Family Office™.
• 12 Canonical Systems: Embedded rhythm across your business.
• 100% Stewardship DNA: No vendor theatre. Only durable infrastructure.
• 🗺️ Where We Operate
• From our headquarters in Cambridge, UK and our operational base in Cyprus, we serve founders across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, providing compliant HQ structures, tax-residency substance, and continuity frameworks for global entrepreneurs.

Jan 1997 – Jan 2002 · 5 yrs

• Auditor at Arthur Andersen for four years, before joining the Tax & Business Consulting Department of Arthur Andersen (currently Deloitte), managing a team of business consultants and tax advisors in the administration of and consultation to a portfolio of clients including listed public companies.