Meet the team
Amy Michael
Swiftaid Product Manager
Amy transformed unprofitable portrait studios, on major luxury cruise liners, into successful businesses offering premium products. She has also built and branded a business in both the UK and Australia and has experience in management.
Beth Michael
COO and Co-founder
Beth has a background in business ownership, management and operations. Previously turning underperforming businesses around to profit for a national chain. She has excellent strategic skills with a great ability to build relationships with major corporations.
Carl Hartshorn
Engineer
Carl brings over seven years of experience as a Software Engineer to our team. With a knack for problem-solving, he's adept at developing secure and scalable software in diverse environments, from startups to established companies. Carl's commitment to innovation and technology extends beyond work, where he indulges his interests in new tech trends and approaches.
Chris Chorley
Engineer
Chris is a software engineering professional with over 20 years experience who is passionate about great software delivered the right way. Deeply experienced in agile methodologies and the software lifecycle having worked with it from multiple perspectives.
Dan Boff
Head of partnerships
Dan is a forward-thinking leader in business, product, and partnership development, with over 17 years of experience at major organisations including Sharp, Panasonic, and SSE, as well as fast-growth start-ups like Wileyfox and KAZAM. He brings his expertise in expanding partnership portfolios and driving innovation, having previously led Sport & Technology Partnerships at Comic Relief.
David Michael
CEO and Co-Founder
David is the inventor and architect of the Streeva technology. David is also a proven inventor and entrepreneur with a great passion for both technology and business strategy, creating solutions to address huge market opportunities.
Giles Jermy
Engineer
Giles is not one to take the technical hands-off approach, he is motivated to continue to be active in the technologies the teams are using and introducing.
Kirsty Canning
Operations Manager
Kirsty is an experienced operations leader with a background in remote-first, fintech, and smart tech start-ups. She excels in process optimisation, team coordination, and task management, with a strong focus on employee engagement for multinational teams. Passionate about innovation, Kirsty is eager to bring her project management and cross-collaboration skills to Streeva.
Michael Watts
Engineer
Mike has helped companies and organisations shape the way they use digital media to engage with customers for over 15 years. He has built web applications, websites, and written bespoke business tools with a priority to deliver the best possible software for the job.
Sam Michael
Designer and Director
An award-winning designer with over 13 years experience working with brands including Intel, Oracle, HSBC, Mozilla and many more. Sam also spent two years starting up Monzo bank.
Board of advisors
Phil Smith CBE
Non-Executive Chairperson of the board
I couldn’t be more delighted to be part of the Streeva team. In these extremely challenging times, we all know charities really need to work and to maximise their fundraising and Swiftaid has the potential to make a huge difference.
Richard Boulton KC
Investor Director
It's great to witness the power of technology to help both donors and the charities to which they want to give.