Team and advisors

The people building Ownleaf, with advisors from the funeral industry, banking and technology.

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Leadership

Derrick Grant, founder and CEO

Derrick Grant

Founder and CEO

Derrick helped scale Trustpilot to its £1bn listing. He has spent nearly a decade in the funeral industry and built ThinkWillow, a coffin retailer.

Daniel Espeland, co-founder and CFO

Daniel Espeland

Co-founder and CFO

Daniel helped scale a £40m a year marketplace with many suppliers. As CFO, he leads finance at Ownleaf.

Tudor Cojocaru, co-founder and CTO

Tudor Cojocaru

Co-founder and CTO

Tudor spent ten years at Trustpilot, from start-up to the FTSE 250, as its sole principal software engineer. He leads technology at Ownleaf.

Robin Watson, head of sales

Robin Watson

Head of sales

Robin works closely with funeral directors and builds partnerships that grow Ownleaf’s integrations, distribution and reach.

Advisors

John Adams, advisor

John Adams

Advisor

John is a funeral director, an author and a funeral industry advisor to Child Bereavement UK. He is a past president of the NAFD.

Craig Donaldson, advisor

Craig Donaldson

Advisor

Craig was the founding chief executive of Metro Bank, with leadership experience across banking, technology and transformation.

Glen Robinson, advisor

Glen Robinson

Advisor

Glen helps public sector customers and partners achieve more with Microsoft technologies.

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