We are Purple

Gavin sold his last business, Applied Language Solutions, a global language technology and services business. He set up So Purple Group with the prime focus on building an enterprise guest WiFi system that was end user friendly.

Pete is a qualified finance professional with in excess of 20 years experience. He has been responsible for leading various teams across finance, IT, administration, HR and professional services in a number of early stage software companies.

Based in Chicago, Shaun is a strategic and performance-focused commercial executive with over 15 years of innovative, energetic leadership across North America, Europe and Asia.

Iain is a technology leader with over 25 years of experience building teams and delivering innovative digital projects with a focus on user experience, security and scalability.

Esther brings 20 years of broad HR experience and has led People and Talent teams across a range of organisations and industries. She is passionate about creating a brilliant working environment for our people to develop and thrive at Purple.

Coming from a background in digital tech, Tom brings a customer-focused ethos to everything we do at Purple. He has previously delivered digital products and services for global companies including American Airlines, the BBC, Google and Kellogg’s.

Previously the CEO of Tesco, Sir Terry Leahy was selected as Britain’s most admired business leader by Management Today.

Previously Executive Vice President (EVP) for Cisco, Chris brings 25+ years of experience in technology industries to Purple. His innovative and effective sales strategies contributed to Cisco’s dominant position in the market.

A serial entrepreneur with multiple exits, Andy specialises on the intersection of technology and commercial and has been innovating cloud solutions for over 25 years.

Pinesh has led numerous investments at BGF, across a range of sectors but has a particular focus on the technology/software sector.

Gavin Patterson has extensive experience across a 30 year career in telecoms and technology including serving as the CEO of BT Group and President and Global Chief Revenue Officer of Salesforce. He is an adviser and investor while sitting on the boards of several public and private software and telecoms companies in Europe, India and US.