Maddy Phipps-Taylor
CEO

Maddy previously worked at Allocate Software, one of the most successful health tech business in the UK. Maddy was responsible for Corporate Development, and business strategy. Prior to this, she worked for the Care Quality Commission shaping their strategic agenda. She has been a Harkness Fellow in health policy and practice at the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley, California and from 2012-2014, she was a civil servant at Number 10 Downing Street, advising PM David Cameron on the health, care and life sciences agenda.

David Williams
CTO

David is an experienced engineer who has worked across all areas of software development in some of the UK’s best-known technology companies and startup accelerators. His career has spanned finance, healthcare, venture capital, and natural language processing. He’s built and led several development teams and products from the ground up, and has significant experience in what makes technology companies succeed.

Tatiana Nianiaris
Head of Product

Tatiana heads up all our product design and product strategy, responsible for all product features and for upgrading the user experience for clinicians and patients. Prior to joining Microtest she worked as a Venture Tech Associate for PUBLIC, harnessing technology to help make online finance more accessible for people with disabilities and special needs. She honed her Product Strategy skills at the start-up FollowApp.Care where she led on research and product design projects. She has a Masters in Global Health and Development.

Lucy Chaplin
Head of Operations

Lucy leads operations at Microtest. Previously she worked for Google, Wavestone and KPMG in Technology and Risk Consulting to provide technical cloud and data focused software and services to clients, alongside C-level strategic initiatives. Lucy has an MBA from London Business School with a concentration in Change Management and Organisational Behaviour. She is an outspoken mental health advocate and passionate about building diverse and inclusive teams and workplaces.

Liz Blues
Finance Director

Liz has many years’ experience in commercial accounting, finance, and business infrastructure. Previously, Liz spent 8 years as CFO and Director for a leading independent international digital marketing agency NetBooster, where she undertook several mergers and acquisitions during her time. Her career as a senior financial professional has spanned manufacturing, logistics and service sectors across the UK.

“Stuff” Netherton
Head of Release Management

‘Stuff’ Netherton (aka Chris Jr) joined Microtest in 1994. With a degree in Computing and Networks, Stuff has worked in a wide variety of roles across the organisation and has over twenty years’ experience working on NHS software projects. Stuff plays a pivotal role in all Microtest’s software development, bringing to bear his extensive knowledge of the primary care marketplace.

Andy Richardson
Director

Andy is CTO at PUBLIC where he works across a number of government technology initiatives. Prior to PUBLIC, he was VP of Technology at Thomson Reuters managing the risk division. He remains the Co-founder of Sidekick and a co-host of London HalfStack.

Alexander de Carvalho
Executive Chairman

Alexander is the Chief Investment Officer and co-founder at PUBLIC, a venture firm set up to help technology startups transform public services. PUBLIC is one of the biggest investors in GovTech startups in Europe across important sectors including Health, Social Care, Security, Policing and Welfare. Alexander is also the Vice Chairman and Co-Founder of The GovTech Summit.