George Sheppard

George is an engineering leader with over 15 years of experience building and scaling fintech and AI products from the ground up. A graduate of the University of Birmingham, he has a track record of launching platforms to millions of users at startups like Highlo, Treecard, and Banked. Colleagues describe him as an innovative, passionate, and customer-focused leader.

Outside of work, George is a family man who recently welcomed his third child. He is a vocal advocate for more supportive paternity leave rights, sharing his personal perspective on the financial challenges that new fathers often face during this important time.

He has a keen interest in the quirks of AI, once sharing his amusement when an LLM had an "existential crisis" over whether the seahorse emoji exists.