Our Team

Andrew is the CEO of SPORTA, leading our mission to become the bank that powers sport. He previously co-founded ClearBank, the UK’s first new clearing bank in over two centuries, bringing deep fintech, banking and infrastructure expertise to Sporta’s AI-native platform and technology approach. He combines this with a passion for sustainable sport that serves clubs, fans and communities, as an avid motorsport enthusiast and as a former National League Basketball player and 2nd XI Cricket player.

Paul is Chief Operating Officer at SPORTA, bringing 35+ years experience in risk and operational management at global financial institutions including Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered, Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank. Paul is playing a pivotal role in building Sporta’s operations, ensuring processes are robust, efficient and deeply aligned with the needs of clubs and the people that support them. Paul has a life-long love of sport as an endurance athlete and a former senior military officer.

As Chief Executive of GB Snowsport, Chair of GB Surfing and Vice President of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation and Board member of the British Olympic Association, Victoria is a leader in elite sport. Her insight into community impact and institutional dynamics is foundational to SPORTA’s connection with clubs, federations and sporting pathways. As well as being a founding member of Invictus Games London 2014 and Chair of Board for Invictus Games Birmingham 2027, she is a competitive triathlete and twice London marathon finisher.

Indi believes financial products should feel effortless and work for everyone. As Chief Information Officer at SPORTA, she's building the AI-native financial platform to make that real. Across 20-plus years in financial services, payments, retail and PropTech, from global enterprises to start-ups, she's built technology people rely on every day. As Engineering Director at Fleetcor she led a payments system processing over a million transactions a day across 35 countries, and engineering leadership roles at RTGS.global and N Brown Group overseeing global enterprise systems and data transformations. A committed champion of diversity and inclusion in technology teams, Indi is driven by a simple belief: the people who power sport deserve financial products that finally work for them.

Mark is Chief Financial Officer at SPORTA, leading our financial strategy and finance function. A member of the ICAEW with over 25 years in financial services, he combines experience at established institutions including HSBC, Lloyds Bank and Nationwide with senior finance leadership at challenger and specialist banks, including as Group CFO of Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank in Abu Dhabi. Mark is an avid sports fan and a committed sporting parent to an up-and-coming motor star.

David is Chief Risk Officer at SPORTA, responsible for our risk strategy, governance and control framework. He was previously Chief Risk Officer at Sainsbury's Bank, having spent 15 years in senior roles at Lloyds Banking Group across retail banking, mortgages and credit risk, bringing deep banking and risk leadership to Sporta's approach to building trusted financial infrastructure from the outset. He's driven by sport's power to bring people together and support physical and mental health, identity and community, and is focused on ensuring Sporta is built on the right governance and controls from day one.

Jess is Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer at SPORTA, leading commercial strategy, go-to-market, brand and partnerships as we build the financial and digital infrastructure for sporting communities. She brings deep experience in challenger banking and fintech, having previously built marketing and growth capabilities at Starling Bank. At Sporta, she is driving the partnerships, community and brand foundations that will connect clubs, athletes and fans to the financial foundations they deserve. Outside of work, Jess is a lifelong sports enthusiast who understands first-hand the power of community that sport creates.

Fanoula is Head of Operations at SPORTA, responsible for building the operational engine of the bank; the processes, controls and foundations that will make Sporta reliable, safe and ready to scale. She brings over 20 years of experience in banking transformation, payments and digital businesses, most recently as COO and Chief of Staff for Barclays' Digital Payments and E-Commerce scale-up, and in senior operational and strategic roles across Barclays Corporate Banking in London and New York. A passionate sailor and tennis player, she is drawn to Sporta's mission to build financial infrastructure that genuinely serves sporting communities.

Adrian is Head of Engineering at SPORTA, building the infrastructure and technology behind our AI-native banking platform. He brings over seven years experience at Microsoft, most recently building agentic AI solutions for financial services as a Senior Software Engineer, having previously worked with enterprise customers on Azure. Earlier in his career he was a Principal Software Engineer at Dell EMC and co-founded StackSync, an open source file synchronisation tool. Adrian is focused on building secure, reliable systems that give clubs, athletes and fans the intuitive foundations they deserve.