Team
Co-founders
Greg Marsh, Co-Founder & CEO
Prior to founding onefinestay in 2009, Greg spent 3 years on the IT investment team at Index Ventures, the venture capital firm behind Skype and MySQL. Previously he had management roles in operations, business development and product development at logistics marketplace start-up GF-X, most recently as the firm’s Product Manager. Greg has an MA from Christ’s College, Cambridge, and an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School where he was a Fulbright Scholar and graduated top of his class. He also works with Amnesty International and is elected to the charity’s Finance and Audit Committee.
Demetrios Zoppos, Co-Founder & COO
Prior to founding onefinestay in 2009, Demetrios was founding CEO of GradFutures, a web community site. Previously he was co-founder, Operations Director and Managing Director of GF-X, the leading trading exchange for airfreight capacity, which raised £50m, and was acquired by Descartes. Demetrios was a consultant at McKinsey & Co. where he specialised in e-commerce, and was an associate at the World Bank. He has an MA with first class honours in Economics from Robinson College, Cambridge, and an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, where he was a Fulbright Scholar.
Tim Davey, Co-Founder & Head of Product
Prior to founding onefinestay in 2009, Tim was co-founder and CTO of Snaptalent, a web recruitment ad network based in San Francisco, which raised funds from Y-Combinator, Index Ventures and other leading investment firms. Tim has a BSc in Theoretical physics from Imperial College, London and is an active member of the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) and the Privacy International advisory board.
Evan Frank, Co-Founder & VP International
Evan was co-founder and CEO of iwantBOX.com, an e-commerce menswear brand. Previously he was a Director at Kennet Partners, a technology growth equity fund based in London and Silicon Valley. Prior to that, Evan worked at boutique technology investment bank Broadview (now part of Jefferies) in New York. Evan has a BBA from University of Michigan Business School.
Key team
Ed Hagerty, Head of Technology
Prior to joining onefinestay in 2011, Ed spent the previous 19 years in various strategic management, operations and technology roles in organisations ranging from privately funded start-ups to the top international software and management consulting firms including Price Waterhouse, Oracle, Microsoft and Deloitte across 16 cities and 8 countries. Ed has an MBA in International Economics and a BBA in Information Systems, both from Baylor University, and has US and UK citizenship as well as Chilean Permanent Residency.
Tom Beverley, Head of Online Marketing
Tom spent three years as Customer and Digital Marketing Director at Confused.com, one of the UK’s leading price comparison sites. Prior to that he worked at emnos and dunnhumby, two leading data and customer centric marketing consultancy firms where he worked with brands such as Tesco, John Lewis, Sporting Bet and Boots. Tom has a BSc in Environmental Management and Policy from the London School of Economics.
Andrew Small, General Manager, London
Andrew was an Investment Manager at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, the UK’s largest independent innovation agency, where he spent 4 years working with a variety of venture capital backed technology businesses. Previously he was a technology and business process consultant within Accenture’s capital markets practice in London. Andrew holds a 1st class BBA from the University of Bath School of Management and a diploma with distinction from the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.
Sandra Igel, Head of Service Operations, London
Sandra spent the last 7 years working for the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, one of the world’s leading hotel companies. She had operations management roles in several departments, most recently as the Director of Housekeeping at Four Seasons Hampshire. Previously she did a stint in the #1 Small Hotel USA, Twin Farms. Sandra holds a BBA in Hotel Management from University of Cooperative Education, Ravensburg, Germany.
Guy Hutchinson, Finance Director
Guy most recently spent two years as European Finance Director for ServiceMagic the world’s largest online lead generation business. Prior to that he was Finance Director for a number of venture capital backed start-ups having previously worked in senior finance roles for mobile network operators (02 and T-Mobile International). Guy is a Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA) and holds an LLB in Law from the University of Leicester.
A thousand thanks
It turns out that you need help from about a hundred million billion talented people to start a new business. Most of the people who have helped us so far have done so basically because they’re generous with their time and excited by what we’re building. That or they clearly have way too little else to do.
The full list of thanks would exhaust Google’s server capacity, but the following people deserve a special mention for their time and efforts: James Aylett, Steph Bouchet, Francesco Cefalu, Clio Collins, John Connoly, Rishi Dastidar, Tom Haddon, Lyndon Hearn, Avid Larizadeh, Jill Lloyd, David Marsh, Inma Martinez, Angus Miln, Richard Moross, Matthew Pontefract, Isabelle Ratinaud, Iris Thorsteinsdottir, Jennifer Wirth, and all of our investors who— oh that scarf looks great on you, by the way.
Not to mention the most important people of all: the ones who emotionally bankroll us, cajole us, suffer us, frequently despair of us, occasionally get really annoyed at us, but help us to soar. You know who you are. Thank you.
