Meet Our teachers and mentors

Joy Nazzari

DNCO

Joy Nazzari

DNCO

Joy Nazzari is the founder of DNCO, a studio of experts in place branding working with cultural leaders, governments, developers and businesses with clients including the City of San Francisco, the Mayor of London, blue chip corporates and great cultural institutions including the V&A and National Galleries of Scotland. After studying economics, Joy started her career in investment banking and later the tech industry before choosing a career in the creative industry.

Martina Presnajderova

Deel

Martina Presnajderova

Deel

Martina is deeply passionate about pricing. She formerly held the role of Head of Pricing at Wise, where she built and guided teams towards achieving global pricing optimisation, considering both product value and financial implications. Prior to her venture into the pricing sphere, she led machine learning initiatives within the startup sector. Since 2018, her professional journey has been dedicated towards disruptive, rapidly expanding, early-stage enterprises. Recently, she embarked on a new endeavour, working on pricing at Deel - a SaaS startup witnessing exponential growth.

Angus Dick

Arrival

Angus Dick

Arrival

With 25 years of global experience in Europe, the US, and Asia, Angus has shaped design strategies and product visions at companies like LG Design Europe, Native Design, Philips Design, and IDEO. Angus has a proven track record of building and leading multidisciplinary teams to drive business success across various industries, including electric automobiles, consumer technology, and more. Most recently, he served as a VP of Industrial Design at Arrival – a groundbreaking electric vehicle manufacturer – where he led future-focused projects guided by strong design principles.

Tom Elvidge

Olix

Tom Elvidge

Olix

Tom is a hands-on operations leader who has held exec-level roles at hyper-growth technology startups both in the UK and the US. Passionate about operating at the intersection of technology and operations in tech-enabled organisations, Tom thrives in mission-driven businesses that are rapidly scaling. Tom’s experience in the last ten years has been in senior exec roles at Uber, WeWork and London-based electric vehicle startup Arrival. Through these experiences, Tom has seen first-hand how to operate and lead in fast-growing technology companies at the intersection of operations, tech, product and policy.

Joy Nazzari

Founder

Martina Presnajderova

Head of Pricing

Angus Dick

Former VP of Industrial Design

Tom Elvidge

Startup Advisor, former General Manager

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