John White – Founder

John is a two-time entrepreneur and founder, having launched arketyp in 2018 to support tech founders in banking and financial services, commercial real estate & enterprise B2B.

John has over a decade of experience scaling enterprise digital products and services to millions of users across multiple sectors, including banking and finance, consumer goods, retail, healthcare, FMCG, real estate, sport & logistics.

John leads all strategic narrative and growth strategy initiatives at arketyp and oversees arketyp’s investment and syndicate portfolio.

Niall McConnell – Associate

Niall is a Chartered Accountant with over 14 years’ experience in financial services.

He trained in the Mergers & Acquisitions team at KPMG, he later worked at Lloyds Banking Group as a Director of Strategy, where he supported the commercial bank’s digital transformation, designing and implementing new digital propositions for small and medium sized businesses.

Niall is currently the CFO of a crypto-banking startup, overseeing fundraising, regulatory authorisation and finance.

Ben Johnson – Associate

Ben is a two-time entrepreneur and founder, having established and led two separate businesses to merger or acquisition. He is currently an advisor to and investor in several organisations, spanning tech, marketing and design, profit and nonprofit.

As a Managing Director, Ben developed customer-centric propositions and B2B platforms, at a global level, for companies as diverse as Sony, Samsung, Virgin Atlantic and MTV. These propositions changed how and when clients engaged with, marketed and sold to their customers.

Ben has run teams and offices across the world, including Asia, Australia, the US and EU.

David Judge – Associate

David is a 3x entrepreneur with over 26 years experience in the creative, retail & education sectors. He has led two separate businesses to merger or acquisition.

He specialises in integrating new emerging technologies (AI, Web3 & the Metaverse) with experience design to deliver innovative consumer & employee experiences.

His experience includes working with some of the biggest global brands (Adidas, Intel, Diageo & P&G) helping them embrace new enterprise technologies into their customer experience and accelerate their digital technology transformation.

Dave has led digital transformation initiatives in Europe, China, EMEA, New Zealand & North America.