Gavin Patterson

Gavin has significant international senior leadership experience and has served on boards for companies across FTSE, NASDAQ, AIM and for private equity, as well as charities and educational establishments. He has worked across airlines, business services, consumer products, software, technology, telecommunications and the third sector.

His portfolio includes chairing Elixirr plc, Beamery Inc, Kraken Technologies and Kahoot!, while also serving on the boards of Wix Inc, Ocado Group, Fractal Analytics, X3T and Malt. He acts as a Senior Advisor to Octopus Energy, Celonis, CAA, Alix Partners and Blackstone. He chairs the British-American Business Association.

He completed his executive career as President and Chief Revenue Officer at Salesforce from 2019-23. Previously, he served on the board of BT Group plc for 11 years, including six as CEO from 2013-19.