Gfinity
Board
Find out more about our Founder Neville Upton, CEO John Clarke, CFO Jonathan Hall and our two Non-Executive Directors.
The Board
Neville Upton
Founder and Chairman
Neville founded Gfinity in 2012. A qualified Chartered Accountant, Neville spent the formative years of his career at Euromoney and The Decisions Group. In 1998 he established a call centre business, The Listening Company, which specialised in multichannel communication applications and high quality customer service solutions.
John Clarke
Chief Executive Officer
John is an experienced business executive having worked in and with leading global companies for the last 25 years. Prior to joining Gfinity, John worked for HEINEKEN N.V. where he was Head of Global Communications and, most recently, a senior commercial director within Lagunitas Brewing Company, a 100% owned subsidiary of HEINEKEN N.V. John was appointed to the board in September 2018, originally as a non-executive director, and then as Chief Executive in March 2020.
Jonathan Hall
Chief Finance and Operations Officer
Jon qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen followed by a period of 6 years specialising in organisation and business process design with PA Consulting, a leading London based management consultancy firm. He subsequently spent 5 years as a finance director of Saracens Ltd and the wider Premier Team Holdings Group, before joining Gfinity in August 2014, where he led the Company’s admission to AIM.
Len Rinaldi
Non-Executive Director
Len Rinaldi retired in April 2019 after 12 years as the General Manager, Western Europe, Apple, Inc., where he led sales / general management across Western Europe. Previously, as Apple’s CFO EMEIA 2007 – 2012, he oversaw revenue hyper growth from $7bn to $40bn. Len also sat on the boards of Apple India (revenues $800m) as it entered the market, and Apple France (revenues $4bn).
Hugo Drayton
Non-Executive Director
Hugo has spent the past 30 years in publishing and media, as a pioneer in digital media, including planning and launching the UK’s first online newspaper – Electronic Telegraph, in 1994. He led Inskin Media, as CEO, for 10 years until 2020, growing it from start-up to a global, brand advertising business. Previously, he spent 10 years at The Telegraph Group, latterly as Group Managing Director. Hugo led Advertising.com, Europe, for 2 years, and was launch CEO of behavioural marketing company, Phorm.
Neville Upton
Founder and Chairman
Neville founded Gfinity in 2012. A qualified Chartered Accountant, Neville spent the formative years of his career at Euromoney and The Decisions Group. In 1998 he established a call centre business, The Listening Company, which specialised in multichannel communication applications and high quality customer service solutions.
John Clarke
Chief Executive Officer
John is an experienced business executive having worked in and with leading global companies for the last 25 years. Prior to joining Gfinity, John worked for HEINEKEN N.V. where he was Head of Global Communications and, most recently, a senior commercial director within Lagunitas Brewing Company, a 100% owned subsidiary of HEINEKEN N.V. John was appointed to the board in September 2018, originally as a non-executive director, and then as Chief Executive in March 2020.
Jonathan Hall
Chief Finance and Operations Officer
Jon qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen followed by a period of 6 years specialising in organisation and business process design with PA Consulting, a leading London based management consultancy firm. He subsequently spent 5 years as a finance director of Saracens Ltd and the wider Premier Team Holdings Group, before joining Gfinity in August 2014, where he led the Company’s admission to AIM.
Len Rinaldi
Non-Executive Director
Len Rinaldi retired in April 2019 after 12 years as the General Manager, Western Europe, Apple, Inc., where he led sales / general management across Western Europe. Previously, as Apple’s CFO EMEIA 2007 – 2012, he oversaw revenue hyper growth from $7bn to $40bn. Len also sat on the boards of Apple India (revenues $800m) as it entered the market, and Apple France (revenues $4bn).
Hugo Drayton
Non-Executive Director
Hugo has spent the past 30 years in publishing and media, as a pioneer in digital media, including planning and launching the UK’s first online newspaper – Electronic Telegraph, in 1994. He led Inskin Media, as CEO, for 10 years until 2020, growing it from start-up to a global, brand advertising business. Previously, he spent 10 years at The Telegraph Group, latterly as Group Managing Director. Hugo led Advertising.com, Europe, for 2 years, and was launch CEO of behavioural marketing company, Phorm.
