Timothy Willis
Director at Simple Capital Partners Limited at simple.Capital()
London Area, United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Financial & Automation Officer
2025 - Current
Director @ Simple Capital Partners Limited
2023
Simple Capital Partners Limited is the holding company of the simple.Capital() Group. As of April 2023, the company operates as a passive investment holding company, mainly invested in early-stage venture capital assets.
Co-Founder, Partner & CEO @ simple.Capital() Group
2020 - 2023
simple.Capital() is an early-stage venture capital investment and technology company with a focus on democratisation.
Co-Founder
2024
From Spreadsheets to Scalable Systems – We Make Operations Effortless We help businesses streamline operations and scale efficiently by replacing spreadsheets with powerful, automated systems. As experts in Softr and Airtable, we build custom solutions that integrate seamlessly with Xero, QuickBooks, HubSpot, Salesforce, and more—turning manual work into smooth, automated workflows. Our clients include Motopay, Poseidon, Glint, Flexclub, InnBucks, and Great Expectations, all of whom have trusted us to simplify and optimize their operations. If you’re ready to boost efficiency and cut down on manual work, let’s chat! #ProcessAutomation #NoCode #BusinessEfficiency #Softr #Airtable
Interim Chief Operations Officer
2024 - 2024
Lavenham Solutions has one of the world's most comprehensive financial databases with 20 years of meticulously categorised data on private and public companies, analysed using 15 years of innovative methodology. Assisted the CEO in transitioning company leadership, setting priorities, managing the team, and reviewing the company’s IP.
Advisor to the CEO
2024 - 2024
ARC Analytics is part of the ARC Risk Group, sitting alongside ARC Ratings. ARC Analytics provides complimentary access to a suite of analytical tools, data and insights to support market participants in their risk analysis across various asset classes. Launched a successful MVP which I’m now scaling into a comprehensive, fully operational tool.
Chief Operating Officer
2023 - 2024
Spark Energy Services Inc is a climate and technology holding company for a portfolio of companies in Africa including a solar asset subscription business, Glint. simple.Capital() invested in Spark Energy Services Inc in Aug'22. I supported the team in various operational roles from May'23 through Apr'24.
VP of Marketplace
2023 - 2023
Chief Supply Officer
2023 - 2023
Interim Chief Operations Officer
2021 - 2021
FlexClub offers vehicle subscriptions as an alternative to vehicle ownership. It was one of simple.Capital()'s first portfolio investments in Sep'20. I supported the team on an interim basis in 2021 as COO focusing on the South African business.
FlexClub enables customers to easily build car subscription plans in South Africa.
Raised $6,200,000.00 from Sprint Vc, Audrey Capital, Launch Africa, Endeavor, Digital Africa Ventures, Matt Mullenweg, Ron Pragides, Kindred Ventures, Simple.capital and Federico Ranero.
Chief Operations Officer
2019 - 2020
Aerobotics enables Farmers to take precise actions to achieve optimal yields by providing targeted insights to measure, manage and protect their farm.
Chief Financial Officer & Head of Growth
2018 - 2019
Strategy & Analytics Manager, EMEA Central Operations | Senior Operations & Logistics Manager
2017 - 2018
Supported the Head of Central Operations for EMEA with strategic ideas and initiatives. Built up and managed the Analytics Team which supported EMEA Central Operations. The Team consisted of 4 Analysts.
Head of Central Operations, Sub-Saharan Africa | Senior Operations and Logistics Manager
2016 - 2017
Led the Central Operations Team for Sub-Saharan Africa at Uber. The Team focussed on supply operations, analytics and process automation for the sub-region. The team had over 15 members working across the Sub-Saharan Africa sub-region, which included South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
Head of Business Intelligence, Sub-Saharan Africa | Operations Logistics Manager (Lead)
2016 - 2016
Led the first Sub-Saharan Africa Business Intelligence team which focussed on analytics, process optimisation and CRM automation. This team was later merged into the Sub-Saharan Africa Central Operations Team.
Operations and Logistics Manager
2015 - 2016
Worked on the Johannesburg and Sub-Saharan Africa Central Operations teams.
Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.
Raised $30,212,450,000.00 from PayPal.
Audit Manager
2014 - 2015
Managed audits for the Deloitte Financial Institutions Services Team (FIST).
Audit Senior
2014 - 2014
Performed audits for the San Francisco office of Deloitte.
Trainee Accountant
2011 - 2013
Performed audits for the Deloitte Financial Institutions Services Team (FIST).
Deloitte Tax is an advisory firm that provides tax preparation and advisory services.