About

MyPocketSkill is a technology company with a vision to create a financially empowered GenZ.

  • Earn – we source opportunities for young people to earn money

  • Save – we help young people to set savings goals and build up savings on MyPocketSkill

  • Learn – we use behavioural science based “nudges” to help to build financial capability.

Our founders are sector specialists who also provide expert advice to influencers and policy-makers, for instance organisations who set policy for young people or improving financial capability.

MyPocketSkill

Company Number 10654893

Preston Park House, South Road, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN1 6SB

Awards

We are pleased to have been recognised as an exciting and innovative global business, having been selected as finalist in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards, funded by Innovate UK, and winner of the global fintech competition, led by Atos, Deutsche Bank and Google. We are also running a digital innovation pilot with funding from the UK Government’s Money & Pension Service.
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Meet the team

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Matthew Harker

Cofounder


Matthew is a dad to two teenage daughters and a specialist in both digital products and youth policy. He lives in Brighton, where he can be spotted cycling and running.

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Zara Ransley

Cofounder


Zara has 15-years' experience in financial services as a top rated analyst, including impact investing. She is sociable, relatable and fun loving and in her spare time gets involved in everything youth entrepreneurship related. She has a son and daughter and holds an MBA from London Business School.

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Chris Barry

Lead developer


Chris is a full stack web, iOS & Android Developer / systems architect. His former clients include Google & Expedia. He is a specialist in digital platform development and is into interactive digital art.

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Clova Bullen

Community Manager


Clova is a friendly, frenetic super-mum who manages the onboarding and communications across the MyPocketSkill platform. In her previous life she has significant experience in operations and events management.

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Mark Heins Moller

Data & Investment analyist


Mark is a husband and father of two cats who loves videos games and Sci-Fi. In the past, he worked for 5 years in financial services on both Asset Management and Equity Research in LatAm markets. Furthermore, he is a Masters in Finance candidate at London Business School.

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Abigail Ukbai

Impact Research


Abigail holds a degree from the London School of Economics in ‘International Social and Public Policy.’ She has research experience and interest in youth policy and working with young people to help improve outcomes.

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Nathan Smith

Community Manager


Nathan is a Music graduate who helps support the community and communications throughout MyPocketSkill and is an avid plant enthusiast

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Ryan Moris

Designer


Ryan specialises in Digital content creation for marketing/promotional purposes, as well as user interface design.

MyPocketSkill Advisors

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Andrew Evans Linked In


Andrew is a co-founder and CEO of pension auto enrolment company, Smart Pension.

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Novo Constare Linked In


Novo is co-founder and COO of a flexible task platform Syft (now Indeed Flex).

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Chieu Cao Linked In


Chieu was a co-founder and CMO of Global Employee benefits and rewards platform, Perkbox. He is currently a CEO of financial wellness platform Mintago.