Investors

Charles Butler

Non-Executive Chairman

Charles is a chartered accountant with over two decades’ experience in senior executive and Board level positions in growth and digital technology businesses, including those quoted on AIM. His previous roles include being CEO of Market Tech Holdings plc, a property and digital technology group which he led from a successful AIM IPO, raising over £1 billion in equity and debt, through to its subsequent takeover. He was also Group CEO at NetPlay TV, the interactive gaming company. Charles is currently a Partner at Belerion Capital, a private equity firm specialising in e-commerce and technology, and is also a Non-Executive Director of Essensys Plc, Mysale Group Plc, as well as chairman of Highcroft Investments plc, a REIT listed on the premium listing segment of the Official List.

Mr Butler joined the Board on 28^th September 2022.

Rupert Garton

Commercial Director

Rupert graduated from the University of Durham in 1997 and joined JP Morgan as a graduate trainee. Later, he spent seven years in Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein’s equity capital markets and corporate finance divisions working in London, Milan and Johannesburg. In 2003, he completed an MBA at the Oxford University Said Business School, before joining a specialist retailer as Commercial Director. He joined the Company in January 2006.

Mr Garton joined the Board on 21^st June 2006.

Ben Hughes

Marketing Director

Ben graduated from the University of Durham in 1998 and spent two years at an advertising agency before moving to the marketing department at News International, where he worked on a variety of print and digital brands over a nine year period. Latterly, he was Head of Marketing (Digital) for News Group Media. Ben joined BOTB as Marketing Director in 2010.

Mr Hughes joined the Board on 23^rd March 2021.