Tramlines, the newly-launched investor, advisor and venture platform focused on industrialising artificial intelligence, has assembled a senior leadership team drawn from banking, Big Four consulting and global technology.
The leadership build coincides with Tramlines completing the first close of its £10m early-stage fund backed by a mix of family offices, exited founders and experienced private market investors, in addition to its £2m seed funding round.
Tramlines is chaired by Craig Donaldson, founding CEO of Metro Bank, who led the first new high street UK bank in over a century from concept to a £1.6bn IPO and more than £20bn in assets.
He is joined by Glen Robinson, managing director of the AI platform at Tramlines who has recently resigned as national technology officer at Microsoft UK.
Andrew Winters, a former managing partner in Deloitte’s technology and digital advisory practice and chief operating officer of NEOM’s technology and digital subsidiary, leads the Tramlines accelerator.
Tramlines Fund I, which will invest at pre-seed in 30 AI-native services companies, is led by Daniel Lanyon, former editor-in-chief and a founding partner of AltFi.
Erica Young serves as director of networks, with previous senior roles across Anthemis, Atomico and the Newton Venture Program. They are also joined by Ashleigh Gardner, chief of staff and director of operations, and Andrea Madaschi, CFO, who brings two decades of financial and investment analysis experience across startups and fintech.
Alongside the core team, London-based Tramlines has assembled a team of senior executives, exited founders and seasoned private market investors.
“The quality of the people joining Tramlines is the strongest signal of what we are building,” says Albert Azis-Clauson, founder and CEO at Tramlines.
“These are individuals who have built banks, advised governments, led global consulting practices and scaled technology platforms. They are not here to deploy capital passively. They are here to build.”
