Alex is a computer scientist turned entrepreneur. After going through the inaugural Entrepreneur First programme in London, Alex co-founded Trouva, the curated online marketplace for the best independent bricks-and-mortar shops and one of the five fastest growing tech businesses in the UK (TNW Tech5). In 2016, Alex was the first ever Cypriot to be included in the US & European Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

As CTO, he has led the build of all of Trouva’s technology in-house from the bottom up, using innovative technology such as Node.js and Ember.js. Trouva’s mission and Alex’s ambition is to utilise technology to enable its community of independent retailers to gain access to markets that were previously locked down, providing the technology and scale for them to succeed online. An experienced iOS, Javascript and PHP developer, Alex studied at the London School of Economics and the University of Cologne.