Tom Curran Email & Phone Number

With a 30 year track-record as an entrepreneur, Tom started two businesses successfully selling both to trade buyers. The most notable, Find My Past, became the UK's leading genealogy website and remains so today. Tom has completed a management buy-out of a family business, successfully raised private equity funding and been involved in multiple acquisitions. At the heart of Tom's expertise is empowering people to deliver in marketplaces that are being disrupted by technology, significant changes in working practices (particularly legal) and fragmented marketplaces that simply do not serve the customer well.* Started first business on then £40 a week Enterprise Allowance Scheme and sold to trade buyer* Attended Ashridge Business School, Advanced Management Programme* MBO of Title Research in 2000, a specialist legal service provider to solicitors working in probate and estate administration* Started (2001) and sold (2007) findmypast.co.uk – put family history on the internet for the first time* Acquisition of Kings Court Trust in 2010 – leading probate and estate business – remains an investor* Extensive experience with later-life marketplace, bereavement and post death administration * Significant data, technology and substantial change management experience* Six acquisitions integrated successfully and not successfully – lessons learnt* Customer and people first approach – culture, vision and purpose essential for an engaged team driving commercial value