Alastair Lukies

Alastair David Lukies CBE (born 1973 in Harlow) is a British entrepreneur. In 2003, he founded Monitise with Steve Atkinson when they saw the potential of using the mobile phone for more than a text or call. They wanted to link banks and mobile operators, letting consumers manage their finances or make payments directly from their mobile. Prior to this Lukies was a co-founder of epolitix.com.

In 2006, Monitise was recognised as a Technology Pioneer[1] by the World Economic Forum and in June 2007 Lukies led the company’s demerger from Morse and listing on the LSE's AIM market. In January 2014, Lukies was appointed as a Business Ambassador[2] for the financial services industry by the UK Government. He was named Non-Executive Chairman[3] of fintech industry body, Innovate Finance, at its launch in August 2014. Lukies was awarded a CBE for services to mobile banking and charity[4] in June 2014.

In March 2015, Lukies stepped down as Chief Executive[5] of Monitise, but remained a Strategic Advisor to the business.

Biography

Alastair Lukies is one of the sons of Robert Lukies and Melanie Harris. He studied at Bishops Stortford College up to the age of 16, when he left school to play rugby for teams including Middlesex U21s, Saracens U21s, London Irish U21s, ACT U21s, Bishop’s Stortford and Upper Clapton.

He worked for sports hospitality company ICM before co-founding start-up Epolitix.

In 2003, Lukies founded Monitise (then Mchex) with Steve Atkinson, and in June 2007 he led the company’s demerger from Morse[6] and listing on the LSE's AIM market.

In January 2014, Lukies was appointed as a Business Ambassador for the financial services industry by the UK Government.

In June 2014, Lukies appointed Elizabeth Buse[7] as co-CEO to run Monitise Group, responsible for the company's day-to-day operations, including sales, marketing, product, technology, finance and administrative functions. Prior to Monitise, Elizabeth spent 16 years at Visa Inc, most recently as Global Executive, Solutions, responsible for the company's merchant relationships, ecommerce, mobile and processing products.

In June 2014, Lukies was awarded a CBE for services to mobile banking and charity.

In August 2014, he was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of fintech industry body, Innovate Finance.

In March 2015, Lukies stepped down as co-Chief Executive of Monitise after undertaking a failed effort to sell the company.

References

  1. ↑ "Alastair Lukies recognised as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer in 2006". World Economic Forum, 2006.
  2. ↑ "Alastair Lukies appointed as a UKTI Business Ambassador by UK Government in January 2014". Gov.UK, UKTI Business Ambassadors, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Montise PLC CEO Al Lukies named Non-executive Chairman of Innovative Finance". Global Finance & Banking, Aug 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ "The Queen’s Birthday Honours 2014" Government of the United Kingdom, 13 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Monitise decides to go it alone as founder Alastair Lukies exits". The Telegraph, March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Morse plans to demerge its mobile banking business". Reuters, June 2007.
  7. ↑ "Monitise brings in Elizabeth Buse as co-CEO". Reuters, June 2014.

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