David Kavanagh

David Kavanagh is CTO at Tillo, a PE-backed global fintech infrastructure company powering branded currencies and rewards at scale. He has spent 25 years in technology, starting as an engineer and spending a decade in France before leading engineering through hypergrowth at Purplebricks, Chip, Salary Finance and Boomin. He specialises in the dangerous middle phase: scaling product and engineering organisations, embedding AI into a builder culture, and translating complex technical decisions for boards and investors. He writes and speaks on engineering leadership, AI adoption, and building teams that last.