CEO

Luke is an experienced builder of teams, products, and market making businesses. In his 20s, he founded two investor research companies, building out global research platforms in partnership with teams that now lead and develop those businesses beyond his imagination.

Some of the institutions that have nurtured and constrained Luke in equal measure include the London School of Economics, policy think tank DEMOS, and the Goldman Sachs SME alumni scheme. At Fable, Luke’s role is to challenge – challenge the market, the team, and our data.

“Away from Fable, I am an adviser to Government departments and also a school governor. I am a terrible but enthusiastic and passionate piano player, and I love spending holidays surfing with my children”.  

Hedwige Nuyens has more than 30 years of experience in the Banking Industry and in Finance. She currently heads the International Banking Federation representing the banking industry at international level. Previously she was Head of Group Prudential Affairs at BNP Paribas, Chief Financial Officer of the Catholic University Louvain and Chief Risk Officer of ABN Amro Bank in Belgium.

Hedwige holds a Faculty of Law and a Master’s in financial sciences from the Catholic University Louvain, a Master’s in business administration and finance from the EHSAL Brussels. She followed courses on Digital Transformation at Insead, on Sustainable Finance at Cambridge, on Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning at MIT and on Cyber Security at Harvard.

At Fable she is a Non Exec Director and Chair of the Board of Directors, leading the Board meetings and sharing her experience in banking and regulatory affairs.

Paul is an Investor at Octopus Ventures investing across a range of B2B technology and software companies.

He is a CFA Charterholder and has been investing in and working with SMEs / scale-up stage businesses for over 13 years. Prior to joining Octopus Ventures, he worked for the Royal Bank Of Scotland in their Leveraged Finance team. Paul is NED of several B2B companies operating across Europe, advising them on how to scale and grow with institutional investment support.

Non-Executive Director

Between 2010 and 2015, David served in the Coalition Government as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Schools Minister, and Cabinet Office Minister.

David was Member of Parliament for Yeovil from 2001 until 2015.

David graduated from King’s College, Cambridge, with a double first class honours degree in economics and worked at J.P. Morgan and Barclays de Zoete Wedd

Non-Executive Director

Anne is Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Scientific Computing at the University of Oxford. Her work in industry and academia focuses on numerical algorithms and software, computational science and high-performance computing.

At Fable, Anne is a Non Exec Director and strategic advisor, on science, technology and Fable’s wider organisational development and growth.

Non-Executive Director

A chartered accountant/ corporate finance adviser prior to over 20 years at the global private asset growth investor Bridgepoint, leading their consumer investment team, living & taking on a series of Board roles across a range of geographies in Europe and the US.

Now the Chair/ Investor/ NED of several scale-ups in the consumer,  data & teach sectors, including Fable. Jason is also a NED of the Scottish National Investment Bank and a trustee of the Entrepreneurial Scotland Foundation.

Strategic Advisor

James led the growth of Landmark Information Group for DMGT, creating a data business that stretched across property, financial and insurance markets, with sales in excess of £200m.

Now a board director and investor, James is also Chairman of COPSO, the property data trade body, and a member of the Land Registry Advisory Council.