Leadership Team

DataContext is lead by two highly experienced professionals, with experience in building successful companies through to Series C funding rounds. With experience across multiple industries, we bring an understanding of the importance of context to data driven solutions.

Team Member 1

Michael Maltby

CEO & Founder

Michael has 30 years experience working in disputive businesses and emerging markets. Most recently he was the Founder and CEO of Jurassic Fibre, a UK-based altnet startup, that was Best New ISP of the year in 2020 at the UK Internet Industry awards. He has extensive operational start up and scale up experience based around the development of high performing multi-cultural teams. His current focus is data and digital transformation as the key to improving performance. DataContext is his second investment in the data and digital transformation space, alongside Recruit Supply, a specialist recruiter.

Team Member 2

Will Hickson

CTO & Founder

Will Hickson has spent his career working at the intersection of data and technology, most recently as the first Chief Data Officer for h1.co. Will led the build of the H1 data base of medical professionals and institutions, incorporating data from thousands of open source sites, and introducing the first machine learning based processes into the company. Will has deep experience working with structured and unstructured data, including the application of the latest advances in AI to extract deeper insight from data, and has advised multiple clients on the journey from data to insight.