Founder and Chair of the S.M.E. Alliance

Alastair Lukies CBE

Alastair Lukies CBE is a UK businessman and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer and champion for the UK’s global FinTech industry.

Alastair Lukies CBE

Founder and Chair of the S.M.E. Alliance

Alastair Lukies CBE

Alastair Lukies CBE is a UK businessman and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer and champion for the UK’s global FinTech industry.

Biography

Founder of Monitise in 2003 and recognised as a ‘Technology Pioneer’ by the World Economic Forum, Alastair was appointed as a Business Ambassador to the Prime Minister for the financial services industry in 2014.

Alastair was awarded a CBE for services to mobile banking and charity in June 2014, and was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2011 Growing Business Awards. Alastair was also a co-founder of epolitix.com, the portal for Westminster, Whitehall and the devolved institutions.

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Career highlights

2016 - present

Founding Partner, Origination

Motive Partners

2016 - present

Chairman

Innovate Finance

2014 - present

Prime Minister's Business Ambassador

Fintech

2003 - 2015

CEO

Monitise

1999 - 2002

Epolitix