Timothy Willis

Chief Financial & Automation Officer

2025

Director @ Simple Capital Partners Limited

2023

Simple Capital Partners Limited is the holding company of the simple.Capital() Group. As of April 2023, the company operates as a passive investment holding company, mainly invested in early-stage venture capital assets.

Co-Founder, Partner & CEO @ simple.Capital() Group

2020 - 2023

simple.Capital() is an early-stage venture capital investment and technology company with a focus on democratisation.

Co-Founder

2024

From Spreadsheets to Scalable Systems – We Make Operations Effortless We help businesses streamline operations and scale efficiently by replacing spreadsheets with powerful, automated systems. As experts in Softr and Airtable, we build custom solutions that integrate seamlessly with Xero, QuickBooks, HubSpot, Salesforce, and more—turning manual work into smooth, automated workflows. Our clients include Motopay, Poseidon, Glint, Flexclub, InnBucks, and Great Expectations, all of whom have trusted us to simplify and optimize their operations. If you’re ready to boost efficiency and cut down on manual work, let’s chat! #ProcessAutomation #NoCode #BusinessEfficiency #Softr #Airtable

Interim Chief Operations Officer

2024 - 2024

Lavenham Solutions has one of the world's most comprehensive financial databases with 20 years of meticulously categorised data on private and public companies, analysed using 15 years of innovative methodology. Assisted the CEO in transitioning company leadership, setting priorities, managing the team, and reviewing the company’s IP.

Advisor to the CEO

2024 - 2024

ARC Analytics is part of the ARC Risk Group, sitting alongside ARC Ratings. ARC Analytics provides complimentary access to a suite of analytical tools, data and insights to support market participants in their risk analysis across various asset classes. Launched a successful MVP which I’m now scaling into a comprehensive, fully operational tool.

Chief Operating Officer

2023 - 2024

Spark Energy Services Inc is a climate and technology holding company for a portfolio of companies in Africa including a solar asset subscription business, Glint. simple.Capital() invested in Spark Energy Services Inc in Aug'22. I supported the team in various operational roles from May'23 through Apr'24.

VP of Marketplace

2023 - 2023

Chief Supply Officer

2023 - 2023

Interim Chief Operations Officer

2021 - 2021

FlexClub offers vehicle subscriptions as an alternative to vehicle ownership. It was one of simple.Capital()'s first portfolio investments in Sep'20. I supported the team on an interim basis in 2021 as COO focusing on the South African business.

Chief Operations Officer

2019 - 2020

Aerobotics enables Farmers to take precise actions to achieve optimal yields by providing targeted insights to measure, manage and protect their farm.

Chief Financial Officer & Head of Growth

2018 - 2019

Strategy & Analytics Manager, EMEA Central Operations | Senior Operations & Logistics Manager

2017 - 2018

Supported the Head of Central Operations for EMEA with strategic ideas and initiatives. Built up and managed the Analytics Team which supported EMEA Central Operations. The Team consisted of 4 Analysts.

Head of Central Operations, Sub-Saharan Africa | Senior Operations and Logistics Manager

2016 - 2017

Led the Central Operations Team for Sub-Saharan Africa at Uber. The Team focussed on supply operations, analytics and process automation for the sub-region. The team had over 15 members working across the Sub-Saharan Africa sub-region, which included South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

Head of Business Intelligence, Sub-Saharan Africa | Operations Logistics Manager (Lead)

2016 - 2016

Led the first Sub-Saharan Africa Business Intelligence team which focussed on analytics, process optimisation and CRM automation. This team was later merged into the Sub-Saharan Africa Central Operations Team.

Operations and Logistics Manager

2015 - 2016

Worked on the Johannesburg and Sub-Saharan Africa Central Operations teams.

Audit Manager

2014 - 2015

Managed audits for the Deloitte Financial Institutions Services Team (FIST).

Audit Senior

2014 - 2014

Performed audits for the San Francisco office of Deloitte.

Trainee Accountant

2011 - 2013

Performed audits for the Deloitte Financial Institutions Services Team (FIST).