Johnny Thwaites

Johnny Thwaites has a diverse work experience, starting in 2014 as the Founder Director of BILLIEMARBLE LIMITED, a Sales & Creative Business Development agency. Johnny worked on international business development for tech startups, focusing on strategic partnerships, sales, messaging, and investment. Johnny continued in this role until September 2021.

In 2019, Johnny became the Head of Business Development at Blacksmiths Technology, specifically for their OnLedger department, until November 2020.

From January 2020 to November 2020, Johnny worked as a Business Development Consultant at Picterra and also held the position of UK Business Development from January 2020 to January 2021.

In 2020, Johnny joined Optus Homes as the Head of Empient Success, where they promoted the Empient app for managing home rental accounts.

Johnny also briefly worked at Unicorn Partners as a Commercial Director from March 2020 to September 2022.

In 2022, Johnny had a short stint as the UK Lead for Libeo from January to July.

Johnny then moved on to Manual.to, where they served as the UK Lead from November 2021 to February 2023.

From 2020 to 2023, Johnny held various roles at Bridgehead International Agency Ltd, including Lead B2B GTM Strategist, International Business Development Consultant, and Workforce Instruction Summit Organiser.

Most recently, Johnny joined Bodyguard.ai as the UK Lead in June 2022 and is still currently in that position.

Additionally, Johnny will be starting a new role in 2023 as Business Growth at ethicsgrade.io, with the company being part of Techstars.

Johnny Thwaites attended Edinburgh University from 1979 to 1983, where they earned a degree in Social Anthropology. Prior to that, they attended Hereford Cathedral School from 1969 to 1976, although it is not specified whether they obtained a degree or pursued a specific field of study at that institution.