Roderick’s career spans over 15 years of managing, founding and growing angel groups and investment platforms that have collectively deployed over £100m of equity investment in more than 500 startup and scaleup businesses.He started his career at Beer & Partners, one of the first and largest angel groups in the UK, and later helped form and grow a corporate finance firm as their COO.

He is now the Managing Director of the UK Business Angels Association, the trade body for angel and early-stage investing, representing over 200 organisations and 18,000 investors around the UK that collectively deploy over £1bn p.a. in early-stage businesses.

An experienced business leader, Shakeeb has nearly 40 years of delivering business transformation within emerging digital technologies, whilst employing a rigorous business process. Co-Author of Entrepreneurs Succeed with Us - ISBN: 9781780885704

Shakeeb’s extensive knowledge of ‘Big Data’ has enabled him to develop several innovative solutions that enhance insight and add value to the client, which is extremely relevant today. One of his corporate achievements include leading technology innovation and improvement programmes, one of which saved a client more than £10m.

Shakeeb is a valuable Mentor and Judge for IET, BCS, MassChallenge, FFWDLondon, along with mentoring at Kingston, London Met, and Greenwich Universities. Additionally, he is a Prince’s Trust Business Mentor, STEM Ambassador, Tech London Advocate, and he has recently been appointed as an Ambassador to the Digital Poverty Alliance. 

Shakeeb is deeply passionate about narrowing the gap between the privileged and the disadvantaged through the provision of technology, digital, business, and by offering a pathway into employment, via mentoring, traineeship, and employability skills. His work supports those with ambition and vision to build a career and a business that not only provides success in real terms but is rooted in a “Pay it Forward” culture. His desire to make a difference in the world and has fuelled the founding of S.E.E.D, The Society for Entrepreneurial Education & Development, a registered charity. 

He has 3 fellowships with: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, The Institute of Engineering and technology, and The Institute for Enterprise & Entrepreneurship.