Our executive team blends fifty years of practical retail, analytical, and supply chain expertise.

Guy Cuthbert
Founder, CEO & CTO

In 2005, Guy founded Atheon Analytics and has worked at the leading edge of UK visual analytics ever since, building Atheon into a recognised leader in the application of visual analytics to retail business challenges.

As CEO and CTO Guy is accountable for Atheon’s business plan, vision, and values and direction, and the development, direction and security of our technological capability.

Ian Hall
CRO & CFO

Ian joined Atheon in 2007, to develop the consulting and commercial arm of the business. His early career was shaped in a number of buying roles at Tesco. He has expertise in both retail and manufacturing, founded on his background in retail buying and a specialism in parallel import trade.

As CRO and CFO Ian is accountable for both the sales and profit of the business.

Nick Ross-Gower
COO

Nick joined Atheon in 2017. With 20 years of international retail experience in the UK, Europe and Latin America, Nick uses his practical retail knowledge to transform organisations and deliver sustainable change.

As COO Nick is accountable for the efficient execution of our internal business processes and a robust service to our clients, so that we deliver the business plan.

Chris Needham
Sales Manager

Chris joined Atheon in 2015, initially in a product management role, leading the functional development of the SKUtrak service.

Chris manages the sales team and is accountable for Sales pipeline, client segmentation and client prioritisation, to ensure we meet and beat our sales targets.

Ed Crawford
Product Manager

Ed joined Atheon in 2009 to build the team of developers responsible for the Grocer Gold award-winning SKUtrak service. 

Ed is accountable for the design, evolution, delivery and support of SKUtrak to our customers, and to ensure they are adequately trained and supported.

Rose Ahearne
DevOps Manager & InfoSec Officer

Rose joined Atheon in 2014 as a specialist in database technologies, initially SQL Server and now EXASOL; which she blogs about on www.datageneration.co.uk.

Rose is accountable for the operation of the SKUtrak platform, data sets and Atheon’s security policies and practices, so that we deliver a fully operational and secure service for clients.

Alex Paterson
Consulting Manager

Alex joined Atheon in 2016 as Consulting Manager; specialising in grocery insight and large scale Tableau deployments.

Alex is accountable for the consulting team, liaising, engaging and executing visual analytics projects with Atheon's clients.

Callum Harrison
Marketing Manager

Callum joined Atheon in 2012 to support the commercial team during the early years of what is now known as SKUtrak.

Callum is accountable for the marketing team's mission; bringing Atheon's products and services to the masses.

Simon Runc
Lead Visual Analyst & Tableau Ambassador

Simon joined Atheon in 2014 as the Lead Visual Analyst and has gone on to develop exceptional Tableau skills, making him a global expert in the application of Tableau in the grocery retail sector.

He is a leading figure in the Tableau Community as one of only 14 worldwide recognised Ambassadors.