Our People People are at the heart of what we do

David was appointed Chairman in 2018, just as Energy Helpline and UK Web Media merged to create Comparison Technologies. Since joining he has worked very closely with the business and investors to bring an improved focus on both strategy and performance, whilst at the same time building the exceptional management team that now runs the business.

David has previously worked in senior operational leadership roles for over 30 years, including at Capita Group where he was a member of the Group’s Operating Board for ten years before moving into Chairman roles within private equity-backed businesses, largely in the technology and digital media space.

Currently David is also the Non-Executive Chairman of Creative Car Park – a parking solutions business for SME customers, and Brainlabs – a leading UK digital marketing services business.

Golf, music and fitness are David’s passions outside of work.

Julie was appointed CEO in November 2019 and since joining has led the strategic and cultural transformation of Comparison Tech. Along with the Executive team, she is firmly focused on building a market-leading tech platform business that connects consumers, partners and suppliers and delivers on the company mission of giving everyone access to brilliant deals.

Julie has over 25 years’ experience of working in B2B and B2C media and information businesses, leading UK and international teams, launching, acquiring and growing businesses and driving significant value. She has been in executive leadership roles for over 10 years and for the last 13 years has been in private equity-backed organisations.

For the last five years, Julie has been a Non-Executive Director of Which? Ltd and believes passionately in empowering consumers – the chance to help millions of consumers get better deals on their home services was one of the main reasons she joined Comparison Tech.

Creating a diverse, inclusive and high-performing culture, where people can be their best selves and genuinely love being part of the CT community is Julie’s personal mission and is shared by the Leadership team.

Long dog walks, very challenging spin classes and great food shared with family and friends is how Julie likes to spend her downtime.

Peter Callander joined Comparison Tech in April 2018 and has responsibility for the financial control, risk and compliance functions, as well as the operational parts of the group.

Peter started his career in finance before moving into several strategic and operational roles. He has extensive experience in leading large finance and operational teams to support fast-paced growth within private equity-backed businesses.

Before joining Comparison Tech he worked for many household names such as ICI and Argos, and more recently he was Chief Customer Officer for Saga PLC. He is a qualified Chartered Management Accountant.

Outside of work Peter loves to travel, especially to ski, and enjoys spending time with his family.

Toria McCahill joined Comparison Tech in July 2020 and is responsible for developing, implementing and leading the people and communication strategies that provide exceptional experiences for everyone who works for the business.

Toria started her career in finance before moving into HR and developing into a Reward SME and HR leader. She has extensive experience in leading transformational HR strategies to support fast-paced growth and change in a number of industries including retail, fintech and media.

Before joining Comparison Tech she worked for many household names such as Samsung, Dixons Carphone, BGL Group and more recently was Chief People Officer for a fintech start-up owned by Santander. She is a qualified leadership coach and founder member of the Reward and Benefit Association.

Toria is a strong advocate of diversity and inclusion and is passionate about enabling a culture which supports all employees to perform brilliantly, whilst growing and developing their career.

Outside of work Toria loves to travel and enjoys spending time with her family especially taking long walks with her three dogs in the Buckinghamshire countryside.

Julian joined Comparison Tech as part of the merger in 2018 and looks after the development team that builds our Switchboard platform, the IT and security team that keeps the business running and the design and UX team that makes our products loved by our customers.

He has been in the tech industry for more than 30 years and has had many interesting roles along the way: CTO for Wheatsheaf Private Equity, Head of Engineering at Hive, the British Gas digital IoT start-up, CTO for the agile consulting firm Equal Experts and Chief Architect roles for Virgin Mobile, O2 and BP. He is also a non-exec advisor, conference speaker and widely published technology writer.

A self-described distributed systems fanatic, Julian is a proponent of modern agile ways of working, supported by substantial levels of test and deployment automation, all run by highly-motivated autonomous teams.

In his spare time, he is a keen runner, occasional writer and baker.

Lea Hartkopf has been working with Comparison Tech since July 2020 developing the marketing strategy, helping customers to get a brilliant deal on their home services and communicating the ease and power of switching to the consumer.

Lea is a Marketing Consultant who helps businesses grow through optimising their marketing funnel, driving new customer acquisition and lifetime value. She has been working with private equity and VC-backed businesses as well as start-ups. Other current and past clients include Lintbells, IPSE, Unbiased and Mercari.

Lea has over 20 years’ experience in digital marketing, with sector experience in finance, travel, retail, marketplaces, health, fashion, entertainment and education. She started her career agency-side before joining Universal Music and extending her experience in digital working for brands like PayPal, Trainline and Busuu.

She is passionate about driving marketing efficiency, ROI and mixing the creative and data-driven elements of marketing. She enjoys working with experts of their respective marketing fields and bringing the collective ideas together into a cohesive customer-centric strategy.

In her spare time, Lea enjoys the outdoors and weekend hikes in the Chilterns. She’s also into art, books and music and plays the drums.

Mark joined Comparison Tech in 2004 and has overseen the strategy & growth of our Home Digital sector ever since.

Mark started his career working in offline sales for several international tech companies, before joining CT’s predecessor, UK Web Media, and pivoting into the fledgling online performance marketing world.

Over the next 14 years as Commercial Director, Mark oversaw the marketing & commercial success of the company whilst also taking an active role within the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB), creating self-governance guidelines for all UK performance publishers.

Now focusing on the strategy and development of Home Digital, Mark continues to drive the team to achieving a peerless service to an ever-growing customer, partner and supplier base.

To unwind, Mark loves to get out on the golf course, pick up his driver and hit a ball 300 yards in the wrong direction. He is looking forward to teaching his family this skill.

Tom Lyon joined Comparison Tech in November 2019 and is responsible for developing and implementing energy strategy that delivers exceptional experiences for our customers, partners and suppliers.

Coming from a commercial background, Tom has extensive experience in business development and commercial strategy as well as a deep knowledge of the domestic energy retail market.

Before joining Comparison Tech he spent 13 years at ZPG working across Uswitch, Zoopla and Money.co.uk brands before consulting on pricing and commercial strategy for a range of energy supplier and aggregation businesses.

Tom is a strong advocate of price comparison as a mechanism to deliver positive consumer outcomes through increased competition and customer empowerment.

Outside of work Tom lives in a quiet village in Surrey, loves to cook and plays as much rugby and football as the demands of his new son Henry allow.