Moneysupermarket CIO Joins Crowdcube to Drive Rapid Tech Expansion Plans

Leading online investment marketplace Crowdcube appoints David Halsey as Chief Technology Officer, who was previously CIO at Moneysupermarket.

David joins to lead Crowdcube’s engineering team at a hugely important moment in the company’s growth strategy. His experience with international marketplaces will be invaluable as he takes on the responsibility to deliver new products and internationalise the platform as the leading fintech expands to Europe. This starts with the recently announced Community IPO, which will make Crowdcube the only investment marketplace to offer retail investors access to European businesses from startup to IPO, alongside institutional and Venture Capital investors.

David brings over 20 years of technology experience to Crowdcube and first worked in online marketplaces when he joined Autotrader. He was heavily involved in the digital transformation, which included significant product development and the creation of an agile engineering team. David then used this experience to grow European marketplaces at eBay and to build out an agile product engineering function at Moneysupermarket. He started his career as a software developer before moving into technology delivery and then C-level leadership roles. David has held senior technology roles in a number of online marketplace businesses, including Moneysupermarket, ebay and Autotrader. 

David Halsey comments: “I’m delighted to be joining the team at Crowdcube, who have been pioneers in equity crowdfunding and continue to successfully innovate in this area. What really appeals is the true product innovation that Crowdcube is bringing to retail investment – the idea that you sign up to one platform for an investing experience throughout a company’s lifecycle. I’m excited to bring my experience of building marketplaces to Crowdcube as it scales to become the European marketplace for investment in companies from startup to IPO.”

Crowdcube co-founder and CEO, Darren Westlake, comments: “We’re building the European marketplace for retail investment into private and public companies and need the absolute best talent to do that. This is where David comes in. With his wealth of experience in building and scaling marketplaces at Moneysupermarket and ebay, we’re incredibly excited to welcome him to the team.”

David joins in August at an important time for the company following the launch of Cubex, Crowdcube’s secondary marketplace that allows retail investors to buy and sell shares in high-growth private European companies, and ahead of its Community IPO product launch.