Charlie started his career as an economist in the developing world before moving to Andersen Consulting. He was a senior executive at Sky until 2007 before leaving to found and run Simplifydigital in 2007. Simplifydigital was three times in the UK Sunday Times Tech Track 100 and grew to become the UK’s largest broadband comparison service. It was acquired by Dixons Carphone plc in April 2016. Charlie is the CEO of Plandek, which he co-founded with Dan Lee in 2018. Charlie is responsible for Plandek’s overall strategy and growth and works with clients and industry domain experts globally.