Paul Aykroyd is Chief Operating Officer at SATAVIA, with responsibility for embedding operational, technological, and engineering excellence across the company. Paul is passionate about developing a high-performing team culture, united around a clear vision and strategy.  

Paul is a people-centric leader with over twenty years’ experience in deep technical environments. He has held a range of technical leadership positions in Citrix, Velocix, and most recently Speechmatics, a machine learning start-up. Paul is passionate about quality and continuous improvement, both for himself and the teams around him.  

“My priority is to build robust, well-balanced teams, while simultaneously establishing a strong culture centred on trust, empowerment, transparency and continuous improvement. I believe it’s key to place customer success and employee satisfaction at the centre of all business decisions.”