About Us

Ed Molyneux

CEO

Ed switched over from the cockpits of military fast-jets to sit at the helm of FreeAgent Central Ltd, via a stint as a technology consultant, in 2006.

He resides at his rural home just south of Edinburgh with his wife and two kids.

Email: ed@freeagentcentral.com

Olly Headey

CTO

Olly has been programming computers since they came with rubber keys. Once upon a time he wrote the video game classic Super League Pro Rugby which was big in Pontefract. He has been writing software for the web since the late 90s, survived two dot.com booms and now manages all technical aspects of FreeAgent.

He lives in Edinburgh with his wife and two children and his surname is pronounced ‘hee dee’.

Email olly@freeagentcentral.com or follow @lylo on Twitter.

Roan Lavery

Product Director

After an stint as a research scientist, Roan spent many years at the coal face of modern web design, leading an Edinburgh-based web development agency and freelancing for clients around the world, until starting FreeAgent.

His main focus now involves planning the application roadmap and direction, while leading the user experience and design team.

Email: roan@freeagentcentral.com or follow @roanlavery on Twitter.

Emily Coltman

Finance and Operations Manager

Emily does her best to prove that being a Chartered Accountant doesn't necessarily make you a stuffed shirt who speaks nothing but accountantese. She has spent nearly all her working life helping small businesses with their accounts and tax, except for a brief stint with Whitbread where she assures us she was never given free beer (hic!).

She lives near Carlisle with her wonderful husband Matthew and spends part of her time working from home and part in the office.

Email: emily@freeagentcentral.com or follow @homebusacct on Twitter

David Gauld

Community Support Manager

We're almost glad that studying theatre didn't make David a great Hollywood superstar actor, because he's now one of the friendly faces of FreeAgent - sitting squarely on the front line of our community support and account management.

Living in Edinburgh with his wonderful Fiancee, David is addicted to tea.

Email: david@freeagentcentral.com

Jonathan Barrett

Senior Developer

Web developer by day, dad by night, and mathematician by reputation, JB's been building bits of the internet for as long as he can remember. User experience—from the darkest depths of the code test suite to the brightest lights of the shiny user interface—is why he got into this racket, and now he's helping take FreeAgent into the 2010s.

That last sentence also makes him feel really old.

Email: jonathan@freeagentcentral.com

Graeme Mathieson

Senior Developer

Graeme variously refers to himself as a software engineer, software craftsman, systems administrator or entrepreneur depending upon his mood. Before joining the team, he spent 4 years running his own business, using FreeAgent to manage the books, so he likes to think he knows a thing or two about the product from a user's perspective.

He manages to escape the office, sometimes for days at a time, to spend time with his wife and son.

And you should follow @mathie on Twitter.

Robbie Manson

Interface Designer

As FreeAgent's resident typography nut, form freak and CSS-formatting fetishist, Robbie fights the good fight on the design front with Roan. Keen to put his passion for user experience, interface design and carefully-crafted code to better use, Robbie joined FreeAgent from one of Scotland's leading digital agencies in May 2010.

He likes to take take care of the details, because he's a good man. And thorough.

Follow @rougebert on Twitter.

Mihai Anca

Ruby Developer

Mihai is one of the young faces at FreeAgent, joining in June 2010 as a developer intern. He started programming when he was 11 and instantly felt in love with Ruby the minute he discovered it. He's also keen on dabbling with any new technology.

Currently he's studying Distributed Computing at The University of Manchester.

You can follow @ropiku on Twitter.