Transforming the way we make, run and look after LED screens.

A team that has built technology businesses before, now applying it to LED screens. We are the company behind LED Global Studio, an LED experience technology company.

What we are building

Technology experience, applied to LED screens

LED screens are made, installed and maintained much as they were a decade ago. We bring together people who have scaled technology businesses to change that, one proof at a time.

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A team that has done it

Founders and operators who have built and scaled businesses before. Meet them below.

AI powered

We’re a team of artificial intelligence (AI) specialists who leverage the technology safely and securely to fundamentally change the economics of businesses we operate.

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Tailormade solutions

Bespoke projects where anything is possible. Bring us the idea and we will design it, engineer it, install it and look after it, with finance in place so it keeps shining for years.

Companies

One group, built to scale

BrightWorks invests in and supports the businesses in the group. We set high standards, look after the finance, legal, digital and commercial foundations, and empower each business to deliver exceptionally for their customers.

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Bespoke LED, designed and engineered in Britain. We design, engineer, install and look after LED displays for the spaces where brands, teams and stories come to life.

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How we work

Named after the polish on a well-kept ship

On a ship, brightwork is the brass and varnished wood that is cleaned meticulously every day. It is unglamorous care that anyone can see, and it shows a ship is run well. We take the same view of a business.

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Daily care

Small jobs done brilliantly every day.

Visible standards

Exceptional across product, process, people.

Made to last

We back businesses that design for the long term.

Team

People who have built and scaled businesses before

Nick Hynes
Nick Hynes
Leadership

Technology entrepreneur who has founded, scaled and exited major digital businesses since the mid-1990s, including Overture Europe, The Search Works, Somo and SwiftKey. Holds honorary roles at the University of East Anglia, the University of Bath, the British Heart Foundation and The King’s Trust.

Carl Uminski
Carl Uminski
Leadership

Operator and board member with 25+ years scaling digital businesses, from Overture and Yahoo! to partner at CI&T. Has built and exited several ventures, including SwiftKey and Somo. Trustee and board member of Leonard Cheshire Disability.

Simon Jackson
Simon Jackson
Leadership

Founder and operator who has taken products from idea to shelf, working with manufacturers, retailers and technology partners to get them made, sold and improved. He founded the award-winning consumer brand Hydria, is Founder and CEO of Tooth Care Project and a Partner at Orac78, and began his career in finance at EBRD and Arthur Andersen.

Pamela Brown
Pamela Brown
Marketing and Commercial

Scaled Aira from zero to €150m, led marketing for the IoT business at Vodafone and launched British Gas’ Hive. Over 20 years driving marketing, brand and commercial growth in climate, energy and consumer tech businesses.

Adam Cole
Adam Cole
Finance

ACCA-qualified finance leader for high-growth tech and multinational businesses, covering fundraising, operations and commercial finance. Earlier roles at Apple and BT.

Kate Bruce
Kate Bruce
Legal

Solicitor in England and Wales, trained at Pinsent Masons. Was General Counsel at Somo and led CI&T’s EMEA legal team. Now a fractional general counsel to high-growth tech businesses.

Chris George
Chris George
AI platforms

Product leader with nine years as SVP Product at Somo, then product lead for EMEA at CI&T. Has delivered digital products for Audi, HSBC, De Beers and Vodafone. Runs his own generative AI practice, Zuku Digital.

Rob Bint
Rob Bint
Technology, Product, Leadership

Rob founded The LED Studio and has spent 16 years building it, in an LED career of more than 20 years across the world. He has been at the sharp end of LED throughout, creating some of the best display technology in the world across mechanical, electronic, software and firmware design. His innovations have won more than 50 industry awards, and he’s still pushing the boundaries, inventing new LED technology and screens that set the new standard.

Clare Freeman
Clare Freeman
People

People coordinator, recruiter and executive assistant to the directors at LED Global Studio. Previously at HCC Insurance and John Lewis, with roles at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Standard Chartered.

Salinder Patel
Salinder Patel
Financial Control

Finance professional who has worked at The Search Works and Somo.

Contact

Talk to us

For questions about the group, partnerships or our companies, get in touch.

hello@brightworksglobal.com

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