We love everything to do with neuro-inclusion
We value our people and the diverse thinking they bring, which is why over 70% of our team are linked directly to neurodiversity.
Our Values
Universal design
Universal design is at the core of what we do, because when you design for the niche, you design for everyone.
Pushing accessibility
Accessibility has typically been an afterthought, we push it to the front of design and disrupt the expected.
Practice what we preach
It’s important to us that neurodivergent team members and the community are at the heart of our product and services.
The Beauty of Neurodiversity
Viki Vivas
Executive Assistant
Viki Vivas is a professional with over 10 years of experience in sales and customer service, specializing in administrative support and project management. Her dedication to creating organized and efficient environments makes her an essential part of the team.
Her interest in neurodiversity stems from a deep commitment to inclusion and understanding the diverse ways of thinking that enrich teams. This commitment is reflected in her contributions to creating more accessible and equitable spaces for everyone.
In her free time, Viki enjoys exploring interior design, a passion that combines her creativity with her attention to detail.
Steve Rimmer
Strategic Advisory Board
Steve is a recently retired partner of PwC NY where he had a highly successful career supporting Private Equity and Financial Services clients with their M&A activity. Steve is an actuary by training and has deep knowledge of human capital issues, including culture, payroll, benefits and compensation. Since returning to the UK 18 months ago, Steve has built a portfolio career, incorporating executive recruitment, executive coaching/mentoring and broader business advisory for SMEs. Steve also recently joined the board of inspire2ignite, a charity focused on disadvantaged youth. Steve is an active angel investor focused on under-represented founders and is a member of the UKBAA, SE Angels and Alma Angels. Steve's investment portfolio to date includes 50% female founded businesses and 25% on the neurodiversity spectrum. Steve is married with 4 children and lives in Central London.
Sambacor N'Diaye
Strategic Advisory Board
Sambacor N’Diaye is an impact investor focusing on SaaS businesses and Artificial Intelligence. He is the co-founder of Seerius, a recently created incubator based in Paris-London-Geneva and dedicated to innovation and sustainability.
Previously, Sambacor has had a career of 20+ years in the City of London, his last role as Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch being co-heading globally the Strategic Equity Solutions Group in the Equity Capital Markets division. Prior to this, Sambacor has held other positions centred on innovative equity products at JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs.
Sambacor holds a MSc. in Finance and Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and is also a graduate from French Ecole Polytechnique.
Sambacor is passionate about diversity and workplace inclusion. At Bank of America Merrill Lynch, he was Executive Sponsor for the Multicultural Leadership Network (“MLN”). MLN is a London-based employee network whose activities celebrate cultural differences and encourage diversity. Under Sambacor’s leadership, MLN’s membership grew from less than 300 to more than 1,500 globally. Sambacor and MLN drove successfully the signature by Bank of America of BITC’s Race At Work Charter in 2020, and MLN received the Global Diversity & Inclusion Award from the bank in 2020.
David Edmondson
Chief Financial Officer
David started his finance career with Deloitte in 1997 and has accumulated 20+ years of post-qualification experience across a mixture of PLC’s and fast-growing SME’s.
Over the last five years, he has been focused on working with owners and SMT’s within the martech/SaaS sector, ensuring financial control whilst driving the commercial goals of the business.
Federico Keegan
Chief Technology Officer
Federico brings over 18 years of experience in IT, specializing in software development, team leadership, and backend systems. At Amazon (Ring), he led a team responsible for critical IoT services, handling over one million requests per minute and ensuring a 99.999% uptime. His work included leading large-scale backend projects and fostering a high-performance team environment that delivered robust, scalable solutions to millions of users. More recently, he co-founded Wanderar, an app that transformed city tours with personalized, on-demand experiences.
Throughout his career, Federico has learned about the importance of understanding neurodiversity in his teams, and how their unique skills could be nurtured to provide them with the best career development opportunities.
Conrad Lennard
Strategic Advisory Board
Conrad is a member of Aubilities Strategic Advisory Team and has a successful track-record of scaling software and fintech businesses. Conrad began his technology career as an early member of the commercial team at Featurespace, a venture-backed Cambridge based machine-learning risk management scale-up which exited to Visa in 2024. He has significant experience in commercializing complex technology at Mastercard, specifically in using artificial intelligence for financial crime solutions. He has a passion for assisting founders and sales teams on their strategic go-to-market, narrative building, and lead generation. He holds degrees from Durham University and the University of Cambridge. Outside of work, Conrad coaches football and enjoys hosting book clubs and playing guitar. Conrad was diagnosed with dyslexia during his graduate job and recently with ADHD and is passionate about using technology to help employees thrive in their working environment.
Garry Levin
Strategic Advisory Board
Garry is a retired investment banker, prior to which he was a practising lawyer. Garry spent over 28 years advising small and mid cap companies on capital raisings, IPO’s, private investment and takeovers. He worked for a number of banking and broking institutions, latterly as a Managing Director at Investec Bank and Numis Securities.
Since retiring, Garry has been appointed Board advisor to Fever Tree (a quoted premium drinks mixers business) and DBS, (an industrial gears business). He is an active mentor to young professionals and entrepreneurs and was for two years a member of the strategy committee of The Bike Project, a charity that collects second bikes and donates them to refugees and those seeking asylum in the UK.
Garry is passionate about improving the workplace and ensuring that all employees are valued and productive, and believes very much in the Aubilities value proposition.
Jonathan Crossfield
Strategic Advisory Board
Jonathan is the Chief Financial Officer of the Texel Group, a leading Credit and Political Risk insurance broker.
He is an experienced CFO, having previously helped a venture backed software business, Featurespace, towards profitability through a focus on business model and commercial development.
Prior to joining Featurespace, Jonathan worked as a consultant and advisor to early-stage technology businesses following a career in equity research where he covered companies in the European technology sector for Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Cazenove & Co. He is a chartered accountant and scientist by background.
Outside work, Jonathan enjoys spending time watching his two stepsons play cricket, hiking, and skiing (badly). He has a neurodivergent family and wants to ensure that as much as possible is done to enable the neurodivergent community.
Steve Dineen
Strategic Advisory Board
Steve is the Founder of Fuse - the enterprise learning platform that ignites people performance through active engagement and positive learning experiences. Steve has long been driven by one clear mission: to democratise education for all through continuous innovation in learning tech.
Steve is a serial tech entrepreneur who, prior to founding Fuse, successfully scaled and sold UK e-learning venture, Fuel - a company that became Europe’s second largest bespoke e-learning company, servicing 40 of the FTSE 100.
Steve’s biggest professional achievement to date?
Founding FuseSchool in 2010 – an educational platform that delivers GCSE-grade education to anyone in the world, for free. Ten years on, Steve is incredibly proud to see this initiative helping 10 million learners around the world every year.
Karen Ruiz
Learning & Development Manager
With over a decade of experience in Learning & Development, Karen Ruiz is a skilled professional adept at designing, developing, and delivering impactful training programs. Her expertise spans various industries, including pharmaceuticals, FinTech's, and Publishers. Karen has held roles such as Learning and Training Leader, Change Management Lead, Learning Consultant, and Instructional Designer, demonstrating a versatile skill set.
Beyond her professional pursuits, Karen is passionate about inclusion and wellness and enjoys swimming, spending time in nature, and reading.
Ritu Kiran
Founder and CEO of Aubilities.
Ritu enjoyed a corporate career for many years, having started her career working for one of the major global Management Consultancy firms, Accenture. She specialized in HR consulting and HR Tech and worked for several clients and organisations in different industries such as Financial Services, Energy, Telecoms, FMCG, pharmaceuticals and more.
In 2018, her son was diagnosed autistic, she quickly identified a gap in the corporate market of utilizing these talented and specialist thinkers to add business value.
She has published more about her personal journey in the ‘Autism Eye’ UK national magazine. Ritu is also a Trustee Board member for the UK national charity – Resources for Autism.
She has recently been picked up by Jessica Kingsley Publishers and has an impending book launch in 2025 on parenting autistic children.
Jacki Edry
Co-Production Board
Jacki Edry recently published her first book "Moving Forward: Reflections on Autism, Neurodiversity, Brain Surgery and Faith" and launched a blog on her website, which focuses on education, inclusion, neurodiversity, and more.
Jacki is a graduate of Hampshire College with an extensive background in education, writing, and marketing. She has been exploring the world of autism and neurodiversity for over thirty-five years, as a professional, parent of neurodivergent children, and as a survivor of complex brain surgery that affected her neurological abilities.
She has spent many years advocating for inclusion programs in the educational system, providing support for families of children with disabilities, and advocating for the inclusion of people with disabilities in society.
Reena Anand
Co-Production Board
A lawyer and former ombudsman specialising in consumer vulnerability and the Equality Act 2010, Reena Anand founded Asian Autism Advocate after her own son was diagnosed with autism and she realised how little representation and bespoke support there was for Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) parents in similar situations.
She created Asian Autism Advocate to recognise cultural and personal biases, stigmas and misconceptions which can impact autistic individuals and their families from BAME backgrounds. Reena delivers talks and workshops to organisations seeking to support their employees who have autistic children and explains the impact of intersectionality particularly with BAME communities.
Reena is also a Trustee at the Race Equality Foundation, a national charity promoting race equality in social and public services.
Mark Palmer
Co-Production Board
Mark Palmer is an autistic freelance writer specialising in mental health, autism and neurodiversity from his own lived experience. He has worked in the UK civil service for over 30 years, most of the time in the areas of policy and legislation, including drafting many types of documents and delivering presentations and training. Mark can take on almost any kind of writing and copywriting project and will deliver effective results from a different angle.
Keran Dhillon
Co-Production Board
Keran Dhillon is a future-focused Business Psychologist and Talent Leader with more than a decade of global experience across various industries. She has enabled HR to maximize their contribution to the business by addressing talent strategies for new ways of work through behavioral science solutions, workforce analytics, and ethical AI tools.
As a trusted leader, she is people and experience-focused, results-orientated, and commercially-minded when delivering innovative talent solutions to attract, assess, engage, and develop future talent. She is also a passionate advocate of neurodiversity and promoting well-being in the workplace to drive performance and retain top talent for today and tomorrow.
On a personal note, Keran has a young neurodivergent son. Her son has taught her that growth is not an easy road but can be beautiful and empowering when you are in the right environment, surrounded by like-minded people who want to make a change for a more neuroinclusive future.
Niraj Shah
Co-Production Board
Currently working as an investment consultant, Niraj is on the autistic spectrum. Niraj has joined the Co-Production board to help workplaces be more neurodiverse inclusive.
Niraj is keen on promoting autism acceptance and the benefits of neurodiversity. Currently, Niraj writes blogs sharing his experiences of being on the autistic spectrum, which has been read by people around the world. Furthermore, Niraj is also part of the Autism Education Trust Young Experts Panel.
Shelley Gates
Co-Production Board
A professional voice-over artist, Shelley graduated from The University of Salford with first class honours in TV and Radio Production, and in 2021 produced an award nominated documentary focused on autism and working in the media. Upon leaving university she was nominated for the Deans award as a result of her success in her studies and her unrivalled resilience.
Prior to starting university in her late twenties, she managed childrens residential activity centres around Europe, and for a while looked after the recruitment of staff for these, before leaving to work on an activity centre based one of P&O Australia's ships as the Operations Manager. After a two month volunteering trip to Hawaii, she returned to the UK in 2016
Shelley was diagnosed as autistic at 30, and with ADHD at 32. At present she is helping her friend, BBC assistant producer Nick Ransom, to run the online group 'The Neurodiverse Media Community'.
Zoe-Jane Littlewood
Co-Production Board
Zoe is a passionate advocate for dyslexia awareness and inclusivity. As a proud dyslexic, she is dedicated to breaking down barriers and fostering understanding about what dyslexia truly is. Zoe serves as a volunteer on the Cultural Perspective Committee at the British Dyslexic Association, where she looks at dyslexia from a young person's point of view. Through public speaking engagements and workshops, she provides valuable insights and practical tools to empower individuals and organizations in embracing dyslexia. Zoe firmly believes in the power of sharing stories and experiences to drive positive change in the community.