Inference Group
The team

The people who scope your problem,
build the answer.

The people on this page are the people on your project. Everyone below has shipped systems you’ve probably used. Hover to meet them.

Leadership

Leadership
Richard Davis
Richard Davis
CEO
Founder's call

Leads every engagement personally. The buck stops with him.

Inference Group01/19
Profile
Richard Davis

Richard has spent his career getting AI and ML into production for financial services and government, leading transformation programmes across complex, regulated organisations. He brings the commercial and delivery leadership that turns client ambition into shipped AI.

Inference Group · CEO

Solutions and strategy

Strategy
Anna Davidson
Anna Davidson
AI & Automation Solutions Lead
Scope shaper

Turns messy operational problems into fundable use cases.

Inference Group02/19
Profile
Anna Davidson

Anna has shaped automation and AI across telecoms, biotechnology and clinical services, turning complex operational challenges into scalable, adoptable systems. She bridges stakeholders and engineers to turn fragmented ideas into production-ready use cases.

Inference Group · AI & Automation Solutions Lead
Strategy
Marta Moreira
Marta Moreira
AI Technical Analyst
Feasibility check

Scores data readiness so the roadmap is real.

Inference Group03/19
Profile
Marta Moreira

Marta has designed AI, automation and data solutions across retail, financial services, consulting and research. She scores data readiness and turns a backlog of ideas into a roadmap worth building.

Inference Group · AI Technical Analyst
Strategy
Wei Bin Loo
Wei Bin Loo
Product Owner
Roadmap keeper

Ties every build back to real business value.

Inference Group04/19
Profile
Wei Bin Loo

Wei Bin owns the platform that takes a client from fragmented AI ideas to a continuously updated, production-tracked roadmap, keeping delivery focused on what matters most.

Inference Group · Product Owner

Delivery leadership

Delivery
Nicole Baro
Nicole Baro
PMO
On time, on budget

Keeps every engagement from stalling.

Inference Group05/19
Profile
Nicole Baro

Nicole keeps every engagement moving on time, on scope and on budget, so momentum never stalls between a good idea and a shipped product.

Inference Group · PMO
Delivery
Eugenia Fernandez
Eugenia Fernandez
Delivery Lead
Case to go-live

Builds the case, secures funding, delivers.

Inference Group06/19
Profile
Eugenia Fernandez

Eugenia has turned AI investment into production results across manufacturing, oil & gas, hospitality and FMCG retail, drawing on FTSE 100 and top-consulting-firm experience.

Inference Group · Delivery Lead
Delivery
Karin van de Laar
Karin van de Laar
Delivery Lead
Capability transfer

Leaves the client's own team stronger.

Inference Group07/19
Profile
Karin van de Laar

Karin is a strategy consultant and programme manager with over 13 years across tech, non-profits, financial services and the public sector, known for analytical rigour and results-driven delivery.

Inference Group · Delivery Lead
Delivery
Gabriel Sterling
Gabriel Sterling
AI Change Delivery Lead
Makes it stick

Turns a shipped tool into a daily habit.

Inference Group08/19
Profile
Gabriel Sterling

Gabriel focuses on what happens after go-live: adoption, capability building and AI fluency that turn a shipped tool into a habit the business relies on.

Inference Group · AI Change Delivery Lead

Engineering

Engineering
Vee Makwana-Swallow
Vee Makwana-Swallow
Data Scientist
Concept to production

certified, production rigour on every build.

Inference Group09/19
Profile
Vee Makwana-Swallow

Vee has delivered AI and ML from concept to production across e-commerce, telecoms and regulated sectors. A certified architect and GCP-certified AI engineer.

Inference Group · Data Scientist
Engineering
Jessica Lu
Jessica Lu
AI/ML Engineer
Stays shipped

Testing, integration and deployment rigour.

Inference Group10/19
Profile
Jessica Lu

Jessica has delivered data insight, customer-facing chatbots and ML forecasting across a wide range of stacks. certified, she makes sure what ships stays shipped.

Inference Group · AI/ML Engineer
Engineering
Charle Coetzee
Charle Coetzee
AI Engineer
Harden for production

Turns tech challenges into working tools.

Inference Group11/19
Profile
Charle Coetzee

Charle's background spans business intelligence, cloud infrastructure and technical programme management, giving him a practical eye for hardening AI tools for real-world use.

Inference Group · AI Engineer
Engineering
Senzo Mlambo
Senzo Mlambo
AI Engineer
AI in the workflow

Builds AI into enterprise systems.

Inference Group12/19
Profile
Senzo Mlambo

Senzo builds AI-powered applications in Python and Azure, integrating AI into enterprise workflows through automation, document pipelines and API-driven services.

Inference Group · AI Engineer
Engineering
Maria Iglesias
Maria Iglesias
AI Engineer
Fresh capacity

Keeps the build pipeline moving.

Inference Group13/19
Profile
Maria Iglesias

Maria joins the delivery bench to take prioritised prototypes from workshop to production-grade software, adding engineering capacity as demand for AI solutions grows.

Inference Group · AI Engineer
Engineering
Fortune Mogoeng
Fortune Mogoeng
Senior Cloud Data Engineer
Governed access

Builds pipelines that hold up in production.

Inference Group14/19
Profile
Fortune Mogoeng

Fortune works at the intersection of AI consulting and financial services, building production-grade Azure data pipelines and IQ Control Tower ingestion architecture.

Inference Group · Senior Cloud Data Engineer
Engineering
Ojas Arora
Ojas Arora
Technical AI Analyst
Trust infrastructure

Builds the guardrails autonomous AI agents run on.

Inference Group15/19
Profile
Ojas Arora

An engineer building trust infrastructure for autonomous AI agents and institutional systems. His research spans smart-contract vulnerability detection with LLMs and quantitative risk modelling — a hackathon winner (Encode AI, Encode London, ETH Oxford) who builds daily with modern AI coding tools.

Inference Group · Technical AI Analyst

Data and insight

Insight
Ajay Ramcharan
Ajay Ramcharan
Data Engineer
Evidence, not assumption

Two decades of secure data pipelines.

Inference Group16/19
Profile
Ajay Ramcharan

With over two decades designing secure data pipelines across financial, technology and retail sectors, Ajay has built end-to-end BI ecosystems and earned Top Achiever recognition.

Inference Group · Data Engineer
Insight
Jack B Robinson
Jack B Robinson
Data Visualisation Consultant
At a glance

Turns complex data into clear stories.

Inference Group17/19
Profile
Jack B Robinson

Jack has delivered analytical solutions across media and professional services, skilled in SQL, Python, Tableau and Power BI, presenting insights to senior stakeholders.

Inference Group · Data Visualisation Consultant
Insight
Richard Berman
Richard Berman
Senior Data Visualisation Consultant
Data to value

Turns analytics into decisions leaders act on.

Inference Group18/19
Profile
Richard Berman

A data analytics leader and product owner with over 10 years turning data into measurable business value, bridging technical teams and senior stakeholders with clear, actionable strategy.

Inference Group · Senior Data Visualisation Consultant
Insight
Shima Mojapelo
Shima Mojapelo
Senior Data Visualisation Consultant
End to end

Builds across the whole data-to-AI lifecycle.

Inference Group19/19
Profile
Shima Mojapelo

An engineer with over 12 years in data and applied AI across finance, investment, retail and customer service, leading teams and building solutions end-to-end across the data-to-AI lifecycle.

Inference Group · Senior Data Visualisation Consultant
Backed by

TCN Capital · advisory

Advisory
Thomas Quinton
Thomas Quinton
Director, TCN Capital
Growth strategy

Scaled REPL Group from 10 people to 600+.

Inference Group01/04
Profile
Thomas Quinton

Drove the strategy behind REPL Group's growth from a 10-person business to 600+ people. Advises on business strategy, positioning and value creation to accelerate growth and maximise returns.

Inference Group · Director, TCN Capital
Advisory
Neil McGregor
Neil McGregor
Director, TCN Capital
Built to scale

Operations that carried REPL past £100M revenue.

Inference Group02/04
Profile
Neil McGregor

As COO of REPL Group, built the operational processes and governance that carried the business from early-stage start-up to a scalable enterprise exceeding £100M in annual revenue.

Inference Group · Director, TCN Capital
Advisory
Chris Love
Chris Love
Director, TCN Capital
Partnerships

Partner strategy and relationship-led growth.

Inference Group03/04
Profile
Chris Love

Built REPL Group's partner strategy and sales approach. Brings strategic thinking on positioning, partnerships and relationship-led growth to accelerate commercial traction.

Inference Group · Director, TCN Capital
Advisory
Kyle Harbinson
Kyle Harbinson
Director, TCN Capital
Delivery at scale

Near-shore delivery and transformation programmes.

Inference Group04/04
Profile
Kyle Harbinson

Set up REPL Group's near-shore delivery capability and led large-scale transformation programmes for Accenture and REPL Group. Advises on delivery strategy, tooling and solution architecture.

Inference Group · Director, TCN Capital
How we work

Six values, and we mean them.

We geek out loud

We're deep in data and AI, and we share what we know openly. No egos, just craft.

We act boldly and collaborate openly

We work on the new, with full transparency, learning as one community.

We are the connectors

We bridge business value, data engineering, data science and deployment — one team with our clients.

We empower our customers

We leave clients more capable, with the skills to scale and run what we build. Production over prototypes.

We love our work

We take ownership and pride in it, and we work with people we respect.

We are data jedis

We take on hard problems and deliver working solutions at scale, as one team.

Meet the people who will actually build it.

A 30-minute scoping call with Dr. Richard Davis.