Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson is a consumer technology and healthcare entrepreneur, operator, and advisor with more than two decades of hands-on experience building, scaling, and leading high-growth businesses in the US and Europe. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Lemonaid Health, one of the first national, product-first telehealth companies in the United States, which was acquired by 23andMe for $400M in 2021.

Across his career, Paul has worked at the intersection of technology, healthcare, and regulated industries, leading businesses from early-stage startup through large-scale operations. He has held senior leadership roles in both venture-backed and public companies, with responsibility spanning product, engineering, marketing, operations, medical, pharmacy, partnerships, and international expansion. His experience includes running P&Ls from tens to hundreds of millions of dollars and leading teams from small founding groups to organizations of several hundred people.

Following the acquisition of Lemonaid, Paul ran the global consumer business at 23andMe. Earlier, he held executive roles at LloydsPharmacy and Zooplus, where he built and turned around digital and e-commerce businesses, launched new markets, and drove profitable growth in complex, competitive environments.

Today, Paul is a General Partner at Flex Capital, an early stage technology venture fund. Paul also advises founders and leadership teams as a board director and executive coach. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science and Business Management and began his entrepreneurial career at a young age, founding online businesses while still in school.

(Prof) Neil H. Ashworth

Neil is an independent Chair, Non-Executive Director, advisor and mentor with roles in a diverse group of businesses alongside 2San Global including We Are Fulfilment, Parcel2Go, NotLost and REAL Leaders

In his executive roles most recently, he led a team of many thousands in the delivery of the UK Department of Health’s National Covid-19 Testing programme throughout 2020 and early 2021 – building an enduring national resource capable of testing over 5 million citizens per day.

Previously, he was CEO at Collect+, the UK’s largest independent store-based parcel network in early 2013 having been at the forefront of digital developments in retail for over 15 years, working for blue-chip brands such as Tesco, Kingfisher, Hallmark and The Cooperative. 

After his time at the leading edge of digital retail development, Neil took accountability for the Yodel brand, marketing, customer experience, strategy and commercial functions in November 2017 through his appointment as Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer, bringing retail thinking to the parcel delivery market..

Neil is a past Chairman of CILT(UK), a member of the Staff Corps within the British military holding the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, an Ambassador for ‘Generation Logistics’ and an Ambassador for Transaid. He was named in 2017 as the recipient of the Sir Robert Lawrence Award, a lifetime achievement recognition made by the CILT in recognition of his pioneering and innovative contribution to digital retailing.

In addition to a role on the Employer Advisory Board at Arden University School of Management he is a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield University, a Visiting Lecturer at Said Business School at the University of Oxford and is Hon. Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems at Nottingham University Business School.

Neil is a graduate of the University of Manchester, and has studied on executive programmes at the University of Oxford, INSEAD at Fontainebleau and Manchester Business School. He lives in Oxfordshire with his wife Heather and their dog Bertie.