Our Team

It all began with this realisation: early moments matter. A lot.

Early Ideas was born in 2023, but had quite a long gestation. It was founded by Rob Hughes and Alastair van Heerden, building on several years of conversations and several decades of experience working a academia, government, philanthropy and medicine/public health.

Rob Hughes

CO-FOUNDER & CEO

Alastair van Heerden

CO-FOUNDER & CTO

Lara Inskip

HEAD OF STORIES

Caspar Addyman

CHIEF INSIGHTS OFFICER

Rebecca Newbould

HEAD OF USER RESEARCH

Tori Cooper

HEAD OF MARKETING