Isabella Ford

Overview

Building Ledger Studio in London - B2B payments. Previously built and sold a small B2B payments company. Grew the team to 31 people across 2 countries. Before that: Ocado and BBC. Most at home with product and fundraising.

Experience

1. Co-founder & CTO

   Mar 2025 - Present
   Ledger Studio · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · London, UK
   • Took Ledger Studio from zero to $8 million ARR.
   • Grew the team to 66 people across 2 countries.
   • Raised $34 million across 2 rounds.
2. Business Analyst

   Oct 2022 - Mar 2025
   Ocado · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · London, UK
   • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 36 minutes to under 2.
   • Cut cold-start time on low-end Android phones by 56%.
3. Engagement Manager

   Apr 2020 - Oct 2022
   BBC · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · London, UK
   • Designed the operating model for a 17 thousand-person transformation.
4. Senior Consultant

   Feb 2017 - Apr 2020
   Meta · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · London, UK
   • Led a cost programme that saved a client $111 million.
   • Ran commercial diligence on 24 deals.
5. Consultant

   Sep 2014 - Jan 2017
   Monzo · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · London, UK
   • Led a cost programme that saved a client $98 million.

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Education

1. Royal College of Art

   MA, Computer Science
   2015 - 2017
2. University of Warwick

   BSc, Computer Science
   2008 - 2011