06. Oct. 2025

Tim Carter

My 25 year career so far covers a decade of legal practice and 15 years in commercial, product and governance roles as an operator, entrepreneur, and advisor of technology businesses.

Career to Date

CV—link

About

I am a strategic advisor and entrepreneur with 25 years experience in IP, commercial partnerships, product development, and 360º stakeholder management. I am an expert in building stakeholder ecosystems for disruptive technology products.

I have direct experience in big tech, startups, regulated industries and nonprofits in AI, media & entertainment, consumer tech, mobile, accounting and fintech, research and policy, commercial law, and global health.

Career

After reading History at Leeds University (1994-7) I trained as a lawyer at the University of Law (1998-2000) and qualified at A&O Sherman (2000-05), joining their communications, media & technology team working on international deals.

I moved to Symbian (2005-07) as Legal Counsel, negotiating Symbian OS licences and expanding software distribution with semiconductor reference designs.

I was headhunted into Google's legal team (2007-09) as UK Counsel, advising on UK policy, global product launches and commercial deals.

I transferred to Google's Android team (2009-15) to lead business development and strategic partnerships for EMEA, including 2 years specifically focusing on establishing Android in Africa.

I co-founded Peek Vision (2015-18), an eye health technology spin-out from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Here I created partnerships with INGOs, ministries of health, researchers and academic institutions, government and industry funders, and private healthcare organisations to deliver eye care services at population scale in low income settings.

I also began consulting (2015-present) and mediating (2022-present), and along the way led partnerships at Silverfin (2020-22) to convert a SaaS accounting product into an international platform, and responsible AI at Flawless (2023-25) to build IP management and consent control tools for AI in Hollywood.

I also work on the boards of HotelMap (2018-present), Identidades do Brasil (2017-present), and East London Dance (2024-present) helping them navigate growth, complexity, and innovation.

Key Experiences

2025-present : Karmanline - film production platform

co-founder and CEO

2024-present : East London Dance - community dance charity

trustee and board member

2023-present : The Mediation Specialists - civil & commercial mediation

co-founder
mediator and co-mediator in all types of civil and commercial disputes

2023-2025 : Flawless - AI in film

vice president, ecosystems
member of executive team
strategy and product leader for the Artistic Rights Treasury
delivered consent tool for performers to manage risk in automated psot production changes to performances

2020-2022 : Silverfin - fintech (accounting)

vice president, partnerships
member of executive team
responsible for platform integrations, marketplace & growth partnerships
delivered >100% yoy growth in marketplace revenue
created strategy for international growth

2016-present : HotelMap - events hotel booking

legal and commercial consultant
non-executive director

2015-2018 : Peek Vision - social impact (eye care)

co-founder & chief impact officer
executed IP spin-out from International Centre for Eye Health @ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine & NHS trusts
built research & delivery partnerships with Ministries of Health, Universities, INGOS & industry
fundraising, multinational & multi-discipline team, medical research, programme deployment

2015-2016 : Fortumo - fintech (mobile payments)

chief revenue officer
responsible for sales, partnerships & product development (mobile payments for app stores)
launched with Google Play & telco app stores

2008-2015 : Google - mobile platform

head of Android, EMEA
founded Android's ecosystem in EMEA
grew annual revenue from 0 to >£500m, acquiring >350m Android users across >100 countries
>60 partnerships with telcos, retailers & OEMs
created Africa strategy & dedicated team (blueprint for global emerging markets)
acquisitions support (Motorola)