Chris van der Kuyl is one of Scotland’s leading entrepreneurs working across the technology, media, gaming and entertainment sectors. Chris is most notably co-founder and chairman of multiple award-winning games developer 4J Studios, best known for developing Minecraft for Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo games consoles. He and fellow co-founder Paddy Burns launched Chroma Ventures, the investment arm of 4J Studios, in 2021.
Chris is currently chairman of Puny Astronaut, Stormcloud Games and Broker Insights, and a non-executive director of Ace Aquatec, Ant Workshop, Ballie Gifford US Growth Trust, Edinburgh International Culture Summit Foundation and Chroma Developments.
Alongside his commercial roles, he was the founding chairman of Entrepreneurial Scotland and is currently a member of multiple advisory and local charity boards. Elected as one of the youngest Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2013, Chris was also formally recognised for his contribution to technology in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020, becoming a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Kevin is a founding member of Parsley Box and has been a key influencer in the strategic direction of the business. He previously founded Move Fresh, an investment company for e-commerce FMCG brands and the holding company of Diet Chef.
Kevin has founded a number of start-up companies in the UK and US across various sectors, including technology, FMCG and advisory. In addition, he has been a board member on a number of these companies, including Chairman of Machine Labs and Bella and Duke. He is a Non-Executive Director of MoveFresh.
Prior to his focus on start-ups, Kevin was Chief Executive Officer of Orbital Software plc, a person-to-person knowledge management company. Kevin was actively involved in the funding and management of the company, which was listed on the London Stock Exchange during his tenure before merging with Sopheon plc in 2001.
Holly is an experienced CFO of AIM-listed and private equity backed businesses. Prior to Parsley Box, Holly was CFO of TVSquared, a high growth private equity backed SAAS business for the TV advertising market, working predominantly in the US market. Holly was also CFO of IndigoVision, a global AIM-listed CCTV systems manufacturer where she was Company Secretary and Financial Controller before becoming CFO.
Holly trained with EY in London before transferring to their Sydney office and is a member of the ICAEW.
