Who we are

Meet The Team

Trimontium ai’s leadership team is made up of experienced operators with deep P&L and boardroom expertise. This ensures strategies are practical, commercially grounded and well suited to the needs of mid-sized businesses.

We place strong emphasis on cultural empathy, clear and jargon-free communication, and close collaboration. This approach builds trust and supports effective change management, helping organisations deliver lasting results.

Mark Kuhillow
CO-FOUNDER & CEO

Mark Kuhillow

  • 25 years commercial experience
  • Career path: Advertising > Digital Marketing > SaaS Analytics > Angel
  • Experience: Bootstrapped & funded startups
  • Built, scaled, and exited 3 businesses in Emerging Tech
  • Most recent analytics platform exit to Awin, a KKR business
  • Business School
  • Advisory Board Member
  • Entrepreneur In Residence
  • Innovation Consultant
Dr Peter Appleby
CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF DATA SCIENTIST

Dr Peter Appleby

  • Top 100 most influential people in data and AI in Europe 2026 – DataIQ 100
  • 23 years combined research & commercial experience
  • Career path: Research Fellow > Data Scientist > Machine Learning / AI leader
  • Recognised AI expert with extensive published scientific work; frequent conference speaker
  • MMU industrial advisory board member (ML & AI specialist) and MSc, PhD and Postdoc supervisor
Colin Telford
CLIENT OPERATIONS PARTNER

Colin Telford

  • 25 years operational and commercial experience
  • Director, investor, founder, executive, consultant
  • Strong agency background: client services, product and team
  • Strategically driven – process orientated – delivery focused
  • Business operationalist, structural architect, marketing & HR
  • Marketing, Media, Recruitment, eCommerce sector specialist
  • 3 start-up successes, from £0 to multi-million pound revenue
  • Entrepreneurial tech founder, successful exit from tech sale
  • Manchester University BA Hons – Business
Deborah Holmwood
CLIENT CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION PARTNER

Deborah Holmwood

  • 25+ years’ leadership in commercial growth, marketing, brand & comms
  • Director, strategist, advisor, board-level operator across multiple sectors
  • Strong in-house background: professional services, public sector, retail, sport, charity
  • Strategically driven – digitally innovative – commercially astute
  • Specialist in brand growth, audience engagement, CX, change management
  • Proven track record in P&L delivery, six-figure budgets, large-scale campaigns
  • Built & led multi-disciplinary teams across marketing, product, UX & comms
  • Stakeholder experience: government, global corporates, sponsors & media
  • Passionate equity campaigner, podcaster, ambassador for inclusivity