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Meet the team
from Swoop: Funding your SME: how to survive the recession, grow your business and boost your cashflow
Three key contributors to Swoop’s success
Ciaran Burke
COO and co-founder
Ciaran graduated in business and economics from Trinity College, Dublin.
He began his career at KPMG Sydney as a senior market analyst, then became a management consultant in London, where his clients included EY, Intersport, Vodafone and Oakley. His passion for growing businesses and building a community around them took him to Hiive in 2013.
Ciaran oversaw the development and launch of Hiive.co.uk, the professional network for creative people, which now has over 150,000 registered members and 4,500 businesses on board. These include Google, the BBC, Facebook, Framestore, Channel 4, Penguin and Sony.
In 2018, he co-founded Swoop, overseeing its development and launch.
Stuart Pawelczyk
Head of commercial mortgages
Stuart is an experienced SME and property finance professional. As director at Christie Finance, he drew on an in-depth knowledge of sectors such as healthcare, childcare, hotels, pubs, catering and takeaways, petrol stations and convenience stores.
His driving passion is to see business owners – from first-time buyers to real estate professionals – realise their property ambitions.
A commercial mortgage broker since 2014, he has overseen commercial mortgages and loans ranging from £25,000 to £15 million in value.
Skilled in negotiation, sales, management, financial risk, and business relationship management, Stuart operates independently of the banks to find some of the best deals available.
Sam Tasker-Grindley
Head of advisor customer success
Sam is passionate about helping business owners and accountants reach their potential and lead the best lives they can.
By day, he is a chartered accountant, heading up the rollout of Swoop to the accounting world. His objective is to help forwardthinking firms scale their funding advisory services and support more of their clients to grow their businesses.
By night, he is co-founder of Studenteer.co.uk, matching students with the charities and good causes that need them most.
Sam graduated from Cardiff University in 2011 and is vice president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales’s West Yorkshire and York group.
