About Us | Tillo

Tillo is the rewards, incentives and gifting network for the digital age. Tillo connects the world’s most popular retailers and businesses looking for exciting ways to reach employees and customers through one award-winning API platform with unrivalled user-experience. Tillo works with over 2000 brands in 16 currencies across 34 markets.

Transforming the rewards, incentive and gifting space

Founded in 2016, Tillo’s (formerly Reward Cloud) goal was to transform the gift card market. We recognised the constraints of plastic gift cards in the digital age. Retailers and businesses were often hit by cash flow issues, procurement and settlement frustrations, and problems with distribution and scale.

Founders Gareth Gillatt and Alex Preece looked to technology to revolutionise the market. It was time to shake things up and redefine how rewards, incentives, and gifts are managed.

Within a year, the Tillo platform streamlined the way rewards, incentives, and gifting can be used. By 2019, we’d achieved 100% year on year growth. Today, over £1 billion worth of gift cards have been processed, making Tillo a market leader in gifting across 34 global markets.

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Our values

Remarkable Passion

We go over and beyond. We are here to help our customers have the best possible experience, we carry out tasks with conviction and passion.

Drive for Results

As an athlete trains for a marathon, we do the same. It’s OK to fail, but learn from it and feedback is crucial.

Collaboration is Key

We discuss and solve challenges together. Being human is key so we remember to be kind.

Be Intentional

We are thoughtful and deliberate. Everything we do we do for a reason.

Surprise and Delight

We’re in the business of delivering rewards so we deliver delight to our customers with everything we do.

Our story

Tillo was founded by Gareth and Alex in 2016 after a series of unfortunate experiences trying to buy corporate gift cards.

The rest is history…

2016

Founded by Gareth & Alex

2017

1 Million transactions reached

Won hottest newcomer at UKGCVA awards

2018

US & EU — Went live across global markets

Tillo’s network of brands reached over 1,000, making us a trusted market leader

2019

Tens of millions of transactions processed

2020

29 countries and 16 currencies expanded our reach across global markets

£575 million worth of sales on the Tillo platform

£15,000 donated to charity to date

2021

Growth to 50+ Tillo employees

21 million codes used with Tillo

£1 billion worth of gifts cards processed, and counting!

2022

34 countries, 16 currencies and 2000+ brands on the network.

Meet the leadership team

Based in Brighton, we’re a talented and supportive team with years of experience across multiple sectors, including in-house development, payments, fintech, retail, finance, and more.

Careers at Tillo

Alex Preece

CEO & Co-Founder

Briony Robertson

Head of People

Sharon Forder

Chief Marketing Officer

David Birch

Non-Executive Director

Gareth Gillatt

Co-Founder

Eddie Sawyers

Chief Product Officer

Hannah Dempster

Head of Marketing

Lee Spencer

Chief Financial Officer

Maria Khoury

Head of Operations

Martyn Fagg

Chief Operating Officer

Michael Norris

VP of Engineering

Mina Mikhail

General Counsel

Paul Dempsey

Financial Controller

Transforming the rewards, incentives and gifting space

We’re proud to be backed by two of Europe’s most successful investors; Robert Dighero from Passion Capital (Monzo, Tide, GoCardless) and Paul Forster (Co-Founder and CEO of Indeed.com), as well as Conviction Investment Partners, a syndicate of global investors.

Charity partnerships

Tillo participated in the free school meals voucher project, and the team bonded closely over the initiative. Because of this impact, we wanted to help those most in need within the community. At Tillo there was a real appetite to support a worthy local cause. When a member of the team recommended working with Chomp, it was the perfect opportunity for Tillo to give something back. Chomp is passionate about supporting families with children who find themselves in challenging circumstances. They provide integrative support that spans immediate needs such as food, poverty, and holiday hunger, to meaningful engagement across interdependent communities. The team has worked closely with Chomp since July 2020, delivering food boxes last summer and Christmas gifts to families across Brighton and Hove. To date, Tillo has donated over £15,000.

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