Jambu Palaniappan and David Parry-Jones join the Mozilla Corporation Board of Directors

What happened

Before joining Checkatrade, Jambu was Managing Partner and Head of Europe at OMERS Ventures, where he invested in and supported high-growth technology companies. Jambu Palaniappan is the Chief Executive Officer of Checkatrade, where he drives the company’s mission of Powering Great Work.

The home improvement platform connects consumers across the UK with quality tradespeople — every year, Checkatrade improves millions of homes and delivers billions of pounds of work to small and medium-sized businesses. Earlier in his career, he spent several years at Uber and Uber Eats, joining as one of the first 100 employees and leading expansion across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Jambu holds a degree in Public Policy and Economics from Vanderbilt University. David Parry-Jones is a board director and former Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) with more than 30 years of experience scaling technology businesses internationally.