Heldhand works with a wide variety of experts from accountants, legal advisors, software specialists, hardware engineers and PR and marketing professionals.  Key members of the team include:

Harry Holmwood - Managing Director

A degree in Computer Science and a series of IT consulting contracts led Harry to a join a start-up software developer in 1992, where he worked on a number of successful computer games for major clients such as Electronic Arts and Mindscape.

In 1994, he was approached by Sony to work on their forthcoming PlayStation games console. At Sony he worked with games publishers, developers and retailers across Europe to evangelise and support launch of PlayStation, the most successful games console of all time.

In 1996 Harry founded a games software development company with major clients such as Mattel, Sony and Eidos, taking it to profitability within 12 months on the back of a small private round of funding. In 1999, the company was listed on AIM with a valuation of around £20million, and went on to launch a well-known online gaming service which was sold in early 2001.

Shortly after this, Harry founded Heldhand as a strategic, financial and management consultancy focussed on the technology and media space.  Clients have included games developers and publishers, retailers, law and accounting firms, private equity providers, turnaround specialists, animation houses, marketing and PR agencies, and other companies needing support and advice to grow and prosper.

An expert in the video games and online sectors, he has appeared regularly on television and radio as well as in print across Europe and the USA, and periodically gives lectures on technology and business at industry and academic seminars.

Harry is also a founding director of business angel network which has invested in companies including a fast-growing chain of creches and day nurseries and a leading supplier of bespoke oak conservatories and orangeries.  The latter company was in a state of crisis until Heldhand engineered a liquidation buyout, injecting angel finance, restructuring debt, rebranding the business and implementing a cutting-edge online sales and marketing strategy, taking the business from insolvency to a market-leading position in under two years.

He is also a director of the innovative peripherals manufacturer and games publisher In2Games, creators of the award-winning Gametrak and Gametrak Fusion hardware and software including the highly acclaimed Real World Golf game.  Harry was brought into this 2-man startup to consult on business planning and financing in 2002, and was quickly offered a board position.  Since then, Harry has been instrumental in taking the company through various financing rounds, setting up and negotiation global distribution and launching successful products worldwide.