Kerv Executive Chairman Alastair Mills has revealed he is following recently departed MD Mike Ing out the door to focus on early-stage tech investing.
Mills and Ing built Kerv from three to almost 1,000 staff, having founded the London-based Microsoft, Genesys, Juniper, Verint andCitrix partner in June 2020.
They previously built and sold Six Degrees together.
Announcing his decision to leave in a LinkedIn post, Mills said the duo had aimed to do “so-called ‘buy and build’ differently”, by “proving that scale and growth can coexist with great culture and investment in people”.
“Mike and I have been a bit of a double act across three companies/14 years and I’ve reached the conclusion that I just can’t face Kerv life without him,” Mills wrote.
Ranking 43rd in the recent Oxygen 250 2026, Kerv’s revenues now top £100m following a spate of sizeable acquisitions.
One of the few (and largest) B Corps in the channel, Kerv has “some of the most engaged and happiest people in UK tech”, Mills claimed.
“I’m not sure any other UK company in our space has delivered that at £100m scale alongside 10 acquisitions?” he said.
Ing announced his departure from Kerv in January as he hung up his “executive boots”. The duo also worked together IP Integration.
“After three ventures in the world of IT / cloud / DX it’s going to be a slight change in network for me as I refocus on earlier stage tech and particularly software/AI from here on,” Mills said.
