Alastair Lukies, 33
Company: Monitise
Web: www.monitise.com
Recognised as a technology pioneer by the World Economic Forum, Monitise can now count Google and eBay among its peers. Not bad for a 100-strong, AIM-listed, London-based firm. The technology, which enables customers to use mobile handsets to access their bank accounts, is used by major UK banks and the business is expanding globally through joint ventures and licensing. Lukies is also reaching out to the non-banking population of four billion, two-thirds of whom have access to a mobile network.