The team behind THOM
A founder-led team combining deep construction-technology, international commercial and product-design experience — executing the current £3.25m seed commercialisation plan across the UK, GCC and Nordics.

Ian Rees
LinkedInFounder and Chief Technology Officer of THOM Inc UK, leading the technical roadmap and planned IP consolidation for the Building Engineering Envelope™. Brings decades of product design, prototyping and commercial hardware development experience from his role as Chief Designer at Videotree, where he led the design of advanced display and mirror-screen technology.
- Leads the proposed group’s product architecture and certification strategy. ESC remains the current IP holder; the intended transfer is subject to documentation, valuation, approvals and completion.
- Owns the engineering, thermal-development and full-scale demonstrator programmes that underpin the £3.25m seed commercialisation plan across the UK, GCC and Nordics.
Svein Arne Sørgård
LinkedInSenior business advisor and serial founder with 25+ years of international experience founding, scaling and leading hardware and software technology companies across the Nordics, Barcelona, the US, China and Hong Kong.
- CEO designate / regional lead for the planned THOM Nordics operating entity for Norway and Sweden, subject to final group structure and partner terms, overseeing regional commercial rollout, customer acquisition and delivery.
- Brings deep cross-border operational, fundraising and go-to-market experience to the group’s Nordic expansion and partner development.
Jack Craine
LinkedInCEO / regional lead for THOM GCC, responsible for establishing the group’s first GCC operating entity and planned assembly / fulfilment capability in the Gulf, subject to final jurisdiction, ownership and facility arrangements. Brings international commercial experience spanning the UK, Middle East, Africa and India, with a track record of building cross-border partnerships and leading multi-jurisdiction venture development.
- Leads GCC corporate formation, facility mobilisation, assembly commissioning and regional partner development across the UAE, Oman, Saudi, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait.
- Brings founder-level commercial experience and a background in modular construction planning to the group’s Gulf expansion.
- Has driven international market development and institutional partner engagement across the UK, Gulf, Africa and India, building cross-border supply chains and multi-jurisdiction operating structures.
Gary Carscadden
LinkedInBusiness leader with 30+ years of P&L and operational leadership spanning aviation, hospitality, automotive, mobility, manufacturing and technology-enabled services.
- GCC Managing Director, accountable for commercial launch, customer acquisition and institutional partner development across the Gulf.
- Brings multi-sector commercial leadership, regional partner development and operational scaling experience to the group’s Gulf expansion.
Clare Munroe
LinkedInUK Operations Lead, leading procurement, bill-of-materials (BoM) development and cost engineering for the THOM panel system, anchoring the group’s unit economics and margin model.
- Leads bill-of-materials development, supplier quotations and component-cost evidence, with current economics controlled through THOM Cost Architect.
- Owns supplier engagement, localisation planning and cost-down work; margin progression remains subject to configuration, verified cost evidence and commercial execution.
Dr. Morten Bøsterud
LinkedInNorwegian commercial lawyer and corporate-finance professional with more than 30 years of international experience, including private-equity investment management. Admitted to the Norwegian bar in 1992. ICON Asset Management AG announced his appointment as non-executive Chairman effective 1 January 2024.
- Integral to THOM’s global legal and commercial framework, supporting the design and deployment of licensing agreements and commercial contracts across markets.
- Brings cross-border legal, finance and governance experience to controlled regional rights, institutional partnerships and commercial deployment.
- Holds doctoral qualifications in business administration and ethics/theology and is a published author on ethics. His THOM description reflects management-confirmed responsibilities; no statutory THOM board appointment is implied.
