People at Pear

Tom Stanley – Co-Founder & CEO Background: Chartered Accountant (ACA, CTA), ex-TikTok/ByteDance. Role: Sets vision, leads product direction, partnerships, and sales. Fun fact: Splits time between London, LA, and Tanzania. Sahil Patel – Co-Founder & Operations Lead Background: Experienced in finance, ops, and scaling cross-border teams. Role: Oversees payments, salary management, SOPs, and building operational structure for scale. Fun fact: Juggles multiple ventures and still finds time for early-morning gym sessions. 1Chinmay Toley - Founding Engineer Spent 6+ years at Amazon/AWS building backend infrastructure and data pipelines at massive scale Expert in real-time data processing, distributed systems, and ML infrastructure Built AI-driven automation systems handling millions of transactions daily Brings engineering discipline around scalable architecture, proper testing, and system reliability Passionate about solving hard technical problems with elegant solutions Believes great engineering is about making complex systems feel simple Mia Renauly - Founding Product Manager MBA from Imperial College London with focus on technology and product strategy Built consumer apps at ByteDance (TikTok) and Grab used by 30M+ users Understands product velocity in hyper-growth environments and designing for scale Expert at turning messy operational problems into clean intuitive product experiences Bridges engineering and business needs, translating merchant pain into technical requirements Obsessed with user research, rapid iteration, and data-informed decision making

Tom Stanley

Founder