Mitchell (pictured) joined the company three years ago as commercial director, working with clients including Ford and Moneycorp to oversee product development projects.

Timo Hyväoja, current UK managing director, will remain at the company, taking up a new senior role within its headquarters in Finland.

Teemu Moisala, chief executive, Futurice, said: “[Mitchell] has excellent commercial instincts, understands clients’ imperatives around delivering ROI and has a gift for bringing teams together to deliver successful products to market. Combined with a clear grasp of emerging tech and how it can accelerate innovation and business processes, he is ideally placed to lead our UK office.” 

Moisala added: “I’d also like to thank Timo Hyväoja, our acting MD in London for a fantastic job in leading the UK team over the past eight months.”