Nov 2018 — Present

7+ years, ongoing

Theravada International

Founder & Chairman · An IT solutions and service organisation providing its own digital products alongside selected third-party platforms for the quick service restaurant, hospitality and retail sectors.
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SECTOR

IT Services

Hospitality · QSR · Retail

COVERAGE

UK & Europe

Central · West · East

ROLE

Founder & Chairman

Board leadership
FOCUS

Finance & Strategy

Partner and territory expansion

STATUS

● Active

Nov 2018 — Present

A specialist technology partner for guest-facing brands

Theravada International designs, deploys and supports the technology customers encounter in store: self-service kiosks, drive-thru systems, digital signage and merchandising displays, point of sale, kitchen display systems, networks and the supporting infrastructure. The business provides its own digital solutions alongside selected third-party platforms, which allows each client to be matched to the technology appropriate to its requirement rather than to a supplier’s portfolio.

The company operates from Dublin, London and Madrid, supported by a trained engineering network across Europe and North Africa, with coverage across more than eighteen countries and more than 1,500 installations delivered. Support is provided on a 24/7 basis. Clients include Burger King and Krispy Kreme, for whom Theravada supports the entire United Kingdom estate of 220 stores together with a 360-site digital cabinet estate, alongside Holland & Barrett, Burgermeister, Pizza Hut in Spain and Portugal, Carnival and Lindt.

The business also provides technology companies, frequently from the United States, with the operating infrastructure required to resell and support their products across Europe, including warehousing, pre-staging, demonstration stock, installation, field engineering and support. It is Deliverect’s strategic deployment partner across five countries, QSR Automations’ principal partner in the United Kingdom and Europe, and European distributor for Kitchen Armor.

AT A GLANCE

FOUNDED

November 2018

Support model

24/7

Model

B2B — Enterprise services

Verticals

QSR · Hospitality · Retail

Coverage

UK and Europe (E/W/C)

Founder-led focus on finance, strategy and territory expansion

What Steve does here

Steve founded the business and chairs it. Day-to-day operations rest with the management team; his responsibility is capital, strategy, senior client and partner relationships, and the direction of the business.
Primary focus areas

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Applying more than a decade of enterprise technology relationships to a new venture, and building from them a European platform for in-store customer experience.

Theravada International · Steve Tiley, Founder and Chairman

18+

COUNTRIES COVERED

1,500+

INSTALLATIONS DELIVERED

24/7

support model

Selected clients

krispy kreme logo
holland barrett logo
burgermeister logo
pizza hut logo
burger king logo
cunard logo
lindt logo
kfc logo
insomnia cookies logo
welcome break logo
center parcs logo
pizza express logo
l'osteria logo
big mamma logo
eat happy logo

Technology partners

deliverect logo
qsr logo
crunchtime logo
kitchen armor logo
quail digital logo
oracle logo
lightspeed logo
dtiq logo

Other companies Steve has built, led or advised

Holidaymaker

Chairman

A digital platform built for the caravan and holiday park sector, delivering park information, news and offers to guests before, during and after their stay.
Sept 2023 — Present

QikServe Limited

Chairman

Chaired the enterprise platform for guest self-service in hospitality through restructuring with an incoming chief executive to its sale to Access Hospitality in September 2024.
Oct 2018 — Sept 2024

Slide Inc. Limited

Chairman

A dating platform built for Gen Z, combining immersive profiles with artificial intelligence matching.

Sept 2023 — Present

Mapify Limited

Advisor

A visual planning platform providing logistics and asset-intensive operations with a single live view of their estate.

Sept 2023 — Present

Board appointment, restructuring or international expansion in prospect?

If you are scaling a business, restructuring, or appointing to a board, Steve would be glad to hear from you.