As the largest majority-autistic company in the world, we have been delivering exceptional IT solutions harnessing the distinctive skills of our neurodivergent talent since 2009. We are proud to be living proof that neurodiversity works at work.
Our comprehensive neuroinclusion services and unique lived experience are enabling forward-thinking organisations to attract, retain and reap the benefits of neurodivergent talent: driving the people sustainability agenda, providing a competitive advantage, and creating an enviable inclusive culture that delivers both economic and social value.
We believe affecting change in one life is the starting point for changing society. We therefore measure our social performance through the difference auticon makes to the lives of our autistic colleagues, the impact on our customer organisations, and the role we play in creating awareness of neurodiversity in society.
Between 15-20% of the global population are neurodivergent. 2% are estimated to be autistic. Despite many autistic people being talented, qualified and keen to work, only 29% of autistic people are in full time work. Within the autistic workforce, a vast majority are under-employed, working in jobs that they are over-qualified or over-skilled for.
To build a more inclusive world.
Address the inequalities in employment for neurodivergent adults and showcase the strengths of neurodiversity in society.
Our values pervade our daily operations and our relationships internally and to the outside world. They act as rules of conduct and characterise how we do business.
Luke became Group CEO of auticon in January 2025. Prior to joining auticon, Luke was the CEO of Elements Talent Consultancy, a pioneering firm in the “Embedded Talent Consultancy” model. With a strong track record in business consulting and corporate leadership, Luke started his career at Accenture, focusing on strategy consulting for Financial Services and Energy & Utility clients. He also served as Managing Partner at MCG Plc, where he played a crucial role in several international landmark acquisitions. More recently, Luke has led Private Equity-backed growth Professional Services businesses.
Luke’s entrepreneurial spirit is also reflected in his significant contributions to the UK’s startup ecosystem, notably his tenure as Chair of the Start Up Loans Company, a government-backed social enterprise that has provided over £1bn of financing to over 115,000 entrepreneurs across the UK. In recognition of his work in promoting entrepreneurship, Luke was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2018.
He holds academic qualifications from the University of Cambridge and Oxford University.
Unicus was founded by Lars Johansson-Kjellerød in Oslo in 2009. Unicus was created with the mission of taking advantage of the positive characteristics of autism to create unique results for our customers and increase the quality of life for his employees. In 2023, Unicus and auticon combined forces to become the world’s largest autistic majority company.
Before starting Unicus, Lars worked in the Nordic financial sector for more than ten years in positions like equity and derivatives sales, proprietary trading, and as a manager for an equity brokerage firm on the Stockholm stock exchange. Lars is an entrepreneurial soul who believes in the impact of business and has a fascination for new solutions.
Lars has an MSc degree in finance from the University of Karlstad.
Meeta is auticon’s Chief Commercial Officer, responsible for strategic commercial initiatives across the business and aligning commercial success with the company’s social impact mission.
A seasoned entrepreneur, Meeta co-founded MetaValue, a consulting firm that became a key delivery partner to the UK Cabinet Office for developing innovative public service delivery models. She has led innovation and growth initiatives across multiple sectors and worked with changemakers like CitizensUK, The Eden Project, and Neighbourhood Watch among others. She has advised 300+ start-ups and SMEs, helping them scale scale bold ideas and amplify their impact.
Her earlier career includes leading Group Communications for a FTSE250 multinational, and India market development consulting for Adobe, Intel, and Ericsson.
Meeta currently chairs the Board of Trustees at West of England Music & Arts, the region’s largest music education and therapy charity. She also served as Chairperson of the Advisory Board at Money A+E, advancing financial inclusion for disadvantaged communities, and on the British Army’s Independent Advisory Panel for its Defence College of Logistics, Policing & Administration.
Meeta is passionate about aligning business success with social impact. Her work is grounded in respect for the dignity of all people and a belief that sustainable growth must serve both people and performance.
Dieter joined auticon in 2013 in our Munich Office and has been a member of the leadership team since 2015. He is CEO of auticon Deutschland GmbH sits on the Management Board of auticon Holding GmbH.
With a career spanning over three decades in the IT industry. His extensive experience in enterprise account management, business development, and change management has been instrumental in driving growth and innovation at auticon.
He holds a degree in business administration, is married with two children, and lives near Munich. He is passionate about auticon’s social entrepreneurship mission: using social responsibility, innovation, and entrepreneurial drive to create positive change in society.
Mike is a veteran technologist who joined auticon in 2019. He plays a key role in the application development of our Assessment Tool and Skills Database. He previously led infrastructure for GlaxoSmithKline in Germany.
Mercedes joined auticon in 2022. Beforehand she worked in advertising delivering global B2C campaigns and for fashion and media companies working on B2B growth and internal comms. After years spent leading SEN parent support-groups she was keen to work where she could continue to advocate for neurodivergent people.
Alek brings wealth of business and technical leadership experience. Previously, he spearheaded company’s transformation and implementation of cutting-edge technologies at Acoustic. He worked at IBM on global digital transformation projects and led the regional technical community. Earlier, Alek worked in software development and run his own company.
In 2011, Dirk Müller-Remus established auticon in Berlin, driven by a personal mission. Inspired by his autistic son’s experience, he recognised the profound inequality facing autistic adults in employment – despite their exceptional strengths. Dirk saw an opportunity: the growing shortage of IT and data specialists could be addressed by harnessing the unique talents of neurodivergent professionals.
Two years later, Kurt Schöffer joined as Joint CEO alongside Dirk, having been one of auticon’s earliest investors. When Dirk stepped away from the business in 2016 to start a new social enterprise for neurodivergent people, Kurt took the reins with ambitious plans for international growth.
Under Kurt’s leadership, auticon’s expansion was purposeful and impactful. auticon opened offices in the UK and France in 2016, followed by Switzerland and Italy in 2017. In 2018, strategic acquisitions of MindSpark in the US and Meticulon in Canada expanded auticon’s footprint to North America. auticon Australia launched in 2019, with Poland and New Zealand joining in 2022.
Simultaneously, Lars Johansson-Kjellerød had been pioneering similar work in Norway. His 2009 launch of Unicus created a social enterprise model connecting autistic IT professionals with meaningful technology careers. Unicus grew throughout the Nordic region into Sweden and Finland, and in 2022 invested in Dutch company Specialisterren.
Both organisations had proven that neurodiversity drives business success whilst creating genuine social impact. Joining forces in 2023, we became the world’s largest autistic-majority organisation – employing over 500 people across 15 markets, with more than 75% of our workforce being neurodivergent.
For 15 years, we’ve provided sustainable employment for autistic technologists, standing as living proof that neurodiversity works at work.
Following Kurt’s well-earned retirement in 2024 after 12 transformative years, Luke Williams OBE became Group CEO in January 2025. His focus remains clear: building on Dirk and Kurt’s remarkable legacy by creating more opportunities for autistic and neurodivergent people globally, demonstrating the measurable value of neurodiverse teams, and fostering a truly inclusive society.
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