Best Startup
At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top London based CEO’ operating in the Finance space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Taavet Hinrikus
Founder and CEO of Wise
Taavet Hinrikus is co-founder and CEO of TransferWise. Prior to starting TransferWise, Taavet was Skype’s director of strategy until 2008, starting as its first-ever employee. One of the World Economic Forum’s Tech Pioneers, Taavet is an adviser to Prime Minister of Estonia on the digital agenda. He’s also a mentor and angel investor; his investments include Tweetdeck, Mendeley, OMGPOP, Property Partner, Sunrise, Improbable and Mapillary.
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About Wise: Wise is a money transfer service allowing private individuals and businesses to send money abroad without hidden charges.
Kristo Kaarmann
Founder and CEO of Wise
Kristo Kaarmann is the co-founder and CEO of TransferWise, a peer-to-peer international money transfer business. The business is the first of its kind: it allows regular people to access the real mid-market exchange rate by cutting out traditional banking fees altogether. It charges only a tiny, totally transparent service charge. Prior to starting TransferWise, Kristo was a management consultant with Deloitte Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He worked with European banks and insurers to modernise their processes and systems. Stunned by their inefficiency, he teamed up with Taavet Hinrikus, then Skype’s director of strategy, to develop an entirely new system for moving money across borders. Kristo started his first business, an online investments tracking portal Investor.ee in 1999, when he was 19. Although the service was popular at the time, it never turned a profit and was acquired a few years later for an undisclosed amount (read: very little). Kristo is also involved in the organisation of Young Scholar Grant, where grants are given out to the brightest prospective university students of Estonia to study abroad in Europe’s best universities.
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About Wise: Wise is a money transfer service allowing private individuals and businesses to send money abroad without hidden charges.
Rajeev Misra
Chief Executive Officer of SoftBank Vision Fund
Rajeev Misra serves as Chief Executive Officer and Head of Strategic Finance at SoftBank Vision Fund. Rajeev Misra serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Head at SoftBank Investment Advisers. He is a Director of Uber Technologies, Inc. Rajeev Misra served as Head of Strategic Finance at SoftBank Group Corp. and served as its Head of Softbank Vision Fund. Rajeev Misra joined SoftBank. In this role, he works with SoftBank Group and SoftBank Internet and Media Inc. to optimize long-term capital structure and financing strategy. Rajeev Misra is the Founder at Clarent Capital Partners LLP. Previously, he served as a Senior Managing Director and Partner at Fortress Investment Group LLC which he joined in May 2014. Prior to that, Rajeev Misra spent 5 years at UBS as the Global Head of Credit and Head of Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities in Europe, Middle East and Africa. While at the firm, in January 2010 he was appointed as the Joint Global Head and Global Head of Emerging Markets. Rajeev Misra served as the Head of Credit Derivatives and Chief of Global Credit Trading at Deutsche Bank AG. Prior to that, he was at Merrill Lynch for 7 years working in derivative marketing and trading. Rajeev Misra has spent over 10 years at various executive positions. He serves as a Member of the Board of Advisors of Aten Holdings Pte. Ltd. He has been Director of SoftBank Group Corp. Rajeev Misra served as an Independent Director at Eros International Plc . He served as a Board of Directors of Capital First Ltd, Securitization and Commodities; and MGT Capital Investments, Inc. Rajeev Misra holds BS in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Sloan School of Management. He holds B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
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About SoftBank, SoftBank Vision Fund: SoftBank Vision Fund specializes in growth capital and social impact investments.
Yosuke Sasaki
Partner, Head of CEO Office of SoftBank Vision Fund
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About SoftBank Vision Fund: SoftBank Vision Fund specializes in growth capital and social impact investments.
Anne Glover
CEO of Amadeus Capital Partners
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About Amadeus Capital Partners: Amadeus Capital Partners caters to the technology sector with seed, early, and later stage venture, and private equity investments.
Steven Mendel
Co-Founder and CEO of Bought By Many
Steven has over 25 years’ experience as an actuary in financial services which has included leading Close Brothers Wealth Management during the launch of their non-advised offering; creating the world’s first art-focused wealth advice offering for Christie’s; working as part of the team that formed Barclays Wealth and heading the McKinsey UK Savings and Investment Group. Steven now runs Bought By Many which is disrupting the world of insurance through the innovative use of search and social media. (www.boughtbymany.com). In April 2019 Steven was included in the London Business School Review of 30 People Who Are Changing The World.
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About Bought By Many: Bought By Many is a pet InsurTech company that provides insurance products and a streamlined customer experience.
Timothy Davis
CEO and Co-founder of Butter.co.uk
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About Butter.co.uk, MassChallenge: Butter lets you spread the cost of shopping from any online store with a simple monthly instalment plan. Download the app now!
Briana van Strijp
Partner and CEO of Anthemis Group
Briana is a Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Anthemis. Prior to joining Anthemis, she worked at Suncorp in Australia where she served as a member of the business’ strategic innovation practice. Briana holds a bachelor’s in human resource management from Deakin University. An adventurer at heart, Briana travels extensively and enjoys cultural excursions across the globe. Outside the office, you can find her at the museum, watching new cult films or checking out the latest restaurants in the city.
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About Anthemis Group: Anthemis Group is a global platform that cultivates change in the financial system by investing in, growing, and sustaining businesses.
Ramez Sousou
Founder and Co-CEO of TowerBrook Capital Partners
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Ian Cowie
Chief Executive Officer of Shawbrook Bank
Ian joined Shawbrook in April 2017, initially leading the Business Finance division until taking the role of interim CEO in July 2018. Ian brings with him a wealth of SME banking experience, after leading the largest business banking franchise in the UK via a number of senior roles at RBS. These include; CEO Business and Commercial Banking, Chairman of SME Banking at NatWest and Director of Lombard Asset finance and RBS Invoice Finance.
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About Shawbrook Bank: Shawbrook Bank is a provider of financial services including savings and loans in the UK.
Fedele Di Maggio
CEO of DiPocket
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About DiPocket: We are a new generation of mobile digital payments redefining the banking scene.
Emma Davies
Co-CEO of Octopus Ventures
Emma joined Octopus Ventures as joint CEO in 2021, bringing with her a wealth of experience, expertise, and networks from a range of world-class investment houses including J.P. Morgan, Perry Capital, Big Society Capital (where she was the Chief Investment Officer), and The Wellcome Trust. Most recently she has spent 5 years as a partner at Marylebone Partners, building and leading their direct investing capability. She has an acute understanding of growing and managing teams whilst solving for investment returns, and has a particular interest in ESG/Impact considerations. She has an MA from Oxford University and an MSc from LSE and lives in London with her husband and two daughters.
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About Octopus Ventures: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Alex Frolov
CEO and General Partner of Target Global
Alex founded Target Global in 2012 and have been actively involved in building organisation ever since. He leads the firm late stage investment practice and have invested in many successful marketplace companies. Many of those are in FoodTech space, like Delivery Hero (FRA:DHER) and Blue Apron (NYSE:APRN), as well as LemonCat and FoodFox. Recently he is focusing more on transportation and travel investments: Juno (sold to Gett), Dreamlines, etc. Prior to joining Target Global, Alex worked at the VC firm DFJ Esprit in London. Before that, he led several private and corporate startups in the tech field, including the medical business unit of United Corporation for Innovations. He started his career in the Asset Management, running the public market tech & telco fund. Alex holds a bachelor’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences and an MBA from the London Business School. Alexander also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst ® designation.
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About Palta, Target Global: Target Global is a venture capital firm that invests in tech companies across all stages of their lifecycle.
Barnaby Hussey-Yeo
Founder and CEO of Cleo
Barnaby Hussey-Yeo is Co-Founder & CEO of Cleo AI. He is a Data scientist with a diverse set of interests across machine learning, finance and technology. Significant experience with generating actionable insights from large scale data sets. Enjoy working on complex problems with little direction that require significant planning, critical thinking, and unique insights to solve.
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About Cleo: Cleo is a financial assistant designed for Gen-Z that is fighting for the world’s financial health.
Tim Jackson
Founder, CEO, General Partner & Partner of Walking Ventures
Tim Jackson is the Founder, CEO, General Partner & Partner of Walking Ventures & he attended University of Oxford in in 1983.
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About Walking Ventures: Walking Ventures is a seed fund which invests in early-stage Internet and other technology startups based in Europe.
Rishi Khosla
Chief Executive Officer of OakNorth
Rishi Khosla is a serial start-up entrepreneur; and the co-founder of OakNorth – the next-generation credit platform that’s redefining lending to lower mid-market businesses globally (loans of $0.5m-$25m). Prior to co-founding OakNorth, Rishi co-founded and built Copal Amba into a 3,000 employee business providing outsourced research for investment banks, private equity funds and asset managers. Copal was fully acquired by Moody’s Corporation in 2014. Rishi is also an active venture investor and has provided early stage funding to two multi-billion dollar companies – Indiabulls and PayPal. He has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from University College London and a Masters in Accounting & Finance from the LSE where he attended on a scholarship.
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About OakNorth, OakNorth Bank: OakNorth is the creator of the ON Credit Intelligence Suite – proven cloud software that transforms commercial lending
Mark Dennis
COO & CEO of Munich Reinsurance
Mark Dennis is Global COO and European CEO of Munich Re Digital Partners, with specific responsibility for the European business. He joined Munich Re in 2009, leading a global business change unit until May 2016 when he took up his current role. Digital Partners is a global business working with, and investing in, start-ups, digital verticals and the sharing economy, with the ambition of building a more engaging proposition for insurance customers. Prior to joining Munich Re, Mark held various interim roles in leading insurance businesses.
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About Munich Reinsurance: Munich Reinsurance is a risk management group that offers insurance and reinsurance.
Anil Stocker
CEO & Co-Founder of MarketFinance
Anil Stocker is the CEO & Co-founder of MarketInvoice.Whilst working in financial services (Lehman Brothers) in his early twenties and spending time with many company CFOs, Anil realised how difficult it was for small businesses to raise the funding they needed to drive their business forward. His ambition was to use technology and data to completely reinvent how businesses go about financing their growth, and breathe fresh life into outdated financial products. Anil has led the growth of the company, team and its culture since launch. He was named in Forbes Magazine’s ’30 under 30′, and was recently invited to speak at No. 10 Downing St as a part of HM Treasury’s Fintech Week.
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About MarketFinance: MarketFinance is a FinTech company providing business finance solutions that help companies grow.
Ashok Vaswani
CEO of Barclays
Ashok joined Barclays in 2010, managing the credit card business across the UK, Europe and the Nordics, becoming chairman of Entercard. He went on to manage Barclays in Africa and his most recent role was CEO for UK Retail and Business Banking. Prior to Barclays, Ashok was a partner at Brysam Global Partners, a New York City based private equity firm focused on building retail financial service businesses in emerging markets. Ashok spent 20 years with Citigroup working in Asia, Middle East, Central Asia, Europe and North America, his last position being CEO of the Global Consumer Bank in Asia Pacific. Ashok graduated from Bombay University, and has postgraduate degrees from both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of India. Ashok is on the advisory board of SP Jain Institute of Management and has served on the advisory board of Insead Singapore and Visa Asia Pacific. He is Founder Director of Lend-a-Hand, a non-profit organisation focused on economic development in India.
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About Barclays: Barclays is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide.
Ian Stuart
CEO of HSBC
Ian Stuart was appointed CEO of HSBC UK Bank plc, with effect from April 2017, and is a member of HSBC Holdings plc’s Group Management Board. Mr Stuart joined HSBC as head of its Commercial Banking business in the UK and Europe in 2014. He has more than 38 years’ experience in the banking industry. Before joining HSBC, Mr Stuart led the Corporate Banking business at Barclays for six years, and held many roles in Business Banking during his 22 years at NatWest. He left school at 16 and went straight into banking, initially working as a cashier in a branch before moving into business banking. While working, Mr Stuart also studied at night school, and attended the University of Reading, where he obtained a management diploma to develop his career. Mr Stuart is a Business Ambassador for Meningitis Now; a board member of the financial services industry association UK Finance; and a board member of The London Institute of Banking & Finance, a higher education provider. He is married with four children and is a keen golfer.
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About HSBC: HSBC is a banking and financial services organization that offers a comprehensive range of services.
Corrado Agusta
Founder and CEO of Agusta Investments.
Corrado Agusta is a Founder and CEO of Agusta Investments.
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About Agusta Investments.: Agusta Investments is a single-family office with an investment focus in direct real estate and technology ventures
Nenad Marovac
Managing Partner & CEO of DN Capital
Nenad Marovac has more than 25 years of venture capital and private equity investment experience in the technology and media sectors. Nenad is the Founder and Managing Partner of DN Capital. Prior to DN Capital, Nenad was a Partner at Advent International in London, where he focused on TMT investments. Nenad focuses on investments in marketplaces, software as a service (SAAS), fintech, consumer mobile applications and digital health companies. Amongst his select investments are Shazam Entertainment (sold to Apple), Auto1 (largest online marketplace for used cars), Apsmart (acquired by Thomson Reuters), Datanomic (acquired by Oracle), Endeca, (acquired by Oracle), Eve Sleep (IPO London), Happn, Hometogo, Hostmaker, Joblift, Mister Spex, Performance Horizon Group, Purplebricks (IPO London), Tbricks (acquired by Orc) and Quandoo (acquired by Recruit Holding). Nenad is also the Chair of Invest Europe and an active member of YPO in London and Berlin. Nenad received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School
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About DN Capital: DN Capital operates as an early-stage venture capital firm.
Mark Boggett
CEO & Managing Partner of Seraphim Capital
Mark is CEO and co-founder of Seraphim Capital a spacetech thematic investment firm. The group manages Seraphim Space LP, the world first VC fund focused on spacetech, manages Seraphim Space Investment Trust plc, a $300m London Stock Market Listed growth fund focused on spacetech and Seraphim Space Camp an accelerator for spacetechstartups. Mark has invested into a significant portfolio of spacetech businesses including 4 unicorns in the newspace sector. Seraphim group is the most prolific investo in the spacetech domain.
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About Seraphim Capital: Seraphim Capital is dedicated to financing the growth of companies operating in the space ecosystem.
George McDonaugh
Co-Founder, CEO and Managing Director of KR1 plc
I’ve been involved in blockchain technology since 2011. Before then I was an advertising copywriter for London based agencies. I have a masters degree in Anthropology and a further degree in Creative Advertising. I helped form one of London’s most popular blockchain meetups and co-founded kr1 in early 2016 and as such it become the first token focussed investment company in the world. We have the longest track record in the space and a global network of funds, developers and investors.
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About KR1 plc: KR1 plc (KR1:AQSE) is Europe’s leading digital asset investment company focused on decentralised and open-source blockchain networks.
Victor Trokoudes
Founder and CEO of Plum Fintech
Victor Trokoudes CEO, Plum Former head of international at TransferWise a fintech unicorn – joined the company when there were 6 in London and left when they were 500+. Victor built and led a team of 25 who launched TransferWise in 25 new markets. Previously he founded and led PoS terminal reseller BlueBird in Europe as well as worked as a trader at Morgan Stanley. He studied economics at Harvard and has an MBA from INSEAD.
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About Plum Fintech: Plum Fintech is a developer of personal savings assistant solutions for customers.
Ben Stanway
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Moneybox
Ben is co-founder of Moneybox.Prior to Moneybox he co-founded Bloom & Wild, recently named by Deloitte as the second fastest growing tech company in the UK. In the ten years prior to Bloom & Wild Ben was an investor, first at Fidelity, then as part of the founding team of Habrok Capital, a $2bn global equity hedge fund.
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About Moneybox: Moneybox is a mobile savings and investment app that offers a range of saving and investment products including Lifetime ISAs and Pensions.
Charlie Mortimer
Co-founder & Co-CEO of Moneybox
Charlie Mortimer is the Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Moneybox.
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About Moneybox: Moneybox is a mobile savings and investment app that offers a range of saving and investment products including Lifetime ISAs and Pensions.
Benoit Durteste
Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Intermediate Capital Group
Benoît Durteste is Chief Investment Officer and Chief Executive Officer of ICG. He is also a member of the Board of ICG Plc and the Chairman of the BVCA Alternative Lending Working Group. Benoit joined ICG in 2002 from Swiss Re where he was a Managing Director in the Structured Finance division in London. Prior to Swiss Re, Benoit worked in the Leveraged Finance division of BNP Paribas and in GE Capital’s Telecom and Media Private Equity team in London. Benoit is a graduate of the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris.
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About Intermediate Capital Group: ICG is a specialist asset manager in private debt, credit and equity.
Ajit Nedungadi
Managing Director & CEO of TA Associates
Ajit Heads TA’s Europe Group and focuses on investments in companies in Europe, India and other emerging markets. He is also the member of TA Associates’ Executive Committee.
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About AVG Technologies, Dr Lal PathLabs, TA Associates: TA Associates is one of the private equity firms in the world.
Asesh Sarkar
Co-founder & Global CEO of Salary Finance
Asesh Sarkar co-founded SalaryFinance Limited in 2015 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Asesh Sarkar was a Partner at PA Consulting, where he advised a range of financial institutions on their strategic programmes. He is an advocate of business with a social purpose and disruptive FinTech.
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About Salary Finance: Salary Finance partners with employers to improve employee wellbeing by helping get people out of debt and into saving.
Alex Khein
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of BlueCove
Alex Khein is a Chief Executive Officer at BlueBay Asset Management.
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About BlueCove: BlueCove is a new scientific asset management firm.
Juan Lobato
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Ebury
Juan Lobato is a tech entrepreneur based in London. He is the co-founder and co-CEO of Ebury, one of European fastest growing fintechs. Furthermore, he is an investor in over a dozen tech companies across the UK, Europe, and the US
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About BaseKit, Ebury: Ebury is a financial services company designed to empower small and medium-sized businesses that want to trade internationally.
Salvador Garcia
Co-CEO & Co-Founder of Ebury
Salvador has led the creation and growth of Ebury. His passion and expertise in Financial Services has enabled Ebury to become one of Europe’s most successful fintech businesses, offering SMEs the financial products required to grow across international boundaries.
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About Ebury: Ebury is a financial services company designed to empower small and medium-sized businesses that want to trade internationally.
Piotr Pisarz
Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Uncapped
Piotr joined DN Capital in 2017 as an Investment Manager. Previously he was a VC investor in Orange Growth Capital, where he focused on fintech. Piotr started his career in Citigroup, where he was an M&A Investment Banker covering an energy sector, and then spent several years in Google where he focused on Finance, Hardware and Sales areas. Piotr has a Masters degree from London Business School and B.Sc. in Finance and Accounting from Warsaw School of Economics.
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About Uncapped: Uncapped is a provider of revenue-based financing that enables founders to raise growth capital without interest or equity.
Daniel Hegarty
Founder and CEO of Habito
Daniel founded Habito, the free online mortgage broker in 2015. He saw the opportunity to transform the mortgage market after a frustrating and protracted experience getting his own mortgage and decided to use technology to create a better way. Daniel has extensive fintech experience that took an unusual route, having spent the early part of his career as a professional musician. He was a songwriter, session musician, composed for TV and film and toured internationally for many years. In 2007, he became increasingly interested in the tech and startup scene and joined a fledgling fintech company, Wonga as Head of Product. He went on to hold several other positions as the business grew and became global including Head of Decision Science, Head of Strategy & New Ventures and Managing Director of Business Lending & Retail.
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About Habito: Habito is a digital mortgage brokerage services company that offers a personal and modernized approach to the home buying experience.
Stephen Welton
Founder,CEO of Business Growth Fund
Stephen Welton has over 20 years of experience in the development capital and private equity industry. He joined Business Growth Fund (BGF) after 10 years with CCMP Capital (formerly JP Morgan Partners) a global private equity firm. Stephen was a Founder Partner and member of the investment committee. He has extensive experience as an investor working with private companies, most recently as Chairman of Edwards, the global engineering group headquartered in the UK. Before this, he was Chairman and CEO of TV Travel Shop prior to its successful sale to a global media group. He also has 10 years of UK private equity and growth capital experience as Managing Director of Barclays Private Equity and at Henderson Ventures, which he co-founded. In January 2013, Stephen joined the advisory group formed specifically to guide the UK government on the direction and priorities of the proposed Business Bank, a Government funded institution looking to provide lending and support to small and mid-sized businesses. He started his career in banking, has a law degree from Durham University and is a qualified Barrister-at-Law. Stephen became Chief Executive of BGF in 2011 and is responsible for overall strategy and day to day management of BGF, as well as chairing the Investment Committee.
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About Business Growth Fund: Business Growth Fund is an influential investor in small and mid-sized businesses.
Philip A. Smith
Chief Executive Officer of Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Asia operations of StoneX
Philip A. Smith was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) operations in July 2008 and in January 2015 this responsibility was expanded to include Asia. Mr. Smith joined the Company in 2004 following its acquisition of Global Currencies Ltd, a U.K. foreign exchange payments company specializing in exotic and emerging market currencies, which Mr. Smith joined in 1996. Mr. Smith was elected to the Board of Global Currencies in 1999 and was also a principal shareholder. Following its acquisition in 2004 Mr. Smith became CEO of INTL Global Currencies Ltd until its consolidation into INTL FCStone Ltd in 2014. Mr. Smith is the Chief Executive Officer of INTL FCStone Ltd, with regional responsibility for EMEA and Asia.
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About StoneX: StoneX provides a range of customized financial services and tools to help them protect their margins and manage volatility.
Jesus Rosano
Divisional CEO, Global Cash Solutions of G4S
Jesus joined G4S in March 2014 as Regional Business Development SVP to lead the implementation of new commercial structures and processes through G4S Latin America. In 2015 his responsibilities expanded to Chief Operations Officer adding to his commercial role the responsibility to implement restructures and efficiency programs in operations across the Latin American businesses including Cash, Manned Services and Technology businesses. Jesus was appointed Group Strategy and Commercial Director in January 2016. Jesus joined G4S from DHL, a logistics B2B global company, where he held various line, functional and regional roles in different markets in Latin America and North America over 11 years period. Before DHL Jesus worked in strategy consulting and investment banking with projects in diverse industries. Jesus holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and Administration from ITESM University, Mexico.
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About G4S: G4S is an international security solutions group, focused on BPO sectors where security and safety risks are considered a strategic threat.
Matt Lilley
CEO Africa of Prudential PLC
Matt Lilley is CEO Africa at Prudential, leading the building of the company’s business across the continent. He has been at Prudential for five years, and was previously director of strategy, responsible for strategic planning, business development and M&A across the Group. Matt previously worked at Boston Consulting Group and Lehman Brothers and has a BA in maths and a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Cambridge University.
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About Prudential PLC: Prudential plc is an international financial services group with significant operations in Asia, the US and the UK.
Jeff Kelisky
Chief Executive Officer of Seedrs
Jeff Kelisky is an experienced executive with a track record in building, leading and scaling successful technology businesses. Before joining Seedrs, Jeff was CEO for Picsolve, a Fidelity-backed $75 million image capture business in the entertainment space where he delivered the company’s transformation from analogue to digital. Previously, he was CEO of Multimap, Europe’s first and ultimate leader in online mapping service which he led for five years through the first dotcom crash to a successful sale to Microsoft. In his free time, he enjoys tennis, skiing, cinema, and trying to play COD with his kids.
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About Seedrs: Seedrs is a UK-based investment and crowdfunding platform.
Anton Derlyatka
Co-Founder, Co-CEO of Sweatcoin
Anton is an entrepreneur and investor in Fitness, Wearable and Talent technology verticals
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About Entelo, Good&Co, RolePoint, SmartUp.io, Sweatcoin, Talent Equity Ventures (TEqV): Sweatcoin is a digital currency backed by economic value of physical movement.
Vytautas Karalevicius
CEO & Co-Founder of SpectroCoin
Serial fintech enterpreneur, founder of SpectroCoin (all in one solution for cryptocurrency) and Bankera (banking for the blockchain era) companies.
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About Bankera, SpectroCoin, UAB Pervesk: All in one solution for cryptocurrencies
Peter Janes
Founder and CEO of Shieldpay
Peter is the founder and CEO at Shieldpay and Paycast The Shieldpay Group is the market leader in high value payments. We build companies that provide customers with complete piece of mind during the most important transactions of their lives The Shieldpay Group manages a portfolio of companies that provide businesses and consumers with payment services that secure their most important transactions. The Group takes a long-term approach and aims to become the market leader in high value payments. Shieldpay – Formed in 2016, Shieldpay is a payments company that is quickly becoming the global leader in securing high-value transactions. Whether an individual or business, Shieldpay enables instant digital escrow payments to be created in a very fast, streamlined and cost-effective manner. Paycast – Launched in 2020, Paycast is the complete payments platform designed for marketplace sellers and freelancers. Paycast enables a new way for buyers to complete transactions and online sellers to receive funds in a protected and totally secure manner. Paycast is the payments hub and digital wallet to online sellers, freelancers and gig-economy workers who sell their goods and services on C2C and B2B marketplaces around the world.
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About Paycast, Shieldpay: Shieldpay is a market leader in digital payment solutions across the legal, financial and professional services industries.
Ahmad Butt
CEO and Managing Partner of Jetstone Asset Management
Ahmad Butt is a CEO and Managing Partner of Jetstone Asset Management.
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About Jetstone Asset Management: Jetstone Asset Management is a boutique asset management firm.
Jon Moore
Head of BNEF / CEO of BloombergNEF
Jon has over 20 years’ experience of building professional service firms in the financial services industry, serving clients across the US, Europe and Asia. Prior to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Jon’s career started with a decade at J P Morgan, supporting their Commodities business and Accenture within their Financial Services practice, including two years helping build the Asian Financial Services practice. This was followed by a decade where Jon was co-founder then CEO of a business consulting firm, m.a.partners, which provided services to the global capital markets community. Jon has a B Eng (Hons) in Electronic Engineering from Nottingham University and has attended professional development classes at Harvard and NYU.
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About BloombergNEF: BloombergNEF provides industry information, analytics, and research services for the clean energy and carbon markets.
Michael Liebreich
Chairman & CEO of BloombergNEF
Michael Liebreich is Founder and Chair of the Advisory Board of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the world’s leading provider of research on clean energy, energy technology and advanced transportation. Michael founded New Energy Finance in 2004 and acted as Chair and Chief Executive before selling it to Bloomberg LP in 2009. Bloomberg New Energy Finance is headquartered in London and now has over 200 staff in 13 offices around the world.
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About BloombergNEF, Imperial College London: BloombergNEF provides industry information, analytics, and research services for the clean energy and carbon markets.
Edwin Harrell
Chief Executive Officer of WNS Assistance of WNS (Holdings) Ltd
Edwin Harrell is the Chief Executive Officer of WNS Assistance. Edwin is based in the UK. Prior to joining WNS, he was a consultant in the insurance industry and has worked closely with WNS Assistance since 1994. In 2001, Edwin Harrell was part of the team that helped set up our back-office processing center in India and subsequently integrated it to our U.K. delivery centers.
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About WNS (Holdings) Ltd: WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), is a leading global business process outsourcing company.
Laura Mason
CEO of Legal & General
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About Legal & General: Legal & General provides individual life assurance products and manages retirement risk for pension schemes.
Matt Truman
CEO and Co-Founder of True.
Matt Truman has spent 15 years working in the retail and consumer sector. He began his career at Deloitte within the retail and consumer products division, where he qualified as a chartered accountant. After four years, Matt joined Lehman Brothers to be an equity analyst, where he was made Head of European Retail at the age of 28. Matt was headhunted to lead JP Morgan’s European retail franchise in Equities. During his time in the City, Matt has advised, established relationships with and analysed retailers such as Tesco, Wal-Mart, Net-A-Porter, Metro, Kingfisher, Carrefour, Casino, Ahold, ASOS, Marks & Spencer, Migros, Biedronka, Jeronimo Martins, Delhaize, CBD, Magnit, DIA, AlexandAlexa.com and Delticom. In 2007 Matt co-founded True Capital and TrueStart with a view to creating an investment management firm with a sector specialist investment approach, targeting businesses with business models fit for the future of the retail and consumer industries. Matt sits on the board of fast growing retailers such as Ribble Cycles, The Cotswold Company and Tyres on the Drive.com.
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About True.: True is a consumer-focused investment and innovation firm reimagining what good business looks like.
Judy Hsu
Regional CEO, ASEAN & South Asia of Standard Chartered Bank
Judy was appointed CEO Singapore in October 2015 and was appointed CEO Singapore and ASEAN Markets (Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Rep Offices) in October 2017. From June 1 2018 she will assume the role of Regional CEO, ASEAN & South Asia. Judy joined Standard Chartered in December 2009 as the Global Head of Wealth Management and led the strategic advancement of the Bank’s wealth management business. Prior to this, Judy spent 18 years at Citibank where she held various leadership roles in its Consumer Banking Business in Asia. Her last role in Citibank was Regional Head of Retail Bank for Asia Pacific and Country Business Manager for International Personal Banking in Singapore. Judy is a member of The Institute of Banking and Finance Council and sits on the Statutory Board of Workforce Singapore.
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About Standard Chartered Bank: Standard Chartered Bank is an international banking group.
Simon Cooper
CEO of Corporate and Institutional Banking of Standard Chartered Bank
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About Standard Chartered Bank: Standard Chartered Bank is an international banking group.
Bill Winters
Group Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank
Bill Winters was appointed to the Board of Standard Chartered PLC as Group Chief Executive on 10 June 2015, having joined the Group in May 2015. He is based in London. Bill has had a distinguished career in banking, having spent 26 years with JP Morgan in diverse leadership roles, becoming co-Chief Executive Officer of the investment bank in 2004 until he stepped down in 2009. Bill was the only career banker to be invited to be a committee member of the Independent Commission on Banking, established by the UK government in 2010 to recommend ways to improve competition and financial stability in banking. Subsequently, he served as advisor to the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards and was asked by the Court of the Bank of England to complete an independent review of the bank’s liquidity operations. Bill founded the hedge fund Renshaw Bay in 2011 where he was Chairman and CEO until he stepped down from the company on appointment to the Standard Chartered PLC Board. Bill was previously a non-executive director of Pension Insurance Corporation plc before stepping down in October 2015. He is an independent non-executive director of Novartis International AG. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Colgate University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Standard Chartered Bank: Standard Chartered Bank is an international banking group.
Tracy Clarke
CEO Private Banking of Standard Chartered Bank
An experienced banking and human resources professional. Group Head, People, Compliance, Communications and Culture at Standard Chartered Bank, Tracy has spent most of her career in banking roles both in the UK and in Hong Kong. A former Non-Executive Director of SC First Bank in Korea (2005-2007) and Non-Executive Director of eaga plc (2007-2011), where she chaired the Remuneration Committee. Tracy is a trustee of the charity, WORKing for YOUth. A member of the Institute of Financial Services and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
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About Standard Chartered Bank: Standard Chartered Bank is an international banking group.
Benjamin Hung
Regional CEO, Greater China & North Asia and CEO, Retail Banking, and Wealth Management of Standard Chartered Bank
Ben was appointed Regional CEO, Greater China & North Asia on 1 October 2015, and CEO, Retail Banking on 30 November 2017. He assumed his additional role of CEO, Wealth Management in March 2018. Ben was previously CEO for the Greater China Region. He joined Standard Chartered in 1992 and has held a number of senior management positions spanning corporate, commercial and retail banking in the UK and Hong Kong. During 2008 to 2014, he was the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd. Ben was previously a board member of the Hong Kong Airport Authority, the Hong Kong Hospital Authority and a Council Member of the Hong Kong University Ben is a member of the Hong Kong Chief Executive’s Council of Advisers on Innovation and Strategic Development and the Financial Services Development Council. He also sits on the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee and is a member of the General Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and Hong Kong Trade Development Council Belt and Road Committee.
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About Standard Chartered Bank: Standard Chartered Bank is an international banking group.
Nilesh Jethwa
CEO of Marex Spectron
Nilesh Jethwa is the CEO of Marex Solutions, which he set up in 2017. He was previously at Leonteq, a Swiss-based FinTech company, which he helped launch and was ultimately IPO’d, running their Markets Division, managing Trading, Sales Structuring, Quantitative Analytics and Treasury. Prior to Leonteq, he spent eight years at Lehman Brothers, latterly as Head of Stock Exotics trading for Europe and Middle East. He is a Non-Executive Director of Ardent Media and Trustee of Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice. Nilesh has an MA (hons) in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge.
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About Marex Spectron: Marex Spectron is a broker offering unrivalled breadth of commodity market.
Ian Lowitt
CEO of Marex Spectron
Ian Lowitt joined Marex Spectron in July 2012 as CFO, becoming CEO in January 2016. He was previously at Barclays Wealth America where he served as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Barclays, Ian spent 14 years at Lehman Brothers, latterly as CFO and prior to that, as Co-Chief Administrative Officer
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About Marex Spectron: Marex Spectron is a broker offering unrivalled breadth of commodity market.
Fahd Rachidy
Founder and CEO of ABAKA Holdings
Fahd is a serial entrepreneur passionate about helping the industry creates secure financial futures for everyone, and re-inventing the way the financial industry works using Artificial Intelligence. Fahd was previously co-founder of Scientificbeta.com, the leading index retirement digital platform recently acquired by SGX for $205m. Ecole Centrale, Sorbonne University, Lycée Louis Le Grand Paris.
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About ABAKA Holdings: ABAKA is the Enterprise platform powered by Artificial Intelligence enabling institutions to build digital retirement solutions
Ola Oyetayo
Co-Founder & CEO of Verto
Ola Oyetayo is the Co-Founder & CEO of VertoFX.
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About Verto: We power cross‑border payments for the world’s fastest‑growing startups and enterprises.
Faisal Butt
Founder, CEO & Chairman of Pi Labs
Faisal is CEO, Founder and Chairman of Pi Labs Ltd. Faisal founded Pi Labs Ltd in 2015, after leading the first round of investments in PropTech start-ups Hubble and Trussle as an individual investor. Faisal and his team have built a portfolio of 50 PropTech companies across UK and Europe, making Pi Labs one of the most active investors in PropTech start-ups globally.
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About Pi Labs, Spire Ventures: Europe’s first and most active VC firm investing in early-stage proptech entrepreneurs.
Andrew Wolfson
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Pembroke VCT
Andrew Wolfson is Pembroke’s Managing Director and is responsible for executing the firm’s strategy, leading the investment team, deal origination and supporting portfolio companies. Andrew sits on the board of a number of Pembroke’s investments. Prior to becoming Managing Director of Pembroke, Andrew worked with a number Oakley’s small company portfolio companies including KX, Tom Aikens and James Perse. Before joining Oakley, Andrew ran a number of businesses working across a breadth of sectors from hospitality to manufacturing and telecoms. Andrew is also a director of Benesco Charity Limited, and a trustee of The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust.
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About Pembroke VCT: Pembroke is a venture capital trust focusing on growth stage companies in the health and fitness, apparel, media, and technology sectors.
Mark Aldridge
CEO of Better Capital
Mark is one of the three founding members of Better Capital LLC alongside Jon Moulton and Nick Sanders. Prior to establishing Better Capital Mark was a partner at BDO, responsible for the private equity advisory business. He also developed the property finance practice and led an integrated approach to providing corporate finance and business recovery advice. Before joining BDO, Mark was a partner at Clark Whitehill. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Coopers & Lybrand.
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About Better Capital: Better Capital provides consultancy services to the general partners of the Better Capital Funds.
Freddy Macnamara
Chief Executive Officer & Founder of Cuvva
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About Cuvva: Radically better insurance, fit for the future.
Yoram Wijngaarde
Founder & CEO of Dealroom.co
Yoram founded dealroom.co in 2013. Before that he worked for 10 years in investment banking, advising media, telco and internet companies. Worked at Lehman Brothers between 2004 and 2008 in the Media Investment Banking Group in New York and London. After Lehman’s collapse he and two Lehman colleagues created NOAH Advisors (and the NOAH Conference), an independent tech M&A boutique. Yoram worked at NOAH from 2009 to 2013. Yoram completed 21 M&A deals with over $10bn in combined value and for example led the sale of Fotolia.com to KKR ($500M), the acquisition of Bigpoint by TA/Summit ($350m) and the sale of Softonic to Partners Group (€275m).
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About Dealroom.co: Global database to identify & track promising companies
Norris Koppel
Founder and CEO of Monese
Norris Koppel is CEO & Founder of Monese, a service which enables customers to open a UK banking account in a matter of minutes, using a mobile app. Monese’s breakthrough technology can validate the identity of customers in real time. This enables the company to offer accounts to the hundreds of thousands of expats and migrants who find it slow and painful to open bank accounts with major banks across Europe. Monese’s fully-featured UK current account comes with cheap global payments and a contactless debit card. Norris founded Monese after his first-hand experience of the hassle involved with opening a bank account in a new country. Prior to starting Monese, he built multiple FinTech companies in the UK.
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About Monese: Monese is a digital banking option that provides mobile-only, multi-currency accounts in countries across the European Economic Area.
Chris Trew
CEO – Founder of Stratis
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About Stratis: Stratis is a powerful and flexible block chain development platform designed for the needs of real world financial services and businesses.
Christoph Rieche
CEO & Co-founder of iwoca
Christoph Rieche is the CEO and Co-Founder of Iwoca. As CEO, he oversees the day-to-day operations, finance and strategy for iwoca, always with an eye on the long-term vision. After bagging a degree in Management from HEC Lausanne and the London School of Economics, Chris went on to become a VP at Goldman Sachs where he advised corporate and institutional investors on risk management.
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About iwoca: Iwoca offers credit financing services for small businesses.
Julien Hammerson
CEO of Calastone
Julien became Chief Executive Officer of Calastone in October 2012. Prior to this he held the role of Executive Chairman, having joined in September 2011. Since Julien joined Calastone, the business has grown from being a solely UK domestic business to establishing connectivity across 40 countries and territories, with offices in the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia. Before joining Calastone, Julien led Corham Capital, a global investment advisory firm that he founded in 2007. Prior to this Julien held several leadership positions at institutional brokerage Instinet Group, where he ran the European segment of the global equities business before assuming responsibility for global equities in the UK, Europe and all international business in the US and Asia. Julien began his career at Lombard Odier as a US Equities trader.
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About Calastone: Calastone is a global transaction network for the mutual fund industry.
Ken Tregidgo
Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Calastone
Ken joined Calastone in 2008. As Deputy CEO, Ken leads Calastone’s business and technology strategy. He has over 25 years’ experience in business and technology transformation within the financial services industry. Ken joined from Atos Euronext Market Solutions (now NYSE Technologies), where he was Global Head of Strategy and Business Development. Prior to AEMS, Ken was Chief Operating Officer of Instinet International & Instinet Europe, joining from a five-year tenure at Merrill Lynch as Head of Architecture for the Corporate and Institutional Client Group. Prior to this, Ken was head of Fixed Income Technology at S.G.Warburg and Global Head of Derivative Technology at Chase Manhattan Bank. Ken has a B.Sc. in Physics from Imperial College and holds a D.Phil in Atomic Spectroscopy from Oxford University.
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About Calastone: Calastone is a global transaction network for the mutual fund industry.
Stefan Pajkovic
Co-Founder and CEO of TradeCore
Stefan Pajkovic works as a CEO and Co-Founder at TradeCore.
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About TradeCore, TradeCrowd: TradeCore is a multi-product and full-service FinTech company developing unique tools for brokers and financial service providers.
Phil Smith
Director & Chief Executive Officer of Embark Group
With special expertise in business transformation, Phil is our Chief Executive Officer and owner. He brings with him 20 years of global experience across wealth management, asset management, brokerage, insurance and consulting. Before joining us in 2013, Phil was Managing Director and Global Management Committee member at Barclays Wealth, where he played a major role in the inception and development of the global infrastructure of this business line for Barclays Plc. His previous roles include that of Global Chief Financial Officer of Fortis Investments. Phil previously held director-level roles at Arthur Andersen, Prudential M&G and Prudential Corporation Asia. During this time, he built up extensive experience of M&A, joint venture partnerships and greenfield business development across Asia, EMEA and the Americas.
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About Embark Group: Embark Group provides retirement and financial services.
Maurice Tulloch
CEO International of Aviva Group
Maurice joined Aviva in 1992 and is Chief Executive Officer International Insurance and Chairman of Global General Insurance. He has responsibility for Aviva’s insurance operations in France, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Turkey and India, to strengthen and increase focus on our international businesses. As Chairman of Global General Insurance Maurice is also responsible for leading Aviva’s general insurance businesses. Maurice joined the Board of Aviva plc as an Executive Director on 20 June 2017. He is also chairman of Global General Insurance with responsibility for leading Aviva’s largest general insurance business. Previously Maurice was chief executive officer of Aviva UK and Ireland General Insurance, the largest of Aviva’s general insurance businesses. Prior to that he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Aviva Canada, with responsibility for the strategic direction and operation of Canada’s second largest property and casualty insurer, and the second largest general insurance operation in the Group. Prior to that he was executive vice-president and chief operating officer, Aviva Ontario and specialty distribution and has held several senior management positions in the Group.
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About Aviva Group: Aviva is a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London.
Manuel Lopo de Carvalho
CEO of dmg ventures
Manuel Lopo de Carvalho is the CEO at dmg ventures.
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About dmg ventures: Dmg ventures is the venture capital arm of Daily Mail and General Trust plc.
Iana Dimitrova
CEO of OpenPayd
Iana Dimitrova is CEO at OpenPayd. She is responsible for setting the strategic direction and leads the Executive Team. She also serves as General Counsel responsible for the regulatory strategy. Iana has extensive experience in the fintech and payments industries. Prior to joining OpenPayd, Iana served in positions with increasing responsibility at Paysafe, including Head of Legal Affairs, Digital Wallets and Managing Director. Previous to that she was working in private practice as a corporate lawyer. Iana holds a masters in European Economics law and ICT Law from the University of Strasbourg and an Executive MBA from the London Business School.
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About OpenPayd: OpenPayd is a leading global payments and banking-as-a-service platform for the digital economy.
Mutaz Qubbaj
Chief Executive Officer of Squirrel
Mutaz graduated from MIT with a degree in Computer Science in 2000 and spent several years working at MIT’s Media Lab and an internet strategy consulting start-up (ZEFER). Subsequently, Mutaz has had a financial career that spans more than a decade at Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and PIMCO as a trader, strategist and marketer. With an LBS Masters in Finance degree in hand, Mutaz has co-founded Squirrel, a financial wellbeing platform that directly plugs into an employers’ payroll designed to empower low-income employees to regain control of their financial lives. Mutaz was nominated by WIRED & Talent International as one of the ’15 To Look Out For in 2015.’ Mutaz recently won the WIRED Startup Pitch Competition presenting Squirrel to HRH the Duke of York and audience of 400+ WIRED2014 attendees.
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About Citi, Squirrel: Squirrel is an award-winning smart banking app that empowers people to take control of their money.
Simón Torras
CEO of Bageera
Simón Torras is the CEO and Co-Founder of Bageera. He has previous experience as founder and CEO of an early stage venture he launched during his years at university, of which he successfully exited in 2016. After that, he worked as an analyst and associate in the Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley in London. He holds a BBA from ESADE Business School in Barcelona and an MSc from the Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method department from the London School of Economics.
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About Bageera: Unlocking investment opportunities to protect and restore nature
Jonathan Clayton
CEO of Oodle Car Finance
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About Oodle Car Finance: Oodle Car Finance is a car finance company that match-makes customers with UK’s best car dealers.
Hassan Waqar
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MoneeMint
Hassan Waqar has been recognised as one of the top 500 Global Leaders of the Islamic Economy 2018 by Islamica500. He’s a keen entrepreneur and pioneer whose establishing MoneeMint, a UK based digital platform that will provide shariah-compliant financial products and services to consumers. MoneeMint is built upon the foundations of ethical banking and accessibility for all. Fintech is changing the financial sector where Hassan and MoneeMint are helping write a new financial era.
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About Domino’s Pizza Group, HN Restaurants, Kiani Group, MoneeMint: MoneeMint provides banking services.
Bundeep Singh Rangar
Chairman & CEO of PremFina
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About PremFina: PremFina is an innovative premium finance company providing insurance brokers with a high margin white-label premium finance solution.
Charles Hayter
CEO and Co-Founder of CryptoCompare.com
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About CryptoCompare.com: We bring you all the data in the world of cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and Blockchain in an easily digestible value added format.
David Rutter
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of R3
David founded R3 in 2015 and in his role of Chief Executive Officer is responsible for the strategic direction of R3. With over 30 years of experience leading some of Wall Street’s top institutions, David is a longtime creative thought leader in financial markets and innovation, and has played a significant role in the adoption of electronic trading in the global OTC derivatives industry. David served for ten years as the CEO of Electronic Broking at ICAP Plc, the world’s largest interdealer broker, where he led the BrokerTec fixed income and EBS foreign exchange platforms. Prior to ICAP, David was co-owner and CEO (Americas) of Prebon Yamane.
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About R3: R3 is a financial innovation firm dedicated to the design and deployment of DLT to build the new operating system for financial services.
Frans van Eersel
Founder & CEO of dopay
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About dopay: dopay provides a cloud-based payroll service that allows employers to calculate salaries and make payments electronically.
Jason Gatenby
CEO of Montagu Private Equity
Jason Gatenby is the CEO of Montagu. He joined Montagu in 2000 and was appointed Chief Executive in 2010. He started his career with 3i in 1990 and became an Investment Director for 3i’s southern region in 1997. Jason holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Studies/Sociology from Leeds University.
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About Montagu Private Equity: Montagu Private Equity is a financial company investing in other businesses.
Neil Kadagathur
Co-Founder and CEO of Creditspring
Neil Kadagathur is the co-founder and CEO of Creditspring. He worked in credit derivatives at Goldman Sachs for over a decade and holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. Neil firmly believes that credit can transform lives. From studying microfinance in rural South India for his Princeton thesis to trading distressed European financial institutions on the trading floor of Goldman Sachs, he has seen the power of credit firsthand. Neil believes that everyone deserves the credit toolbox that has historically only been available to big institutions and wealthy individuals. Creditspring’s goal is to become a financial services hub, providing access to safe credit while empowering people to improve their financial stability.
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About Creditspring: Creditspring is the UK leader in Subscription Finance, helping people save money on borrowing costs by not charging interest.
Michael Spencer
Founder & Group Chief Executive Officer of NEX Group
Michael Spencer is Chairman of the Intercapital Private Group Ltd and a director of Bordeaux Index Ltd. Michael is the chairman of The Conservative Party Foundation Ltd and stepped down from his role as Treasurer of the Conservative Party in October 2010. Michael is 61. His interests include running, wine, art, politics and military history. He founded ICAP Charity Day in 1993 where for one day each year the Company’s global revenue, including broker commissions, were donated to charity. Over 24 years, the event raised nearly £135 million for 2,200 charities worldwide. Michael was named the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 and in April 2011, ICAP won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category. As Britain’s most coveted business prize, the Queen’s Awards recognise outstanding achievement by UK companies. The award is formally conferred by a Grant of Appointment and is symbolised through a presentation given by Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenants as The Queen’s local representatives. This was the second time that ICAP received a Queen’s Award in this category, having been named a winner in 2005.
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About IPGL, NEX Group: NEX is a technology-based services company that offers customers better ways to execute trades and manage risk.
Reece Chowdhry
Founder & CEO of RLC Ventures
Reece is the Founder & CEO of RLC Ventures – an early-stage SEIS/EIS VC fund investing in technology companies primarily focused on Fintech, Enterprise and Gaming. He was awarded “Top 5 Asian Tech Investors” 2018 (KPMG & Diversity UK) and is the youngest-ever investor to profiled by The Sunday Times. Reece is a frequent keynote and panel speaker at prominent industry events such as StartupGrind Europe and Fintech Live. Reece holds a BA in International Business from Durham University and is a Chartered Management Consultant (ACMA, CGMA) having started his career as a Management Consultant at EY. Reece invests personally in all of RLC Ventures’ investments.
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About RLC Ventures: RLC Ventures is an award-winning VC which continues to back founders building global tech companies, from idea to exit.
Michael Bickford
Founder & CEO of Round Hill Ventures
Michael is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Round Hill. He established Round Hill in 2002, a vertically integrated real estate investment and asset management firm, which creates targeted regional and sector focused platforms in real estate. Round Hill has a global management team with over 130 dedicated professionals in 11 offices. Since inception, Michael has been responsible for the firm’s investment activities, which have resulted in the acquisition and management of over $6.5 billion of real estate investments. Michael was previously an acquisition professional for Morgan Stanley, primarily working for the international division of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds.
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About Round Hill Ventures: Round Hill Ventures is a financial services company that specializes in the fields of venture capital and technology investment.
Karan Shanmugarajah
CEO of WealthKernel
Karan is the CEO of WealthKernel, a regulated cloud-based provider of modular APIs and solutions to enable businesses to offer savings and investments services. Prior to co-founding WealthKernel, Karan was a portfolio manager at Barclay. He is a CFA® charter holder and holds an MSc in Accounting and Finance from CASS Business School in London.
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About WealthKernel: WealthKernel is a supplier of infrastructure for companies looking to offer digital investment services.
Sameer Sehgal
Chief Executive Officer of Traydstream
20+ years as a Banker, heading Citi’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Trade. Grew business by 600% in 5 years. Experienced in global trade with a focus on trade technology and operations. Wharton, FMS and IIT Kharagpur alum.
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About Traydstream: Traydstream automates the most critical aspects of converting, checking and managing trade finance documents.
Adi Ben-Ari
Founder and CEO of Applied Blockchain
Adi has over 20 years of enterprise experience, working as a solution architect for blue chip companies and leading major deliveries of blockchain solutions is widely recognised in the industry. Adi is a noted speaker at major industry conferences, experienced in educating the C-suite on blockchain, and acts as an advisor for a number of early blockchain startups. His work has also been noted by the UK Government, where he was invited to represent the industry at the Blockchain Round Table at the House of Lords. Additionally, Adi has co-invented and designed a number of patents within the blockchain and mobile payments space. Adi holds a BSc in Computer Science and an MBA.
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About APPII, Applied Blockchain, Nuggets: Applied Blockchain builds private and secure business applications
Nadeem Siam
CEO & Founder of Fund Ourselves
Nadeem Siam is the Founder & CEO of Fund Ourselves. The first fully automated short-term credit marketplace. Nadeem graduated from Canfield University in the UK and Lulea University in Sweden with two masters of science degrees in Astronautics and Space Engineering and Space Technology; respectively.
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About Fund Ourselves, PTP Funding: Short-term credit from the people to the people.
James Smith
CEO & Co-Founder of Elliptic
James sets and communicates the strategy to lead Elliptic to success. James has a Computer Science PhD from the University of Oxford in Natural Language Processing, as well as a Computer Science MPhil and BA from the University of Cambridge.
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About Elliptic, Seedcamp: Elliptic makes cryptocurrency transaction activity more transparent and accountable.
Bashir Nurmohamed
Co-Founder & CEO of Hantec Markets
Bashir is a co founder of Hantec Markets Limited and a veteran of the financial markets with a wealth of experience accumulated over the last 30 years. His career has been truly diverse ranging from start up businesses, through principle brokerage houses, investment banks and central banks gaining him extensive knowledge of Foreign Exchange, Bullion, Financial & Commodity Futures and OTC Derivatives products. Bashir is responsible for the overall strategic management and direction of the company. His passion for offering clients a superior service led him to joining forces with Hayel in 2010 to grow Hantec Markets Limited into a dominant force in the online foreign exchange and financial brokerage sector.
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About Hantec Markets: The Hantec Markets company culture is centred on one simple philosophy Trust Through Transparency.
Richard Chattock
Chief Executive Officer of Insurtech Gateway
Richard has 30 years insurance and reinsurance experience in London, Brussels and Bermuda. After serving as CEO for the Montpelier Syndicate, he has now turned his attention to the next generation of insurance businesses. With an extensive network and deep industry knowledge, Richard is able to guide our insurance newbies through uncharted territories.
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About Insurtech Gateway: The only FCA authorised independent incubator + fund, the Insurtech Gateway is the fastest place to build and launch an insurtech idea.
Federico Travella
Founder & CEO of Novicap
Federico Travella is the CEO and co-founder of [Novicap](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/novicap), an online invoice marketplace. He also acts as an advisor to the European Commission. Early in his career, Travella took up project manager roles at both Zanui.com.au and The Iconic before moving on to be the managing director of Rocket Internet in 2012. After leaving Lazada as its EVP, he founded the company Kaymu. Travella holds a master’s degree in marine geology from Ghent University, while he also studied business at the University of Navarra.
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About Novicap: NoviCap is an online platform that allows businesses to receive early payments for outstanding invoices.
Edward Maslaveckas
CEO of Bud
Ed Maslaveckas is the co-founder of Bud, the financial network that connects customers, services providers and banks in on experience. A lithuanian last name and Scottish routes, he grew up in Harrogate with Bud’s other Co-Founder, George. He is an economics graduate and discovered the potential of fintech whilst working at Salesforce in 2014. He was working between London and Ireland and noticed, while there was many new financial service products, there was no effective way to help people find new services that could benefit their lives. Over a few months in the summer of 2015 he sat with George developing the first version of Bud on a couch in Hackney. Since then, Bud has grown to more than thirty people and are servicing some of the largest banks in the world – such as HSBC. They are still in hackney. As well as winning innovation awards, marketing effectiveness awards and being recognised as leading one of the most exciting small businesses globally, Ed has pioneered a new operating model in the company, introducing a totally flat hierarchy. “We wanted to empower everyone to make the decisions that push the company forward. We have moved forward quickly as a business and we are hiring the most talented people in every sector, it makes sense to let them make the decisions.” Bud has raised upwards of £1.7m and has been invested in by banks: Invested and Banco Sabadell. HSBC, first direct and Bud have recently launched a new app, artha by first direct. Bud has been regulated by the FCA to operate its marketplace services and is one of only three companies in the UK to carry dual open banking permissions.
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About Bud: Bud is a financial network combining APIs & data to create a new species of connected experiences.
Philip Newborough
Chief Executive Officer of Bridges Fund Management
Philip is the Chief Executive Officer of Bridges, which he co-founded in 2002 alongside Michele Giddens and Sir Ronald Cohen. Philip oversees Bridges’ investment activity across all its strategies and geographies. He chairs the Investment Committee and has overall responsibility for Bridges’ portfolio and exit strategy. He has personally led Bridges’ successful investments in The Gym Group, The Office Group, The Hoxton, Simply Switch and Viva Gym, among others. As CEO, Philip also focuses on leading and developing Bridges’ internal team, and directing the firm’s strategic growth. He is also a regular speaker about investing for impact and the value of purpose in business. Prior to Bridges, Philip managed two venture capital-backed businesses and a substantial pan-European business. He previously worked at Aiwa as Director and General Manager and was then appointed Managing Director of MWB Business Exchange Ltd, a serviced office provider. Philip has a BA Honours in Economics from York University and is a qualified chartered accountant.
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About Bridges Fund Management, Qbic, The Gym: Bridges Fund Management is a specialist fund manager dedicated to sustainable and impact investment.
Christoph Gugelmann
Founder & CEO of Tradeteq
Christoph Gugelmann is the co-founder and CEO of Tradeteq Limited. He previously was a portfolio manager at the Trafigura owned Galena Asset Management in Geneva. Prior to that he was a managing director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he headed all public and private side market solutions teams for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Prior to that he held various management positions at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in London, Frankfurt, and New York. He graduated in finance and business administration from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, in 1996.
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About Tradeteq: The global hub for trade finance distribution
Bobby Console-Verma
CEO of 1fs Wealth
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About 1fs Wealth: 1fs Wealth is an easy-to-use sophisticated platform which allows you to control all your investments and collectibles in one place
Virraj Jatania
Founder & CEO of Pockit
Co-founder of Pockit, a leading prepaid card provider in the UK. Second generation of leading personal care and cosmetics business Lornamead that was sold to Li & Fung in December 2012. Interested in investing into businesses as well as operating early stage tech businesses.
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About Pockit: Pockit is a financial technology company that provides a digital banking app for the underbanked masses.
Christopher Masek
CEO of IK Investment Partners
Christopher Masek is IK’s Chief Executive Officer. Before joining IK in 2000, Christopher was a founding partner at KPMG Corporate Finance in Paris. Christopher has been involved in over 20 direct investments across all of IK’s core territories. He continues to serve on the board of several of IK’s Small and Mid Cap investments. Christopher holds degrees from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), Yale University and in French law. He is the Chairman of IKARE Ltd, the venture philanthropy arm of IK.
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About IK Investment Partners: IK Partners is a European private equity advisory group with Nordic roots, operating across Northern Continental Europe.
Nick O’Donohoe
Chief Executive Officer of CDC Group
BA in Mathematical Economics and Statistics, Trinity College, Dublin; MBA, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, US. 1981-96, positions with Goldman Sachs Equity, Equity Capital Markets and GSAM. 1996-2010, positions with JP Morgan: 1996-98, Head, Equity Sales and Research; 1998-2002, Head, European Equity; 2002-10, Global Head of Research; 2004-10, Investment Bank Management Committee. 2011-2015 Chief Executive Officer, Big Society Capital. Currently, Senior Adviser, Blended Finance, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Vice-Chairman, Global Social Impact Investment Steering Group. Member of the Board, Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). Member of the Investment Committee, Women’s World Banking Microfinance Fund. Chairman, UK Dormant Accounts Commission.
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About CDC Group: CDC is the UK’s development finance institution.
