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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 United Kingdom based President operating in the Financial Services space. If you think a President 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.
Anoop Pandey
Vice President of Deutsche Bank
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About Deutsche Bank, Stroom Energy: Deutsche Bank, a Frankfurt-based global investment bank, offers financial products and services to corporate and institutional clients.
Carlo Giovanni Biggio
Vice President of Accel
Carlo Giovanni Biggio focuses on Cloud, Fintech and Security businesses. Prior to joining Accel, Carlo was with Anthemis and Rocket Internet, focusing on early-stage European startups. Carlo is from Cagliari, Italy and graduated from Bocconi University and the Rotterdam School of Management.
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About Accel: Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.
Elizabeth Van Den Berg
Senior Vice President of Insight Partners
Elizabeth van den Berg currently works as the Senior Vice President for Insight Partners. She previously worked at TMARA Group as the Non-Executive Director.
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About Insight Partners: Insight Partners is a private equity firm that invests in growth-stage technology and software companies.
Ling Hai
Co-President, Asia Pacific of Mastercard
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Ajay Bhalla
President, Cyber and Intelligence Solutions of Mastercard
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Paul Baker
Vice President Product Management, Identity Solutions, Cyber & Inteligence Solutions of Mastercard
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About Mastercard, Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Paul Stoddart
President New Payment Platforms of Mastercard
Paul Stoddart is the Founder & Chairman of VocaLink & he attended Bangor University in 1994.
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About Mastercard, VocaLink: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Louise Holden
Vice President, Humanitarian & Development of Mastercard
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Neil Taylor
Vice President Data Strategy of Mastercard
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Mark Barnett
President UK & Ireland of Mastercard
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Liz Oakes
Executive Vice President of Mastercard
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Carlos Menendez
President, Enterprise Partnerships of Mastercard
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About Mastercard: Mastercard provides payment processing products and solutions, and related consulting services.
Hamza Farrukh
Vice President, Macro Rates Sales of Goldman Sachs
Hamza Farrukh is founder at Bondh-E-Shams and a securities analyst at Goldman Sachs.
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About Bondh-E-Shams, Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Todd Leland
Co President, Asia Pacific Ex-Japan of Goldman Sachs
Todd Leland is a Co-President, Asia Pacific Ex-Japan at Goldman Sachs.
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Charles Chipchase
Vice President & Assistant General Counsel of Riverstone Holdings
Mr. Chipchase is a Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Riverstone. He is based in London. Prior to joining Riverstone in February 2014, Mr. Chipchase was General Counsel of Tercel Oilfield Products, a private equity-owned oilfield services company specializing in providing drilling, completions, and downhole services to the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining Tercel Oilfield Products, Mr. Chipchase was an Associate at Vinson & Elkins LLP, where he focused on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions work in the energy sector. Mr. Chipchase received his M.A. in History from Edinburgh University and his Diploma in Law and Legal Practice from the College of Law. He is licensed to practice law in England and Wales.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Kevin Wang
Vice President of Riverstone Holdings
Vice President at Riverstone Holdings.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Gavin Holland
President of Anthemis Group
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About Anthemis Group, Erevena: Anthemis Group is a global platform that cultivates change in the financial system by investing in, growing, and sustaining businesses.
Moubin Faizullah-Khan
Investment Professional: Vice President of Apax Partners
Moubin Faizullah-Khan is an Associate in the Retail & Consumer team. He joined Apax Partners in 2014 and is currently based in London. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Moubin was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Co. in their London office, where he primarily worked in retail and consumer on a broad set of topics including strategy, operational improvement and due diligence. Moubin is a medical doctor, graduating from Imperial College with an MBBS (hons) and BSc (hons).
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About Apax Partners, GetGround: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Louise Sondergaard
Vice President of Apax Partners
Louise Sondergaard is an Associate in the Tech & Telco team. She joined Apax Partners in 2014 and is currently based in London. She has participated in a number of key deals including EVRY, where she serves on the Board. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Louise was an associate at McKinsey & Company in their London office, where she primarily worked on restructuring, transformation and strategy topics. Louise holds a MSc from London Business School (with distinction), and a BSc in International Business from Copenhagen Business School (summa cum laude; with joint degree from Chinese University of Hong Kong and University of North Carolina).
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Vidur Narain
Vice President of Apax Partners
Vidur Narain is an Associate in the Retail & Consumer team. He joined Apax Partners in 2012 and is currently based in London. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Vidur was an investment banking analyst at Deutsche Bank in London, where he worked in the European Consumer & Retail group. Vidur holds a BSc in Government and Economics from the London School of Economics.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Mark Sykes
Vice President of Apax Partners
Mark Sykes is an Associate in the Financial & Business Services team. He joined Apax Partners in 2013 and is currently based in London. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Mark was a member of the Financial Institutions Group at Credit Suisse in London. Mark holds a BA in Economics from Trinity College, Dublin.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Gonzague de Lhoneux
Vice President of Apax Partners
Gonzague is an Associate in the Healthcare team. He joined Apax Partners in 2013 and is currently based in London. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Gonzague was a member of Credit Suisse’s Healthcare Investment Banking team in London, where he worked on various M&A and financing transactions. Gonzague holds a Masters in European Management from ESCP Europe.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Jesús Rueda
Vice President of Apax Partners
Jesús Rueda is an Associate in the Tech & Telco team. He joined Apax Partners in 2015 and is currently based in London. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Jesús was a business analyst at McKinsey & Company in their Madrid office, where he focused on Corporate Finance and Strategy across a variety of industries. Jesús holds an MBA from Columbia Business School (with honors) and an MSc in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (summa cum laude).
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Andrew Waidhofer
Vice President of Apax Partners
Andrew Waidhofer is an Associate in the Services team. He joined Apax Partners in 2014 and is currently based in London. He has been involved in key deals including Azelis. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Andrew was a member of the Financial Sponsors Group at HSBC, where he advised private equity clients on a number of M&A, ECM and Leveraged Finance transactions. Andrew holds a Masters in Pharmacy from the University of Nottingham.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Abhishek Lahoti
Vice President of Sapphire
Abhishek Lahoti currently works as the Vice President for Sapphire Ventures. He previously worked at Dropbox as the Business Development and Distribution Partnerships.
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About Sapphire: Sapphire is a venture capital firm that partners with visionary teams and venture funds to build companies.
David Checketts
President of TowerBrook Capital Partners
David Checketts was President and CEO of Madison Square Garden, L.P. for ten years. Prior to this he served as President of the New York Knicks professional basketball team, Vice President of Development for the National Basketball Association and President of the Utah Jazz professional basketball team. In 2001, he founded SCP Worldwide (formerly Sports Capital Partners), a consulting and investment services firm for sports teams and media assets.
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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.
Luke Parsons
Vice President of Summit Partners
Luke joined Summit in 2017 and focuses primarily on the healthcare and life sciences sector in Europe. Prior to Summit, Luke served as Vice President in the Mergers & Acquisitions division of Jefferies. Luke holds an MA in applied economics, with honors, from the University of St. Andrews.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Hélène Alunni-Botteri
Senior Vice President, Innovation Group of Wells Fargo
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About Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $1.3 trillion assets providing banking, insurance, and investments.
Edward Hughes
Vice President of Providence Equity Partners
Edward Hughes is a vice president based in our London office. Prior to joining Providence in 2013, Mr. Hughes was a vice president in the telecommunications, media and technology investment banking group at J.P. Morgan in London. He received a Bachelor of Science from Durham University.
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About Providence Equity Partners, Providence Strategic Growth, PSG: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
Sally Moore
Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances of IHS Markit
Sally Moore is senior vice president and global head of strategic alliances at IHS Markit. She is responsible for corporate development and the company’s strategy and relationships with partners. Sally provides companywide leadership of third party content licensing, content acquisition, and mergers and acquisitions. Sally leads the company’s fin-tech strategy, including its investment in Illuminate Financial Management, a venture capital fund. She joined Markit in 2006, where she led the European credit business and global loan business. Previously, she spent six years at Thomson Reuters, as co-head of the Loan Pricing Corporation’s operations in Europe and later as a senior vice president and co-head of sales in North America.
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About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
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Senior Vice President, Employee Experience of IHS Markit
Will Meldrum is senior vice president and head of employee experience at IHS Markit. He joined Markit in 2005 as director of acquisitions and strategic development, subsequently launching and managing Markit BOAT and Markit MSA. Prior to Markit, Will worked at Deutsche Bank where he managed the bank’s interests across a diverse portfolio of strategic investments with a focus on industry consortia, electronic trading systems and data. He holds an MA from Edinburgh University and an MBA from London Business School.
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About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
President of European operations of LionTree
Jake Donavan recently joined LionTree in November 2016 as President of Europe. LionTree is a global technology, media and telecommunications investment and merchant banking firm. Prior to joining LionTree, Jake worked at J.P. Morgan for 24 years. His last role was Head of Industry Coverage for Investment Banking in Europe, Middle East and Africa. In this role, Jake was responsible for overseeing the origination activities of industry-aligned investment bankers in Europe. Prior to this role Jake was Senior Country Officer and Regional Head of Investment Banking for Benelux, Nordics, CEE and Israel and prior to that Global Co-Head of TMT. Over his career, Jake has been based in New York and Buenos Aires (M&A Latin America) as well as Madrid and London (M&A/TMT/Coverage). He has been based in Europe since 1997. Jake has advised on many industry defining TMT transactions over his career. Some representative M&A transactions on which he has advised include the following among many others: Havas sale to Vivendi; GIC investment in Acuris; BC Partners sale of Com Hem stake; TDC’s sale of TDC Sverige AB to Tele2; Koninklijke KPN’s sale of BASE €1.325bn; Altice cross- border merger and share split €62bn; Altice S.A.’s acquisition of Suddenlink $9.1bn; Altice N.V.’s acquisition of Cablevision $18bn; Numericable Group’s acquisition of SFR €17bn; TDC A/S’s acquisition of GET €1.7bn; KPN’s sale of E-Plus to Telefónica Deutschland; KPN’s defence vs. AMX; EQT’s sale of KBW to Liberty Global €3.16bn; Telenor’s merger with VimpelCom and Kyivstar $11.8bn; DT’s merger with TMobile UK and Orange UK in a 50:50 JV $9bn; NTC’s acquisition of TDC $14.1bn; Liberty Global’s acquisition of Cablecom Holding; BT’s sale of its Eutelsat stake €517mm; DT’s acquisition of Orange NL.
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About LionTree: LionTree Partners is a service provider and investment banking fund that invests in media, technology, and telecommunication.
Justin Arbuckle
Senior Vice President of Scotiabank
Technology executive with experience on 4 continents. Specialises in driving large scale technology transformation in global enterprises, especially agile methods, DevOps, legacy migration and data centre consolidation.
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About Scotiabank: Scotiabank offer personal, commercial, corporate & investment banking products and services.
Marc Cantwell
Vice President of American Express
Marc is a product guy. Well, he used to be. Nothing makes him happier than hunting for the most important customer problems to solve – and right now, streamlining and supercharging internal customer journeys are where he can make the biggest difference. That means Marc and his team need to think bigger and broader than any one product as they focus on the digital workplace experience for their fellow employees. With fifteen years at American Express under his belt, Marc currently is an executive within the company’s Digital Workplace team, with responsibility for strategy, transformation, and the colleague experience. Although Marc’s interests skew more towards the value and impact of technology, as well as a relentless focus on the end-to-end customer experience, he secretly knows more about engineering than he lets on, having earned a BSc in theoretical and mathematical physics from the University of Nottingham and an MSc in Information Technology for eCommerce from the University of Sussex. When not hard at work creating the world’s best colleague digital experience, Marc puts his knowledge of emergent collaboration and communication technology to practical use, running his Dungeons & Dragons campaign without the headache of trying to schedule half a dozen adults to be in the same place at the same time.
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About American Express: American Express is a global financial services company best known for its credit card, charge card, and traveler’s cheque businesses.
Antonio Gagliardi
Vice President – Strategy, Product, and Analytics – Merchant Services of American Express
Before founding CompareEuropeGroup, Antonio was an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company in their UK Financial Services practice. Prior to this, Antonio worked at Bain & Co and at JP Morgan Chase. Antonio holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, with a special distinction for finishing in the top 10%, and graduated summa cum laude from Bocconi University.
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About American Express: American Express is a global financial services company best known for its credit card, charge card, and traveler’s cheque businesses.
Stephen Lemon
Co-Founder | Vice President | Strategic Partnerships & Corporate Development of Currencycloud
Steve has worked in Foreign exchange and international payments, pretty much forever, and participated in the first FinTech of the late 90s wave (before it was even called Fintech) as founding team member of HiFX. The current, product lead revolution has tipped him over the edge and he’s now a fully paid up FinTech geek, of the opinion that we live in exciting times and that Open APIs will change the world. Stephen currently also serves as a Non-Executive Director and Advisor for a number of early stage FinTech companies, and has recently mentored for the 2017 cohort at Techsters. In his personal time Steve is a keen amateur photographer, motorsport lover and live music fan.
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About Currencycloud: Currencycloud specializes in a fully cloud-based platform for B2B cross-border payments.
Judith Shackleton
Vice President M&A Integration of Visa
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About Fraedom, Visa: Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
Alisa Bornstein
CPO Europe – Vice President of Visa
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About Visa: Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
Finbarr Hutcheson
President of IntercontinentalExchange
Finbarr Hutcheson is the President of ICE Benchmark Administration Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE). Previously, Hutcheson served as the Chief Executive of NYSE Liffe, the international derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, and was responsible for the Group’s European Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC) businesses. Finbarr joined NYSE Euronext in 2011. Prior to joining NYSE Euronext, Hutcheson spent 15 years working for Goldman Sachs in a variety of roles in derivatives. Most recently he was Global Head of Futures Services Business Development within the Securities Division. In that role he was responsible for defining and delivering strategic enhancements for that business, responding to evolving client needs and industry developments.
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About IntercontinentalExchange: Intercontinental Exchange is an operator of regulated exchanges and clearing houses serving the risk management needs of global markets.
Paul Swann
President and Managing Director of IntercontinentalExchange
Paul Swann is the President & Managing Director, ICE Clear Europe, the wholly-owned European clearing house of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE). Swann was named to his post at ICE in July 2007 and was instrumental in the launch of ICE Clear Europe in November 2008. In his role, Swann oversees all technology, operations and financial functions at the London-based clearing house. Swann has over 20 years experience in European derivatives and equities clearing, and prior to joining ICE, he was most recently Managing Director, Group Risk and Managing Director, Change for LCH.Clearnet Ltd. During his tenure at LCH.Clearnet Ltd., Swann held various leadership positions in technology, operations, and risk management. In those roles, Swann worked closely with ICE on its energy futures and over-the-counter (OTC) clearing business.
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About IntercontinentalExchange: Intercontinental Exchange is an operator of regulated exchanges and clearing houses serving the risk management needs of global markets.
Esme Harwood
Vice President, Public Policy of Barclays
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About Barclays: Barclays is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide.
Michael Karpik
Executive Vice President of State Street Global Advisors
Michael is Head of EMEA and an Executive Vice President for State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation and a global leader in asset management. He is also a member of SSGA’s Executive Management Group, Chairman of the Board for SSGA Limited (UK) and is a member of the board for multiple SSGA operating entities and fund companies throughout Europe. Prior to this appointment and since 2009, Michael was Head of Investments for EMEA as well as Head of UK, Middle East and Ireland. Michael moved to London in 1999 and has also had previous management positions in operations, product development and our Global Cash Investment group. He is a 25 year industry veteran and a 14 year veteran of SSGA. Michael has a BS in Finance from Gannon University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
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About PineBridge Investments, State Street Global Advisors: State Street Global Advisors is the investment management division of State Street Corporation
Gillian Lamela
Vice President, Cloud Adoption Programme of Barclays Investment Bank
Gillian Lamela is a Programme Manager with 15+ years of experience in delivering technical transformation in financial services. She specialises in breaking down complex business problems into strategic technical solutions, resulting in multi-million cost savings. Gillian currently supports the Barclays International Cloud & Engineering Programme. She is also the Women In Technology UK Co-Chair and Diversity Committee Member at Barclays where she aims to promote awareness and career opportunities in STEM.
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About Barclays Investment Bank: Barclays Investment Bank offers large corporate clients with strategic advisory, financing, and risk management solutions.
Aurelien Mir
Assistant Vice President of Barclays Investment Bank
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About Barclays Investment Bank: Barclays Investment Bank offers large corporate clients with strategic advisory, financing, and risk management solutions.
Alberto Zenga
Vice President of TCV
Alberto Zenga is a Vice President at TCV. Alberto joined TCV in 2021 and focuses on investment opportunities in the internet, software, FinTech, and technology-enabled services sectors. He supports TCV’s investment in FarEye and Dream Sports.
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About TCV: TCV provides investment capital to growth-stage private and public companies in the technology industry.
Alexander Wortmann
Vice President of TCV
Alexander Wortmann currently works as the Vice President for TCV. He previously worked at Merrill Lynch as an Investment Banking Analyst.
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About TCV: TCV provides investment capital to growth-stage private and public companies in the technology industry.
Stefan Dandl
Senior Vice President of TA Associates
Stefan also leads TA’s effort in German-speaking countries across sectors. He is fluent in German and Italian.
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About TA Associates: TA Associates is one of the private equity firms in the world.
Jérémy Dréan
Senior Vice President of TA Associates
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About TA Associates: TA Associates is one of the private equity firms in the world.
Neil Hoyne
Senior Vice President, Funds Client Service Manager of Neuberger Berman Group
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About Neuberger Berman Group: Neuberger Berman is an independent and employee-controlled asset management company, providing global investment solutions.
Sam Jones
Vice President of Torch Capital
Sam Jones serves as the Vice President at Torch Capital.
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About Torch Capital: Torch Capital is an early-stage consumer-focused venture capital firm.
David Nish
Vice President, Technology of GP Bullhound
Dave is Vice President of Technology at GP Bullhound. Prior to joining the firm, he was at worldwide transport and logistics firm APL. Dave also worked for managed services provider Green Fields Technology in London and IX Group in South Africa. Dave grew up in Durban, South Africa.
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About GP Bullhound: GP Bullhound is a technology advisory and investment firm that provides transaction advice and capital to entrepreneurs and founders.
Javed Huq
Vice President of GP Bullhound
Javed is a Vice President at GP Bullhound, based in the Manchester office. Prior to joining the firm, he spent 5 years at Rothschild where he advised on a wide range of UK and international engagements including private equity and corporate transactions, IPOs and fundraisings. Before that, Javed worked at Deloitte LLP in the Corporate Finance M&A Advisory team, focusing on a range of mid-market transactions. Javed graduated from the University of Manchester with a BA (Hons) in International Business, Finance and Economics.
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About GP Bullhound: GP Bullhound is a technology advisory and investment firm that provides transaction advice and capital to entrepreneurs and founders.
Lisa Macedo
Vice President of Moody’s Investors Service
Lisa Macedo is a Vice President – Senior Analyst in Moody’s Investors Service Structured Finance Group, based in London. She has been responsible for assigning ratings to over 100 securitisation transactions. The asset classes encompass peer-to-peer, consumer loans, student loans, credit card receivables, auto ABS, CMBS, non- performing loans, and all RMBS asset types: non-conforming, reperforming, warehouse, reverse mortgage, master trusts, prime and buy to let loans. She has covered EMEA, APAC and US jurisdictions including Germany, Netherlands, UK, France, Spain, Italy and Portugal. Currently she is responsible for surveillance of consumer asset securitisations, focused on the UK, Russia, Ireland and is also involved in rating methodology projects, research on market relevant topics, and has been involved in special focus groups covering matters including Brexit and IBOR transition.
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About Moody’s Investors Service: Moody’s Investors Service is a bond credit rating business that provides research, credit rating, and financial risk analysis services.
Michael Sim
Vice President of Fidelity International Strategic Ventures
Michael sources deals, conducts due diligence and carries out financial modelling to support the Principal Investments team. He is also helping to develop Eight Roads’ position in FinTech and manages its portfolio of listed stocks.
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About Fidelity International Strategic Ventures: Fidelity International Strategic Ventures invests in fintech businesses and technologies.
Julie Kainz
Vice President of Dawn Capital
Julie Kainz currently works as the Vice President for Dawn Capital. She previously worked at Salesforce Ventures as a Senior Associate.
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About Dawn Capital: Dawn Capital is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on investing in the enterprise software and FinTech sectors.
Ryan Jones
Principal & Vice President of HarbourVest Partners
Ryan Jones is the Principal & Vice President at HarbourVest Partners.
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About HarbourVest Partners: HarbourVest is an independent investment firm that provides innovative private equity solutions to institutional clients worldwide.
John R. Bragg
Executive Vice President of Bank Operations of National Commerce
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About National Commerce: National Commerce is a a financial holding company that provides various financial services to individuals, businesses, and business owners.
Jeppe Juul-Andersen
Senior vice President of Nets
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About Nets: Nets is a provider of payments, card, and information services with an ambition.
Simon Van Den Born
President of Marex Spectron
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About Marex Spectron: Marex Spectron is a broker offering unrivalled breadth of commodity market.
Tosin Awoyinka
Senior Vice President of Helios Investment Partners
Tosin Awoyinka is the Senior Vice President and part of the Investment Team at Helios Investment Partners.
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About Helios Investment Partners: Helios Investment Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm that focuses on African companies.
Jurgen Heppe
Executive Vice President of Standard Bank
Jurgen is an Executive Vice President with Standard Bank Group. He has over 20 years investment banking experience, including 17 years focused on telecoms and media transactions. He has led multiple public and private capital raising and M&A transactions in developed and emerging markets, involving both strategic and financial investors. Clients have included MTN, Orange, Telefonica, Vivendi, Telenor, Telenet, Eutelsat, Batelco, Econet, Celtel, De Agostini, Prior to joining Standard Bank Group, Jurgen was with Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Jurgen graduated from London Business School with a Master in Finance degree.
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About Standard Bank: Standard Bank has a long history in banking and operates in thirty three countries.
Chris Deboer
President & CEO of GAIN Credit
“I joined Global Analytics because of the extraordinary quality of the team, the size of the global market, the commitment to excellence and the opportunity to make a difference in changing the industry.” Chris leads our business development and partnerships and has over 20 years of experience in sales, client partnerships and key account management. Prior to Global Chris managed a team of industry professionals tasked with maintaining and growing relationships with Fair Isaac Corporation’s five largest customers. There, he developed a team-based, relationship-driven sales model with a focus on gaining deeper relationships across the client base. Chris holds a MSEE and BSEE from the University of California at Santa Barbara and plays tennis competitively.
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About GAIN Credit: GAIN Credit is a fintech company dedicated to providing credit for people who are underserved by mainstream financial service companies.
Stephen Steinour
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Huntington National Bank
Stephen Steinour is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (since 2009), a $64 billion regional bank holding company. Previously, he was the Chairman and Managing Partner of CrossHarbor Capital Partners, a private equity firm (2008-January 2009). From 2006 to 2008, he was President and CEO of Citizens Financial Group, Inc., a multistate commercial bank holding company. Prior to that, Mr. Steinour served as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Mid-States regional banking (2005-2006). He served as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Mid-Atlantic Region (2001-2005). At the beginning of his career, Mr. Steinour was an analyst for the U.S. Treasury Department and subsequently worked for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Mr. Steinour was a member of the board of trustees of the Liberty Property Trust (an office and industrial property real estate investment trust) from February 2010 until May 2014, where he served on its audit and compensation committees. Mr. Steinour has served on the board of directors of L Brands (fashion retailer) since 2014. He was elected to The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Board in November 2013. Mr. Steinour is a member of council of The Pennsylvania Society, a non-profit, charitable organization which celebrates service to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He also serves as a trustee of the Eisenhower Fellowships and is a member of the Columbus Partnership and a trustee of the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation. He is a member of the American Bankers Association. Mr. Steinour also served as a member on the policy and legal affairs committees of the Pennsylvania Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs in large Pennsylvania companies representing significant employment and economic activity in the Commonwealth. He also has served on the board of and as the chairman of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
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About Huntington National Bank: Huntington National Bank is a public bank that serves both individuals and businesses.
Paul Newrick
President & Managing Director of Altavair
Mr. Newrick has been involved in the commercial aviation industry, with a focus on financing and leasing activities for 37 years. Mr. Newrick co-founded Altavair L.P. in 2003 and is responsible for the overall strategy and management of its affiliate, Altavair Limited. Prior to co-founding Altavair L.P., Mr. Newrick worked with Mr. Rimmer in the formation of XS Aviation Ltd. in 2000. Prior to XS Aviation, Mr. Newrick founded aircraft investment management company Xavian Limited in 1998, and from 1988 to 1998, he held senior management positions at several banks specializing in aviation finance, including Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd., Svenska Finans, and HypoBank International S.A., having started in the banking sector with Security Pacific National Bank. He commenced his career in aviation undertaking an undergraduate apprenticeship in Aeronautical Engineering with British Aerospace in Filton from 1979 to 1988, during which time he worked extensively within the ongoing Concorde program and completed his honors degree at Bristol University.
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About Altavair: Altavair is an asset management firm focused exclusively on managing commercial aviation assets.
Marc Baudry
Vice President of Riverside Company
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About Riverside Company, Trex: The Riverside Company is a private equity firm investing in companies with enterprise values of under $200 million.
Jack Diamond
Vice President of Kreos Capital
As a Vice President, Jack supports the General Partners and Principals in the entire deal life cycle including assessing potential deals and performing investment analysis, as well as post-investment monitoring. Prior to joining Kreos, Jack qualified as a solicitor working in the City with a focus on venture capital and private equity. Jack holds a degree in law from the University of Sheffield.
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About Kreos Capital: Kreos Capital is a growth debt firm that provides financing solutions for high-growth companies across Europe and Israel.
Jack Diamond
Vice President of Kreos Capital
As a Vice President, Jack supports the General Partners and Principals in the entire deal life cycle including assessing potential deals and performing investment analysis, as well as post-investment monitoring. Prior to joining Kreos, Jack qualified as a solicitor working in the City with a focus on venture capital and private equity. Jack holds a degree in law from the University of Sheffield.
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About Kreos Capital: Kreos Capital is a growth debt firm that provides financing solutions for high-growth companies across Europe and Israel.
Chris Church
Vice President of Kreos Capital
As a Vice President, Chris supports the General Partners and Principals in the entire deal life cycle including assessing potential deals and performing investment analysis, as well as post-investment monitoring. Prior to joining Kreos, Chris worked as a Senior Associate for The Parthenon Group performing commercial diligence for private equity funds and large corporates. Previously Chris worked in the corporate finance teams of EY and Deutsche Bank in Melbourne. He holds a BCom in Finance and Economics from Otago University and is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
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About Kreos Capital: Kreos Capital is a growth debt firm that provides financing solutions for high-growth companies across Europe and Israel.
Chris Church
Vice President of Kreos Capital
As a Vice President, Chris supports the General Partners and Principals in the entire deal life cycle including assessing potential deals and performing investment analysis, as well as post-investment monitoring. Prior to joining Kreos, Chris worked as a Senior Associate for The Parthenon Group performing commercial diligence for private equity funds and large corporates. Previously Chris worked in the corporate finance teams of EY and Deutsche Bank in Melbourne. He holds a BCom in Finance and Economics from Otago University and is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
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About Kreos Capital: Kreos Capital is a growth debt firm that provides financing solutions for high-growth companies across Europe and Israel.
Nathalie Gaveau
President & Director of Tailwind Acquisition
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About Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Tailwind Acquisition: Tailwind Acquisition is a $334M Purpose-Built SPAC.
Ignacio González-Páramo
Vice President, Global Compliance & Regulatory Affairs of Payvision
Ignacio González-Páramo is Vice President for Global Compliance and Regulatory Affairs at Payvision and Acapture. In this role, Ignacio is in charge of corporate compliance with applicable legislation and acts as point of interaction with authorities and regulators. He also takes care of external engagement and public affairs on behalf of Payvision and Acapture as Payment Institutions. Currently, Ignacio represents both companies before the European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF), where he sits on the Board and the Technical Committee. Ignacio is a long-standing professional with a legal background and extensive experience in the payments industry. Prior to joining Payvision, he worked at ServiRed, S.A., the major domestic payments scheme in Spain, in various capacities, most recently as Head of Rules and Compliance. Ignacio holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICAI-ICADE), Madrid, and a Master’s degree in e-commerce and IT from Universidad Carlos III, Madrid. Ignacio is often a speaker and panellist in industry events and is also a contributor on the blogs of Payvision and the Cross-Border Ecommerce Community, providing readers with insights on how to face regulatory challenges and compliance-related issues.
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About Payvision: Payvision, an independent payment solutions provider specializing in global card processing for the ecommerce market,
Andrew Dyson
Executive Vice President & Head of Global Distribution of Affiliated Managers Group
Andrew Dyson joined AMG in 2011 as Executive Vice President responsible for managing the Company’s global distribution business. Prior to joining AMG, Dyson served as Head of BlackRock’s Global Institutional Client Business, following the merger of BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors. In prior roles at BlackRock and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), Dyson held senior distribution positions, including Head of the International Institutional Business, and, before that, Head of the Institutional Business for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Prior to joining MLIM, Dyson was Head of U.S. Multinational Investment Consulting for William M. Mercer, and also served as Head of U.K. Pension Fund Investment Consulting for the firm. Dyson is a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries. He earned an M.A. degree in Mathematics from Cambridge University.
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About Affiliated Managers Group: Affiliated Managers Group is a asset management company with boutique investment management.
Thomas Scott McDonald
President and chief executive officer of Oliver Wyman
Scott McDonald is the Chief Executive Officer of Oliver Wyman Group. In his role, Scott provides global leadership to the entire set of industry practices and horizontal capabilities within Oliver Wyman. Scott also leads Oliver Wyman Group, which includes Oliver Wyman, NERA, and Lippincott. Previously, Scott was the Managing Partner of Oliver Wyman’s Financial Services practice. In that role, he managed the practice globally across all of its service lines and advised senior executives in financial services around the world, especially on matters of competitiveness and industry regulation and reform. Scott joined the firm in 1995, was elected a partner in 2000, and elected by his partners as Managing Partner in 2007. Prior to becoming Managing Partner of Financial Services, Scott was the Global head of the Corporate & Institutional Banking practice within Financial Services, which includes the firm’s activities in Corporate Banking, Investment Banking, Capital Markets, Asset Management, Exchanges, and other related businesses. Scott has a special interest in the role that financial services firms play in society at large. He has sat on various international industry working groups, such as the International institute of Finance Committee on Market Best Practices, Her Majesty’s Treasury Professional Services Global Competitiveness Group, the World Economic Forum Steering Committee for Future Financial Architecture, and the McGill University’s Expert Panel for Strategy and Global Leadership. Scott is also a regular speaker at events held by the Council of Foreign Relations in New York, the World Knowledge Forum in Seoul, and at Oliver Wyman’s annual World Economic Forum lunch in Davos. Before joining Oliver Wyman, he was an M&A investment banker with RBC Dominion Securities in Toronto. Scott has degrees in Finance & Economics from McGill University and International Relations from Cambridge University. A marathon runner, he makes his home in London. Scott is an avid fisherman and specializes in finding any fish at all in the English Channel.
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About British Council(BIRAX), Oliver Wyman: Oliver Wyman is a management consulting firm that specializes in strategies, operations, risk management, and organizational transformation.
Bryan McLoughlin
Vice President of Claret Capital Partners
Bryan joined HMC in January 2014 to source and execute new investment opportunities with high growth technology and life sciences companies. He also serves as an advisor and mentor to early stage entrepreneurs in the fintech and software sectors. Prior to joining HMC, Bryan was a co-founder and director at Aldermanbury Partners, an independent management consultancy. He started his career with Deloitte’s graduate program and spent several years working on advisory, forensic and research engagements for financial services clients. Bryan graduated with a degree in Economics and Business Law from the University of Strathclyde and qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) during his time with Deloitte.
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About Claret Capital Partners: Claret Capital Capital (formally Harbert European Growth Capital) provides growth debt to European tech and life-science businesses.
Fahad Khan
Vice President of Claret Capital Partners
Fahad has intensive professional experience across management advisory, accounting and investment management. At HEGCF, he focuses on sourcing, evaluating and executing investments in high growth companies across the Technology and Life Sciences sectors. Before joining HEGCF, Fahad worked at the London offices of Deloitte within the Investment Management and Private Equity team where he advised leading UK based funds investing across debt and equity strategies. In addition to the professional experiences above, Fahad has worked closely with entrepreneurs and has been an active advisor to the start-up community through his involvement in a number of accelerator programmes. Fahad is a Qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) with a degree in Economics, Accounting and Finance from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
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About Claret Capital Partners, Creoate: Claret Capital Capital (formally Harbert European Growth Capital) provides growth debt to European tech and life-science businesses.
Emmanuel Jaclot
Executive Vice President of Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec
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About Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec: Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec is a Canadian fund management company focused on retirement plans and insurance policies.
Peter Randall
President, Founder of SETL
Peter Randall is the SETL’s COO, Credited with revolutionising the equity exchange market in Europe through the establishment of Chi-X Europe Ltd, Peter led the company’s growth as founder and CEO, from an unknown multilateral trading facility to become one of the top 5 trading venues in Europe by volumes traded. Subsequently, Peter was appointed CEO of Equiduct, where he restructured the business, and turned it into the fastest growing trading platform in Europe in 2012. Prior to Equiduct and Chi-X, Peter was COO at Instinet Europe Ltd, and Executive Director of FIX Protocol Ltd.
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About SETL: SETL is a technology company that focuses on blockchain settlements and payments.
Sir Mark Weinberg
Co-Founder and President of St. James’s Place Wealth Management
Sir Mark Weinberg is a South African born British financer. He founded Abbey Life Assurance Company, Hambro Life Assurance (Allied Dunbar), and co-founded J. Rothschild Assurance (St. James’s Place Wealth Management). He is the Life President of St. James’s Place Wealth Management.
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About St. James’s Place Wealth Management: St. James’s Place Wealth Management is one of the UK’s leading wealth management organisations.
John W. McCullough
Senior Vice President & General Counsel of Harbert Management Corporation
Mr. McCullough joined HMC in 2006 as a Vice President and Associate General Counsel, and was appointed Senior Vice President and General Counsel effective March 9, 2009. Before joining HMC, he was a partner in the law firm of Balch & Bingham LLP and Associate General Counsel of a publicly traded client of that firm. He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of McWane Science Center, a science museum and early learning center in Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. McCullough received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Washington and Lee University and received a law degree from the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University.
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About Harbert Management Corporation: Harbert Management Corporation is an independent investment firm focused on private & public market strategies.
Raymond Harbert Jr.
Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration of Harbert Management Corporation
Harbert joined HMC in 2010 as an Associate in Private Equity rising to Senior Associate in 2013. In August 2014, Harbert transitioned into a management role within Fund Administration while still overseeing the remaining private equity investments. He was elected to the HMC Board of Directors in 2017. Prior to joining HMC, he was an Associate in the Transaction Services Strategy Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers, focusing on buy side commercial due diligence. He holds a Masters of Business Administration and a BS in Finance, both from Wake Forest University where he was a letter winner on the track team. Harbert currently serves on the Board of the HERO Foundation (Harbert Employees Reaching Out), the Athletic Advisory Council of the Deacon Club for Wake Forest University and the Advisory Board of Oakworth Capital Bank. He previously served on the Boards of CES Holding Company, Inc., Precision Alloys Corporation, STX Healthcare Management Services, Inc., Dent-A-Med, Inc., Onward Behavioral Health, Inc. and Travis Body and Trailer, Inc.
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About Harbert Management Corporation: Harbert Management Corporation is an independent investment firm focused on private & public market strategies.
Jonathan Kramer
President of Zopa
Jonathan Kramer is a member of the management team at Zopa, the world’s first and the UK’s leading peer-to-peer lending company. At Zopa Jonathan is responsible for capital markets and institutional lending. Jonathan joined Zopa in 2014 from Morgan Stanley, where he spent 12 years and co-led UK institutional equity derivative sales. Previously Jonathan was in the corporate finance team at Bank Austria, advising on cross-border mergers and acquisitions in Central and Eastern Europe. Jonathan holds a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
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About Zopa: Zopa offers peer-to-peer loans with low rates, flexible terms, and no early repayment fees.
Steven Malawer
Vice President – Senior Counsel of W. R. Berkley
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About W. R. Berkley: W. R. Berkley, an insurance holding company, operates as a commercial lines writer in the United States and internationally.
Simon Haslam
President and Chief Executive Officer of Elavon
As President and Chief Executive Officer at Elavon, Simon Haslam is responsible for the overall vision, strategy, and execution of Elavon’s worldwide mission of enabling global commerce. Before taking on his current position, Simon was President of International Markets at Elavon where he worked to expand Elavon’s presence to new markets in Europe, Mexico and Brazil. Simon joined Elavon with the addition of the Citigroup portfolio in 2005. At Citigroup, Simon served as Head of Credit and Risk with responsibility for all credit and fraud related activities impacting Citigroup’s Pan-European Merchant Acquiring Business. In 1995, Simon was elected as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers. He serves as chairman of the board for Santander Elavon Merchant Services – Elavon’s newly created joint venture in Spain. He is also chairman of the board of Elavon do Brasil – Elavon’s joint venture in Brazil and Elavon Mexico. Additionally, Simon is a board member of Visa UK and UK Cards.
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About Elavon, Network International: Elavon helps businesses, small and large, accept all payment types.
Mathen Ganesan
Executive Vice President – Invention Investment Fund of Intellectual Ventures
Mathen was co-founder of Storage Genetics which developed game changing signal processing technology for the Flash industry, obtained over 50 patent applications, and was sold to Micron Technology in 2010. As Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Business Development, Mathen was responsible for Go-To-Market Planning and Strategic Partnerships. Prior to Storage Genetics, Mathen ran International Sales at Cornice, Inc. (with Kevin Magenis) the first company to produce the consumer oriented “micro” HDD. Mathen’s focus has always been on introducing disruptive technologies and services into high growth markets, demonstrated by repeatedly building revenues from zero to in excess of $150M for various Semiconductor and Storage Technology companies. He has also acted as a consultant and advisor to companies in the Mobile Advertising, and Music/New Media markets, successfully integrating value added software applications into over 100 million end user devices.
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About bot2bot.com, Intellectual Ventures: Intellectual Ventures engages in invention and investment business that creates, incubates, and commercializes impactful inventions.
Jason Welham
Vice President of Lazard
Jason Welham joined Lazard in 2017 and is a Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group with a primary focus on Fin Tech. Jason has over 7 years of mergers and acquisitions experience and provides strategic advice to a number of Lazard’s Fin Tech clients. Most recently, Jason was Corporate Development Manager at VocaLink having led large aspects of the corporate development efforts including bidder selection, deal execution and regulatory approval efforts that resulted in the sale to MasterCard. Previously, Jason worked at PwC, where he specialized in M&A Advisory Services advising a range of clients across various sectors including Financial Services, Technology, Media and Telecommunications. Jason is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, ACA and attended Loughborough University where he obtained a BSC in Business Economics & Finance.
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About Lazard: Lazard is a financial advisory and asset management firm focused on income strategies, alternative investments, and private equity funds.
Kriti Madan
Vice President of Northleaf Capital Partners
Kriti participates in due diligence, execution and asset management of Northleaf’s infrastructure investment program in the UK and Europe. Prior to joining Northleaf in 2018, Kriti worked at KPMG in the Infrastructure Corporate Finance group in both London and Melbourne, where she was most recently an Associate Director, responsible for originating and executing infrastructure transactions. Previously, she worked at ANZ Bank in Melbourne as part of the Structured Derivatives group. Kriti received a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Melbourne. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
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About Northleaf Capital Partners: Northleaf Capital Partners is private equity firm that manages pension plans, endowments, foundations, financial institutions accounts.
Jonathan Hughes
Co-Founder, President and Chief Operating Officer of Pollinate
Jonathan Hughes is the Co-Founder, President & Chief Operating Officer at Pollinate International.
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About Pollinate: Pollinate Networks is a platform that works with banks to create data-driven experiences for merchants and consumers.
Edward Sweigart
Vice President Global Partners & Ecosystem of Finastra
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About Finastra: Finastra provides the broadest portfolio of financial services software.
Tatjana Van Vloten
Vice President of Pantheon Ventures
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About Pantheon Ventures: Pantheon is a leading global private equity fund investor. We manage regional primary investments, global secondary and infrastructure
Waheed Qaiser
President of Maxim Corporate Finance
Waheed Qaiser (WQ) has held executive management positions at Citibank, HSBC, UBS,IIBU, IBB, QCC and is currently Chairman & CEO of Inclusive Payment Solutions (a Sharia compliant card platform) & President of Maxim Corporate Finance LLP. WQ is Co-Founder of first Islamic bank in UK licensed in 2004. WQ was head of the First Islamic window of a British bank. WQ is a Management Professional, having led Operations,Retail/Private banking, asset management, Investment banking, and various areas of conventional & Islamic banking in Global Financial Institutions. WQ is founding member of the Bank of England working party on Islamic mortgages that brought the constitutional amendment on double stamp duty for Islamic mortgages in the UK. WQ isa founding member UK technical group at The Chartered Institute for Securities &Investment “CISI” for Islamic Finance Qualification (IFQ) and sits on corporate finance committee and “corporate finance qualifications assessment Board” at CISI. WQ co authored a book on Islamic retail Banking & Finance – Global challenges published byEuro-money, UK. WQ has chaired and spoken at over 100 conferences and summits globally on topics covering conventional banking, Islamic banking and other subjects. WQwas also awarded with “Honorary Professor” by EECSA Kazakhstan.
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About Maxim Corporate Finance: Maxim Corporate Finance LLP is a specialist corporate finance firm comprising corporate finance accountants and commercial lawyers.
Rebecca Goudman-Peachey
Vice President and Head of Risk of OSMM
Rebecca has special expertise in the online payment market having had many years of experience, working with leading Merchant Acquiring Banks and IPSPs. Rebecca is also responsible for spearheading OSMM’s branding and go-to-market strategy with a large knowledge of the card payments, business operations, systems management, issuing/acquiring operational set-ups and migrations, and project and supplier management. Rebecca serves as the Company’s Compliance (MLRO) Officer and is registered with the UK Financial Conduct Authority as an individual responsible for the management of Onestopmoneymanager Ltd. Rebecca holds a Master of Laws in International Finance and Banking Law, Bachelor of Laws and is currently undergoing a PhD regarding the regulatory environment of merchant acquiring.
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About OSMM: OSMM is an innovative e-commerce acquirer whom understand the needs and desires of merchants.
Kent McCammon
Executive Vice President of Corporate Development of PRA Group
Kent is responsible for the company’s global development including mergers and acquisitions. He was appointed to his current role in 2015. Prior to that he was responsible for global strategy and business development and directed PRA’s fee-for-service businesses. He joined the company in 2007 as senior vice president, strategy and business development from Shamrock Holdings, the investment arm of the Disney family, where he was managing director. While at Shamrock from 2004 to 2007, he helped raise $1.25 billion to fund activist investments in publicly traded companies. Prior to Shamrock, Kent conducted business development for Trader Publishing, LLC in the Trader Ventures group from 2003 to 2004. From 1995 to 2003, Kent directed equity research and capital management for Atlantic Capital Management and Scott & Stringfellow. He was an associate at Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., from 1994 to 1995, and started his finance career as an analyst in New York at Smith Barney Inc. in the early 1990s. Kent has an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.
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About PRA Group: PRA Group offers the following broad range of debt buying solutions and business and government services.
Chris Lagow
Senior Vice President & General Counsel of PRA Group
Chris is responsible for the company’s global legal, regulatory and government relations functions. He was named general counsel in January 2016 after serving as PRA Group’s deputy general counsel since 2011. Chris has been practicing law for 15 years and joined PRA in 2006 after working in private practice for law firms in New York and Virginia. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from James Madison University and a J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law. He has served on the board of directors of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce and the Executive Council of the Virginia Bar Association’s Corporate Counsel Section.
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About PRA Group: PRA Group offers the following broad range of debt buying solutions and business and government services.
Chris Graves
Executive Vice President, Core Acquisitions of PRA Group
Chris directs all of PRA’s Core Acquisitions and Core Operations in the Americas. He was appointed to his current role in 2015 after serving as executive vice president of core acquisitions since 2013. Chris has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. He joined PRA in 2006 as vice president, portfolio acquisitions and was appointed to senior vice president, core acquisitions in 2009. Prior to joining PRA, he was vice president of acquisitions and group manager for the Credit Recovery Services division of Capital One. He previously served as vice president and regional manager at Signet Bank and First Union. Chris has an MBA from The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Wake Forest University, and graduated from the Consumer Banking Association’s Graduate School of Retail Bank Management at the University of Virginia. Chris serves on the board of directors and the executive committee for VOLUNTEER Hampton Roads in Norfolk, Virginia.
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About PRA Group: PRA Group offers the following broad range of debt buying solutions and business and government services.
Alec Murphy
Vice President, Project Management and Business Development of Capstone Partners
Alec Murphy worked in leverage finance at HSBC and Lloyds Banking Group in London for nine years, where he structured and executed senior loan financings for private equity buyouts in the UK and across Europe. Alec is a first-class honours graduate in business and finance from the Cass Business School in London. He has his banking graduate qualifications and holds numerous CISI certificates. He speaks English and French.
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About Capstone Partners: Capstone Partners is an investment bank that provides global fundraising and advisory services.
Ulyana Shtybel, Ph.D.
Chief Capital Officer and Vice President of the Board of HighCastle
PhD in Economics, Former Executive Director of the Warsaw Stock Exchange in Ukraine, Head of Banking and Financial Services Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce, commercial bank trainee with 180 loan specialists under supervision. Named the Digital Leader of the Year Finalist, London Regional Finalist for the Forward Ladies National Awards 2019 and Blockchain Leader Finalist for the Women in Tech Awards.
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About HighCastle: One powerful platform for private companies to manage investment workflow, equity and debt securities
Michael C. Bauder
Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer of Harbert Growth Partners
Bauder joined Harbert Management Corporation’s legal department in July 2006 as Vice President – Chief Compliance Officer and is responsible for ensuring that the firm’s policies and procedures are reasonably designed to prevent, detect and correct violations of applicable securities laws. Prior to joining HMC Mike served in a dual capacity as Chief Compliance Officer for Hancock Investment Services, and Horizon Advisers. With 20 years of industry experience Mike holds the NSCP Certified Securities Compliance Professional designation and series 7,4,24,63,65,53,27 licenses. Mike earned his BS in Economics from Florida Southern College in 1991.
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About Harbert Growth Partners, Harbert Management Corporation: Harbert Growth Partners is an emerging growth stage investor in tech and healthcare companies.
Greg Cripps
Founding Partner & President of Prism Valuation
Greg has a PhD in Nuclear Engineering (McMaster 1993) and more than 12 years Front Office experience as a Trader/Structurer of complex derivatives (Toronto Dominion Securities London, Citibank London, and Citibank Toronto).
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About Prism Valuation: Prism Valuation is a provider of independent valuations and risk analysis services for OTC derivatives.
Ahmed Wagih Khalil
Vice President of Hamilton Lane
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About Hamilton Lane: Hamilton Lane is a firm that provides private equity investment management services.
Rob Young
President, International of OnDeck
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About OnDeck: Ondeck is a technology-enabled financial platform that provides loan financing to small and medium-sized businesses.
Sandeep Bathina
President and Founder of StockViews
Sandeep is the President and Co-Founder at StockViews. He is a serial entrepreneur and private investor.
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About StockViews: StockViews is an investment research platform.
