John Meserve

Independent Advisor & Non-Executive Director at Provenance Blockchain Foundation
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Credentials

  • WSET® Level 3 Award in Wines and Spirits - With Distinction
    WSET — Wine & Spirit Education Trust

Experience

  • Provenance Blockchain Foundation
    • United States
    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Independent Advisor & Non-Executive Director
      • Aug 2023 - Present

      Purpose-built to transform financial services, Provenance Blockchain enables institutions and fintechs to seamlessly and securely issue, transact, and service digitally-native financial assets at scale, delivering material business and customer value. A leading public blockchain for financial services, Provenance Blockchain is leveraged by more than 70 financial institutions, has supported over $15B in transactions, and has over $8B in real-world financial asset value locked on-chain. Learn more at Provenance.io. Show less

  • Paragon Intel
    • United States
    • Information Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Board Member
      • Dec 2019 - Present

      Paragon Intel is a management analytics firm that believes c-suite decision making ability is a crucial, but under analyzed, determinant of future performance. We focus on the aggregation, filtering, and extraction of insights from data on executives and how they affect their company's performance. Paragon Intel is a management analytics firm that believes c-suite decision making ability is a crucial, but under analyzed, determinant of future performance. We focus on the aggregation, filtering, and extraction of insights from data on executives and how they affect their company's performance.

  • New Constructs
    • United States
    • Capital Markets
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Advisor
      • Apr 2020 - Present

      Machine Learning and AI for Smarter Investing. Machine Learning and AI for Smarter Investing.

  • Cragmoor Capital Advisors LLC
    • Greater New York City Area
    • Managing Partner
      • Jul 2015 - Present

      Provides advisory services to and invests in early stage fintech and financial services companies. The firm will also invest opportunistically in other sectors such as the food and beverage industries. Provides advisory services to and invests in early stage fintech and financial services companies. The firm will also invest opportunistically in other sectors such as the food and beverage industries.

  • D'Marie Group, Inc.
    • United States
    • Advertising Services
    • Advisor and Investor
      • Mar 2016 - Present

      D’Marie is a social media analytics and casting technology company. We connect brands with talent agencies that are using D’Marie to determine the value of their influencer’s social media portfolio. D'Marie is the leading platform for talent identification and influencer analytics across the fashion, beauty, food, automotive and consumer goods industries. D’Marie is a social media analytics and casting technology company. We connect brands with talent agencies that are using D’Marie to determine the value of their influencer’s social media portfolio. D'Marie is the leading platform for talent identification and influencer analytics across the fashion, beauty, food, automotive and consumer goods industries.

  • SenaHill Partners, LP
    • United States
    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Advisor
      • Aug 2015 - Present

      SenaHill is a merchant bank connecting the dots between global financial institutions and the entrepreneurial innovators of financial technology. We ensure the right ideas get in front of the right people. As former operators with incredible domain expertise in the Fin-Tech space, we view our client’s business from the perspective of experience, not a spreadsheet. SenaHill is a merchant bank connecting the dots between global financial institutions and the entrepreneurial innovators of financial technology. We ensure the right ideas get in front of the right people. As former operators with incredible domain expertise in the Fin-Tech space, we view our client’s business from the perspective of experience, not a spreadsheet.

  • Tribeca Early Stage Partners
    • Greater New York City Area
    • Member
      • Dec 2015 - Present

      Tribeca Early Stage Partners is a collection of current and former finance professionals, entrepreneurs, and technologists focused of assisting and investing in seed or early stage companies in the FinTech space. Learn more at www.tribecaesp.com Tribeca Early Stage Partners is a collection of current and former finance professionals, entrepreneurs, and technologists focused of assisting and investing in seed or early stage companies in the FinTech space. Learn more at www.tribecaesp.com

  • Diligence Labs
    • Rochester, New York Area
    • Advisor and Investor
      • Sep 2015 - Present

      Diligence Labs uses Big Data to help connect 18 million college students with 180 thousand employers recruiting on their campuses. Diligence Labs uses Big Data to help connect 18 million college students with 180 thousand employers recruiting on their campuses.

  • ContentStreet
    • Canada
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • Advisor
      • Sep 2018 - Dec 2021

      We help the buy side centralize, organize and privatize all of their research, content and interactions. We help the buy side centralize, organize and privatize all of their research, content and interactions.

  • The Food Exchange
    • Greater Los Angeles Area
    • Advisor and Investor
      • Nov 2017 - Dec 2020

      The Food Exchange is a B2B web-based marketplace for ordering and wholesale comparison shopping. We connect suppliers and buyers, providing industry-relevant technology solutions to optimize the purchasing process. The Food Exchange is a B2B web-based marketplace for ordering and wholesale comparison shopping. We connect suppliers and buyers, providing industry-relevant technology solutions to optimize the purchasing process.

  • Street Context
    • Canada
    • Financial Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • President & Executive Advisor
      • Jan 2016 - Apr 2017

      Street Contxt is reinventing the way information is shared in the institutional financial industry. Our platform delivers competitive advantage to brokerages, asset managers, hedge funds, and boutique research firms. We make content discoverable and accessible, plus we deliver game-changing analytics. Street Contxt is reinventing the way information is shared in the institutional financial industry. Our platform delivers competitive advantage to brokerages, asset managers, hedge funds, and boutique research firms. We make content discoverable and accessible, plus we deliver game-changing analytics.

  • Convergex
    • United States
    • Financial Services
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Chief Executive Officer / Executive Managing Director
      • 2001 - 2014

      Served as Chief Executive Officer (2001–2014), holding full P&L and operational authority for the firm’s research and commission management businesses, including Westminster Research Associates; Jaywalk, LLC and ConvergEx Research Solutions. Built business from a niche player to a widely recognized industry leader. Traveled extensively, met personally with major clients and prospects. Managed 40 employees with 5 direct reports. As Executive Managing Director (2006–2014), collaborated with Executive Committee on strategic direction, new businesses, cross-selling, and other significant management decisions. HIGHLIGHTS: ► Grew total research payments 460+% and captured 25% of total U.S. market share ► Nearly quintupled research payments to $310 million through organic and acquisitional growth ► Propelled market share from 5% to an estimated 25%. Won business away from the competition, cementing the firm’s reputation as a dominant, highly visible player in the market ► Differentiated the firm through cutting-edge technologies, including an enhanced website and a patented web portal to streamline and ease client access ► Created a culture of service, responsiveness and accuracy that surpassed all competitors, achieving #1 ranking for 3 consecutive years in the Greenwich Survey ► Orchestrated successful lobbying before Congress, SEC and White House staff (as well as authorities in the U.K.) to prevent unfavorable regulatory changes. Coordinated efforts that achieved codified federal guidelines enabling the financial services industry to use brokerage commissions to acquire research ► Drove significant increase in annual net revenues for ConvergEx trading for WRA by incorporating the ConvergEx trading desk into the WRA network ► Secured 7 of 12 mandates for Jaywalk to provide independent research to investment banks ► Maintained commission management EBITDA margins of 50+% consistently for more than a decade, even during extreme commission rate suppression Show less

  • Landtel NV
    • Greater New York City Area
    • Managing Director, Strategy & Corporate Development
      • 1999 - 2001

      For this start-up international telecom company based in The Netherlands, played primary role in sourcing investors and raising funding from private equity firm. Coordinated efforts to win licenses in France & Belgium. Recruited and hired country heads and other key staff. Developed and executed market entry strategies. For this start-up international telecom company based in The Netherlands, played primary role in sourcing investors and raising funding from private equity firm. Coordinated efforts to win licenses in France & Belgium. Recruited and hired country heads and other key staff. Developed and executed market entry strategies.

  • BNY Mellon
    • United States
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Vice President / Vice President – International Marketing Division
      • 1989 - 1999

      Led worldwide depositary receipts and securities processing sales and marketing, heading a team of 40 senior sales executives located across 12 countries and regions – including Europe, Middle East and Africa, Northern Asia, Japan, Australia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Traveled internationally, liaising with C-level executives of the world’s largest public and private corporations. Played key role in integrating the acquisition of J.P. Morgan’s global custody business. HIGHLIGHTS ► Completely changed the paradigm to create a pioneering culture of competition for the industry. Propelled what had been a passive, back-office function into a high-profile, high-growth business. Transformed BNY from the industry’s smallest player in the depositary receipts business into the #1 dominant player. ► Brought new vision and ideas that successfully cracked open the market, beating out enormous competitors to win major clients ► Grew previously dormant, undeveloped business to a profitable enterprise that was positioned as the #1 fastest growing division in the bank ► Educated non-U.S. regulators on capital markets access and created first U.S. stock exchange listing of companies from Russia, China, Indonesia, Brazil, India, and many others Show less

  • Citi
    • United States
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Vice President
      • 1988 - 1989

      Pioneered the firm’s sales of depositary receipts to international companies, leveraging contacts around the globe to win the trust of local staff, demonstrate competence, and ensure value from the relationship. Shook up the industry, changing dynamics completely by winning a key customer away from the competition—the first time such a switch had ever been made. Pioneered the firm’s sales of depositary receipts to international companies, leveraging contacts around the globe to win the trust of local staff, demonstrate competence, and ensure value from the relationship. Shook up the industry, changing dynamics completely by winning a key customer away from the competition—the first time such a switch had ever been made.

  • Various governmental offices / agencies
    • Public Sector Experience
      • 1979 - 1989

      PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION TEAM, WASHINGTON, D.C. Member of President George H. W. Bush’s transition team for Commerce Secretary Designate Robert Mosbacher. Took leave of absence from Citibank. ACTING ASSOCIATE DEPUTY SECRETARY U.S Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE UNDER SECRETARY International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANT TO THE DEPUTY SECRETARY U.S. Department of Commerce ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR BUSINESS ISSUES Office of Business Liaison, U.S. Department of Commerce CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANT TO THE DEPUTY UNDERSECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce STAFF ASST TO TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Office of Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Department of Transportation LEGISLATIVE AND CAMPAIGN STAFF TO MAINE CONGRESSMAN AND SENATORS: ► Rose rapidly through the ranks, continuously earning more responsibility. Staffed President’s Commission on Industrial Competitiveness and the Steel Advisory Committee. ► Participated in Technical Telecom Trade Mission to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. ► Major issues of involvement included the prevention of the Fujitsu acquisition of Fairchild, critical Japan trade negotiations in supercomputers, semiconductors, autos, beef and citrus, export controls, anti-dumping as well as other key non-trade related matters such as international whaling disputes and the establishment of the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award. Show less

Education

  • The George Washington University
    Master of Business Administration (MBA), Focus on Finance and International Trade
  • Bowdoin College
    Government and Legal Studies / Environmental Studies

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