Experience

INITIUM Group

• Switzerland
• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & Chief Executive Officer

  • Nov 2018 - Present

  I am the Founder & CEO of INITIUM Group, a multi-jurisdictional corporate banking group focused on providing traditional banking services to companies operating in the new digital economy. INITIUM Group intends to be the leader in corporate banking for the new digital economy – a potentially lucrative market segment currently underserved by the traditional banking sector. We will offer reliable and responsive corporate banking services to support the businesses building the technology of tomorrow. INITIUM Group is a multi-jurisdictional banking group being built from the ground up to serve the new digital economy. With innovative technologies embedded into our DNA, INITIUM will be both a streamlined service provider and participant in the new digital economy, serving as an eye-level partner to the strongest businesses in the sector. We will provide the crucial core corporate banking services needed by firms in the new digital economy, we will bring together the correct mix of banking skills, industry expertise and new technology to comprehensively understand the sector, mitigate the risk, and select our clients on the strength of their business case, policies and procedures.



IDT Finance

• Gibraltar
• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jun 2006 - Nov 2018

  Overall responsibility for day to day running of all aspects of the operations including full P&L responsibilities of the fully licensed bank. Executive member of the Board proposing and implementing business strategies including capital expenditure to meet business needs.

• Head of Finance and Treasury Director EMEA

  • Jun 2005 - Jun 2006

  Full responsibility for all Finance and Treasury related matters, including financial planning, financial reporting, Forex management, third party billing and settlement. Sign off on all commercial terms and agreements. In addition as the most senior person in the office full day to day responsibility of running the bank. As a board member and member of the senior management team full involvement in all management decisions affecting the bank and future strategy, with full visibility of all operational activity and decisions and with immediate access to all operational teams and decision makers.

• Banking and Treasury Associate

  • Nov 2001 - Jun 2005

  Setup European and Asian Treasury department, raised funding for Group, Renegotiated all existing banking arrangements and facilities across Europe and updated or replaced if appropriate, involved in bringing various new products to market, systems implementations and improvements, ad-hoc financial and operational projects



S&R Asset Management

• Zürich Area, Switzerland

• Investment & Asset Manager

  • Aug 1996 - Sep 1997

  Monitoring of daily cash position and preparation of daily transfer request to optimize investment returns, reconciliation of daily bank account activities, preparation of daily cash position worksheet, placing excess funds on overnight deposits Monitoring of daily cash position and preparation of daily transfer request to optimize investment returns, reconciliation of daily bank account activities, preparation of daily cash position worksheet, placing excess funds on overnight deposits



Guardian Reinsurance Brokers

• Zambia
• Insurance
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Insurance Analyst

  • Aug 1994 - Aug 1996

  Reconciliation of accounts, financial and technical accounts entry and analysis, payment transactions with banks, correspondence associated with this work, work in connection with accounting, working on DP systems and using PC applications, training new staff members Reconciliation of accounts, financial and technical accounts entry and analysis, payment transactions with banks, correspondence associated with this work, work in connection with accounting, working on DP systems and using PC applications, training new staff members