Experience

GranGran

• China
• Investment Banking

• Founder & CEO

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  Reimagining how to incorporate tech into elderly and dementia care Reimagining how to incorporate tech into elderly and dementia care


UENI Ltd
• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Head Of Operations

  • Nov 2019 - Feb 2020

Drover
• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Head of Pricing and Yield Optimisation

  • May 2019 - Nov 2019


Hostmaker

• United Kingdom
• Leisure, Travel & Tourism
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Global Head of Yield Management

  • Jul 2015 - May 2019

  Lead a team of 20 people who focus on maximising the yield of 1000s of properties across 7+ cities according to the risk appetite of each client whether an individual homeowners with 1 property or an institutional investor with a portfolio of properties. Hostmaker is a full-service homestay management company. Through our keen focus on customer service, we have grown in just three years to be the European leader with offices in London, Paris, Rome, Barcelona, Lisbon, Florence and Madrid. To fuel our global ambitions, institutional investors have backed our sustainable growth plans with £20M in funding over multiple rounds - the largest investments received in this category anywhere in the world.



Independent Financial Consultant

• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Consultant

  • Feb 2015 - Jul 2015

  Provide independent valuation services for a multibillion dollar emerging market private equity transaction and act as an expert witness in litigation proceedings. Provide independent valuation services for a multibillion dollar emerging market private equity transaction and act as an expert witness in litigation proceedings.



IlliquidX

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Distressed Credit Origination/Analysis

  • May 2013 - Oct 2014

  • Develop relationships with portfolio managers, traders and risk managers at various financial institutions to originate supply and generate trade ideas. • Analyze public and private financial statements, administrator reports and other information to form a view on the recovery value of debt to market to buyside clients. • Examine the changes in the provisioning levels of financial institutions to determine likelihood of credit disposal. • Negotiate terms of legal documents to retrieve private information on illiquid credits. • Monitor corporate activity in the maritime sector to become the firm’s primary shipping expert



Cohen & Company

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President

  • 2011 - Oct 2012

  • Primarily responsible for advising the firm on establishing a distressed and emerging market loan trading business. • Educated various departments on the fundamentals and processes of trading distressed loans. • Managed clients and helped direct their processes as they prepared to dispose of their distressed portfolios. • Opened lines with Asian counterparties previously unknown to the firm to trade Asian and European fixed income. • Primarily responsible for advising the firm on establishing a distressed and emerging market loan trading business. • Educated various departments on the fundamentals and processes of trading distressed loans. • Managed clients and helped direct their processes as they prepared to dispose of their distressed portfolios. • Opened lines with Asian counterparties previously unknown to the firm to trade Asian and European fixed income.



Yorvik Partners LLP

• Distressed Credit Sourcer

  • 2010 - 2011

  • Sourced a variety of distressed loans, bonds and trade claims from Middle-Eastern and Asian financial institutions. • Aggressively negotiated price and terms with senior bank officials to maximize volume and trade margins. • Managed and developed relationships with various global financial institutions previously unknown to Yorvik. • Ensured clients were updated on key credit developments and translated the market impact on their distressed positions. Major Contributions: • Generated risk-free revenue in excess of $1mm within the first year. • Crafted mechanisms used to trade distressed credits in compliance with Islamic finance / Sharia Law. • Became the first person ever to trade commercial debt with an Islamic Bank in Malaysia. • Established the secondary market in Arcapita and Aston Martin by executing the syndicate’s maiden trade. • Created relationships with over 350 institutions holding distressed credits in the Middle East and Asia.



BlueMountain Capital Management

• United States
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations Analyst

  • 2005 - 2008

  • Established a European operational presence to preempt settlement issues and clear a path for CLOs prelaunch. • Generated NAV reports by utilizing dealer runs to ensure accuracy in unrealized P&L. • Responsible for the reconciliation of £600 million of diverse TRS facilities. • Collaborated with TRS facility managers to strategize ways to reduce outstanding settlements, expedite the documentation process and enhance overall productivity and effectiveness. • Developed bespoke reports allowing loan portfolio managers to quickly analyze their positions relative to weight, strategy, seniority and foreign exchange fluctuations. Major Contributions: • Reduced the time needed for daily P&L reporting by streamlining data collection. • Eliminated the need for manual inputs in the pricing model thereby reducing human error. • Saved hundreds of thousands of pounds by monitoring trading activity and providing expertise to guide efficient trade allocation across TRS facilities. • Virtually eliminated the cash break backlog on payment reconciliation reports, settling most trades in 1-3 days instead of 3-6 months. • Slashed the time spent on the quarterly credit default swap payment process across 3 prime brokers and independent counterparties from 3 weeks to 3 days by moving the process in house.