Experience

DMALINK®

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  London, United Kingdom DMALINK is a leading independent electronic trading venue for Emerging Markets FX & Precious Metals. Streaming anonymous and bilateral, proactively tailored pricing, powered by Tier-1 central clearing Prime Brokerage access. The platform services financial institutions including Banks, Hedge Funds, CTA’s, Real Money and Proprietary Trading Firms, who demand tradable rates during volatile market conditions across non-G10 pairs. DMALINK is the only institutional ECN enabling market makers… Show more DMALINK is a leading independent electronic trading venue for Emerging Markets FX & Precious Metals. Streaming anonymous and bilateral, proactively tailored pricing, powered by Tier-1 central clearing Prime Brokerage access. The platform services financial institutions including Banks, Hedge Funds, CTA’s, Real Money and Proprietary Trading Firms, who demand tradable rates during volatile market conditions across non-G10 pairs. DMALINK is the only institutional ECN enabling market makers to trade with all platform participants at no cost. All participants can access advanced analytics, TCA and independent benchmark rates. Show less



Crculus

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Crculus was created to address the structural imperfections of the institutional digital asset custody market and uses cutting edge technology to create accessible, scalable and harmonious digital asset ecosystems. The Crculus TechStack sits in between the application and operating layer and is a critical piece of middleware architecture that enables interoperability across multiple custodians.



DeFinity Markets

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  London, United Kingdom DeFinity Markets is a data centric institutional digital asset ECN, created to address the governance and conduct issues raised by regulators. Our solution is the institutional standard in Digital Asset Trading, revolving around a custody agnostic model, connecting via FIX API with standardized public rulebook and embedded AML/KYC framework. DeFinity Markets addresses the productivity needs of todays financials markets. Banks, Hedge Funds, Asset Managers use our services globally to… Show more DeFinity Markets is a data centric institutional digital asset ECN, created to address the governance and conduct issues raised by regulators. Our solution is the institutional standard in Digital Asset Trading, revolving around a custody agnostic model, connecting via FIX API with standardized public rulebook and embedded AML/KYC framework. DeFinity Markets addresses the productivity needs of todays financials markets. Banks, Hedge Funds, Asset Managers use our services globally to trade digital assets. In addition to supporting decentralised financial services for FX clearing, DeFinity is a layer-2 protocol with a focus on interoperability, utilising existing layer-1 blockchains such as ETH, BSC, CHX, DOT and ADA. Our ambition is to create a more inclusive decentralised ecosystem that helps to bridge the traditional financial & capital markets with the emerging digital financial & capital markets. Show less



Axyon AI

• Italy
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Non Executive Director

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  London, United Kingdom Artificial Intelligence is the apex technology of the information age. The leap from humans telling computers how to act, to computers learning how to act has momentous implications for the asset management industry. Axyon AI is a leading player in deep learning, the newest area of machine learning artificial intelligence, for time series forecasting. Axyon AI partners with asset managers and hedge funds to deliver consistently high-performing end-to-end AI powered quantitative… Show more Artificial Intelligence is the apex technology of the information age. The leap from humans telling computers how to act, to computers learning how to act has momentous implications for the asset management industry. Axyon AI is a leading player in deep learning, the newest area of machine learning artificial intelligence, for time series forecasting. Axyon AI partners with asset managers and hedge funds to deliver consistently high-performing end-to-end AI powered quantitative investment strategies. Focusing on stability and performance, the company’s proprietary Iris technology is designed to drive superior financial time series forecasting and predictive insights, enabling funds to go beyond the limits of systematic human investment logic in a fraction of the time. Show less



Rarible

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Digital Artist

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom We are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves, Bill Hicks.



Lloyds Bank Corporate & Institutional

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director FX Sales

  • Sep 2017 - May 2019

  London, United Kingdom Client for regulatory consultants on the FX value stream for Best execution, MiFID II, and MAR projects.

• Acquisition Finance Origination (Secondment)

  • Apr 2017 - Sep 2017

  London Providing senior loan, mezzanine and high yield financing to support acquisitions, recapitalisations and refinancings by private equity sponsors and structured corporate borrowers.

• Director Mid-Market Derivative Sales & Structuring

  • Oct 2010 - Mar 2017

  London Working with PE General Partners and their portfolio investment companies to mitigate the potential future impact of financial market moves on earnings and eventual exit valuations. Managing the FX risk inherent with cross border M&A as well as hedging the currency risk of the LP equity, at the fund level.

• Associate Director Mid-Market Derivative Sales & Structuring

  • Apr 2007 - Oct 2010

  Managing a portfolio of Mid-Market corporate and fund clients providing a derivatives marketing service for FX, commodities, Interest Rates and Inflation risk management.



Barclays Corporate & Investment Bank

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager FICC, Derivative Sales, Corporate Risk Advisory Group

  • 2004 - 2007

  London Providing an advisory and marketing service to UK Financial Institutions, FTSE 250 and large corporate clients. Structuring, selling and executing vanilla and exotic OTC interest rate derivatives, inflation derivatives and currency option solutions, encompassing both hedging and monetization strategies.



Xe.com

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Currency Strategist

  • 2003 - 2004

  United Kingdom Technical analysis of G10 FX pairs and the composition of currency forecasts and weekly market reports at XE.com (formerly HIFX)