Experience

EMURGO

• Singapore
• Blockchain Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Singapore EMURGO is a co-founding entity, and exists to facilitate commercial adoption, of the Cardano blockchain. In my role as COO, I have oversight of our operating business, namely fintech, media and education products, as well as infrastructure teams.

• Director (CEO Office)

  • Sep 2022 - Mar 2023

  Singapore



Self-employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Angel Investor & Advisor

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Singapore I have been working with a number of crypto, digital asset, de-fi and Web3 projects as business advisor, assisting with finance, fund-raising, sales/broader commercial and regulatory issues. Please DM to explore more.



Barclays

• India
• Outsourcing/Offshoring
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director - Macro Sales - Asia Client Strategy

  • Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

  Singapore - Adapted and supported execution of client strategy, with a primary focus on Macro (Rates and FX) products, identifying incremental revenue and cross-sell opportunities with other desks. - Identified business development opportunities, via review of market wallet size, pricing, competition, product and potential partners. - Worked with Senior Relationship Managers, Sales, Trading and infrastructure teams through market benchmarking exercises, client segment review and review of Sales &… Show more - Adapted and supported execution of client strategy, with a primary focus on Macro (Rates and FX) products, identifying incremental revenue and cross-sell opportunities with other desks. - Identified business development opportunities, via review of market wallet size, pricing, competition, product and potential partners. - Worked with Senior Relationship Managers, Sales, Trading and infrastructure teams through market benchmarking exercises, client segment review and review of Sales & Trading plans and priorities. - Adapted and managed non-financial KPIs for business (e.g. volumes, wallet share, hit-miss ratios). Show less



Start-up facilitating trade finance via blockchain

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Feb 2020 - Jun 2021

  Singapore - Established strategic growth plan with CEO for client adoption, footprint, revenues and funding. - Maintained investor relations, including a strong network across VCs and other investors in SE Asia. - Successfully closed USD7m Series A equity-financing in March 2021. - Built relationships with institutional/corporate clients. - Worked directly with internal teams (Sales, Customer Success, Engineering, Marketing) to execute business initiatives.



Barclays Investment Bank

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director - APAC Business Manager

  • Apr 2015 - Jan 2020

  Singapore - Identified opportunities for business development, such as new revenue streams via product/markets strategy reviews and client account planning. - Established a cross-sell pilot within APAC across FICC, Equities and IBD teams to leverage relationships and identify opportunities to increase revenue. - Helped Senior Relationship Managers with ongoing engagement of their client portfolio. - Improved financial performance by optimising capital, funding and balance sheet at client… Show more - Identified opportunities for business development, such as new revenue streams via product/markets strategy reviews and client account planning. - Established a cross-sell pilot within APAC across FICC, Equities and IBD teams to leverage relationships and identify opportunities to increase revenue. - Helped Senior Relationship Managers with ongoing engagement of their client portfolio. - Improved financial performance by optimising capital, funding and balance sheet at client portfolio level. - Successful launch of Barclays’ first Asian hackathon focused on post-trade processing in 2019.

• Director - Finance Prudential Capital Advisory

  • Mar 2013 - Mar 2015

  Singapore - Facilitated engagement with clients by providing education on incoming banking capital regulation changes, such as Basel III. - Provided transaction-specific capital structuring advice across all asset classes to APAC clients under UK and Asian (MAS, HKMA, RBI, JFSA) frameworks; considering Tax, Treasury and Legal factors as part of overall analysis to achieve an improved commercial outcome for clients or Return on Equity for the bank. - Analysed client portfolios to identify… Show more - Facilitated engagement with clients by providing education on incoming banking capital regulation changes, such as Basel III. - Provided transaction-specific capital structuring advice across all asset classes to APAC clients under UK and Asian (MAS, HKMA, RBI, JFSA) frameworks; considering Tax, Treasury and Legal factors as part of overall analysis to achieve an improved commercial outcome for clients or Return on Equity for the bank. - Analysed client portfolios to identify opportunities to improve financial performance and capital management. - Led advocacy initiatives with industry bodies/regulators on Central Counterparties, credit default swaps and securitisation.

• Vice President - Finance Prudential Capital Advisory

  • Apr 2010 - Mar 2013

  London, United Kingdom Provided capital advice to London and New York desks on structured transactions and restructuring of credit/real-estate securitisations. Subject matter expert across Business and Infrastructure stakeholders on implementation of Basel 2.5 and 3. Led advocacy initiatives with EU regulators (Credit Rating and Concentration Risk); RBI and MAS (Basel 3).

• Vice President - Risk Weighted Asset Reporting

  • Mar 2008 - Apr 2010

  London, United Kingdom

• Manager - Finance Concentration Risk

  • Mar 2006 - Feb 2008

  London, United Kingdom Converted tactical reporting processes into a strategic solution for Basel 2 capital reporting. Recruited and retained staff: built team of 20 people over 6 months. Built tactical process to capture trade information and calculate Risk-Weighted Assets in accordance with Basel 1 and 2.

• Executive - Finance Regulatory Reporting

  • May 2004 - Feb 2006

  London, United Kingdom



Blick Rothenberg

• United Kingdom
• Accounting
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Auditor

  • Sep 2000 - May 2004

  Trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the Audit department, mainly focused on property and retail sector.