Omar has spent over 12 years specializing in security pricing and valuation. He spent 6 years working at PIMCO where he led the European pricing function. He has worked as a fixed income analyst for Interactive Data (acquired by ICE Data Services) and Bloomberg. Omar also has experience in financial engineering and has worked as a front office developer at Danske Bank. Additionally, Omar has a range of entrepreneurial and commercial experience through his involvement with several start-ups. He holds a BSc Mathematics and Management from the University of Manchester and a Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF). He also graduated from the Executive MBA programme at London Business School in 2016.
Martin Brown has extensive experience in the successful transformation and growth of businesses in software and IT infrastructure ranging from $5m to $250m in turnover. Martin has held senior leadership positions at ChangeBase, Symantec and Sun Microsystems and has experience as a chairman and non-executive in the early stage software arena.
Adrian has spent the last 20 years working with early-stage technology companies, bringing rigour to the control, reporting and management of their financial activities whilst helping the management teams to grow their businesses. During that time, he has been involved in fundraising from private equity, venture capital and family offices and has managed mergers, acquisitions and successful exits. He has a wealth of international experience, having worked in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Luxembourg and Denmark. Adrian is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
Shailesh has over thirty years’ experience in Global Financial Services, recently retiring as Chief Risk Officer, Wealth Management at UBS. Shailesh is a business focused Risk Executive with a proven track record in effectively assessing risk-return opportunities and delivering bottom line growth. Risk Expertise, including broad regulatory understanding and engagement, coupled with business experience enabling effective partnerships with business leaders and proven ability to build consensus across multiple disciplines. Success in establishing de novo operations as well as in turnaround situations, organizational transformations and in establishing new holistic risk approach and frameworks. Prior experience including UBS, JP Morgan, General Electric and State Street Corporation in London, New York and Zurich. Shailesh holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Mathematical Physics from University of Liverpool and a PH.D. Degree in Theoretical Physics from University of Leeds.
An entrepreneur in technology & financial markets, prior to founding ipushpull Dan built the Eccoware electronic trading software business delivering the first off-the-shelf arbitrage platform for electronic markets. Dan also runs a derivatives trading company and advises a number of startups. Dan holds a Masters Degree in Operational Research and Business Management from Lancaster University Business School and the University of Rome, and an Honours degree in Electronic Engineering from UCL.
Ben is the co-founder of Securys. As Principal, he leads client engagements across the UK and internationally across a number of sectors. He was formerly founder and CEO of Managed Networks, a leading UK managed services provider. He exited that business in 2018 in a trade sale. Ben has also held a number of non-executive roles, including serving on the boards of TechUk and the BCS. Ben is a CISSP-ISSMP, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, FIP and CIPP/M, IAPP Fellow in International Privacy, BCS Fellow and a Chartered IT Professional.
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