Founder Profiles

Corporate Banker with over 25 years with Standard Chartered across Greater China, Japan, Korea, Middle East. Regional business Head and Exco member with P&L responsibility for complex portfolio of USD1bn+. Experienced in regulatory engagements with likes of PBOC and HKMA. Scaled up cash management and trade & working capital solutions business. Board Member of fintech TAS Connect. Certified in sustainable finance. Extensive media experience. Financial Times Non-Executive Director Diploma holder

20+ years across buy- and sell-side finance, with deep expertise spanning hedge funds, alternatives, institutional sales, portfolio management, capital markets and equity trading. Held senior roles at Prelude Capital and Deutsche Bank across Hong Kong and Singapore with early career experience in management consulting at BCG and Accenture. Engineer, CFA Charterholder and INSEAD MBA, with advanced certifications in portfolio construction, machine learning, and DeFi.

Risk and data expert with 30+ years experience in capital markets. Managed and delivered large scale global programs navigating cross-cultural and cross-functional complexities. Deep expertise across all major markets and products including rates, credit, equity, hybrids, CVA, funds, US mortgages, CLOs and secured funding transactions. Senior management roles at the likes of Nomura Securities, Lehman Brothers and Société Générale

Biswajyoti Upadhyay
Dhiraj Chandak
Hugo-Lancelot Marty
Navdeep Marwaha

Consumer finance & payments specialist with 25 years of experience across Southeast Asia, India, and the UK, senior roles in major organization including Mastercard, Bank of England/Financial Services Authority, American Express, and GE Money. Proven track record in market expansion, corporate strategy, roll out of prudential supervision across the EU, commercialization of strategic equity investments. INSEAD MBA and Financial Times Non-Executive Director Diploma holder

Sam Duarah

Capital Markets specialist with 25 years track record in crafting and delivering strategic growth, improving bottomline from cost and operational efficiencies, enhancing return on financial resources through data-driven approach to resource allocation, management of large-scale business restructuring, due diligence of inorganic opportunities and post-merger integration. INSEAD MBA with work experience at both strategy consultancy (Oliver Wyman) and banks (Nomura, Citi, Mizuho)