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Quantum Exponential Consultant
Jan. 2025Dubai, United Arab EmiratesQuantum Exponential - Identifying investment opportunities in Quantum Computing through an internationally experienced team of finance professionals, entrepreneurs and QC scientists striding academia and the public sector.
Assisting in the follow-up fund raising round and subsequent investments/
LIBF MENA and AsiaPractitioner
Oct. 2024United Arab EmiratesOver 140 years of heritage in banking and finance, serves MENA from a regional office in Abu Dhabi and is a leading provider of internationally recognised executive development, technical training, and financial services qualifications.
OPUSMember
Oct. 2024London + DubaiThe community where business builders connect & create opportunity together.
WinYieldNon Executive Director
Jul. 2024Dubai, United Arab EmiratesSmart capital for specialty lending and SaaS
EnergismeNon Executive Director
Jun. 2024Paris, Île-de-France, FranceEuronext-listed IoT award winner (ticker: ALNRG.PA), enabling technology for AI applications (from heterogenous data and in real time).
IncomlendChief Operations Officer (COO)
Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2024Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHired to oversee teams across multiple countries & restructure internal procedures and operations after losses
Identified origination and onboarding processes bottlenecks, achieving a gain of 20% in 9 months
Updated Compliance, Legal and Risk procedures including scoring and credit monitoring, tightening them up and substantially lowering overdue invoices to an average of 3 days
Drove the implementation and roll-out of a new internal platform, boosting efficiencies and data capture
Reorganised personnel across teams, streamlining them and re-allocating for expansion
UKQuantumMember
Feb. 2023United KingdomUKQuantum: The voice of the UK’s quantum industry, advocating policies that promote and advance our industry nationally and internationally.
Our vision is for the UK to lead the world in the development and exploitation of quantum technologies. By 2030 UK quantum companies will have a commanding presence in the international market and UK businesses will have clear and robust plans for adopting quantum technologies. UKQuantum’s mission is to:
- Unite the UK quantum industry with one voice
- Champion within Government and internationally, advising on interventions and policies that will advance the UK quantum industry - Promote the adoption and benefits of quantum technologies across the UK economy
GreenEmissionsAdvisor to the Board
Jan. 2023London, England, United KingdomA disruptive innovation for CO2 emissions offsets.
http://www.greenemissions.farm
Chi-X Digital AssetsChief Commercial Officer (CCO)
Apr. 2022 - Apr. 2023London, England, United KingdomHired to help construct a startup digital financing platform around on 3 verticals -information, markets, payments- to service Middle Eastern and African SME debt.
Built 3 fully digital products with a notional $1mln in recurring revenues in East Africa and an additional pipeline in the UAE and East Africa around e-commerce lending, FMCG data mining and lending cooperatives.
Negotiated funding collaborations and JVs for specialised risk and data mining modules for the Middle East.
Tested and launched MVP digital platform.
Triterras (Nasdaq-Listed Spin-off)Chief Operating Officer
Jul. 2020 - Feb. 2022London, United KingdomHired to augment the management team on investors roadshow; once listed, to translate strategy into teams, processes and procedures. Built 20 strong Business Development team in Origination, Structuring and Distribution including marketing and M&A, around Invoice Discounting and Working Capital Solutions. Part of successful SPAC management team with only 6% SPAC investors’ redemption. Oversaw 20 M&A targets reviews and acquisition of UAE SME Working Capital and Invoice Discounting platform.
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