EF Alumni

Alexandros Pantalis

CEO, Phagos

Founded:

Cofounder:

Interests / background:

Biotechnology, Finance, Retail and Commerce

Location:

Paris

Cohort:

Alexandros Pantalis is a tech entrepreneur who has built and managed several successful startups in the fields of e-commerce, software development, and fintech.

He holds a Master’s degree in Management from HEC Paris, Grande Ecole, with a specialisation in Entrepreneurship.

Company:

Phagos

Enhancing bacteriophages to solve infectious diseases

Dominic Hall

CTO, Biographica

Cambridge PhD in computational genomics. Graph ML specialist. Gene discovery ML researcher.

Cecy Price

CEO, Biographica

Oxford biological scientist. Imperial ML Masters. Experience commercialising gene-editing technology

Firoozeh Foroughi

PhD Material Science at National University of Singapore. Specialist in Polymers and Ceramics.

Kriti Dang

Bachelors of Business. Has experience leading teams and being part of the 0-1 Journey of companies.

Sam Milliken-Smith

5+ years in healthcare innovation with UnitedHealth Group & the NHS. Oxford & Cambridge graduate.

Rosália Lopes Rodrigues

CTO, Optima Nanomed

PhD in developing sophisticated nanomedicines using nanomaterials for bespoke cancer management.

Antonia Theodorakopoulou

CEO, Optima Nanomed

Multi-awarded chemist in computational methods and nanotechnology, ex startup strategy consultant.

Emily Sheridan

CTO, Level Nine

PhD Bio-Nanoscience from top 1% nano research centre. Specialist in biochem, biotech & nanotech.

Seadna Quigley

CEO, Level Nine

Repeat founder; CFO in sustainability, scaling company through 7x revenue growth in 5yrs.

Maxime Mistretta

CTO, Spore Biotechnologies

PhD & Postdoc in Microbiology at Institut Pasteur. Specialist in advanced bacterial imaging methods.

Amit Kumar Khan

PhD in Biomaterials Science, startup experience, built & led tech team, 6 patents, 4 publications.

Albertus Sarwono

CTO, Allium Bio

Biochemistry PhD-turned-food scientist. Specialist in fungi, microbiology, & protein chemistry.

Tan Ding Jie

An organic chemist-turned-food scientist, DJ is known as Singapore’s Prince of Fermentation.

Jake Berber

As a neuroscientist with an MBA, Jake was employee #8 at a biotech startup and a foodtech VC.

Dr Jordy Tasserie

Neuroscientist, PhD in Brain Stimulation & Medical Imaging (Paris), researcher Toronto & Harvard.

Jeffrey Schuster

CTO, Miist Therapeutics

Physics PhD with 30 years of industry experience developing advanced inhaled drug delivery systems.

Lucie Kriegshauser

Postdoctoral researcher in Plant Biotechnology. Focus on secondary metabolism & genetic engineering.

Brett Cotten

CEO, Arda Biomaterials

Alternative protein domain expert. Food and materials book author. Cambridge MBA for biotech (MBE).

Cyril Deroy

CSO, Celerity Labs

PhD Bioengineering at Oxford. Microfluidics & 3D print specialist. Work used in academia & industry.

Lazar Jovanovic

CTO, Summations

PhD graduate with 9 academic publications and multiple presentation awards in the last 4 years

Andrew Jajack

2x YC founder in diagnostics space with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering

Mark Caffrey

Applied Physicist, Biomedical & Electrical Engineer, PhD (c) Medical Tech NUI Galway, 2x CTO

Sujaan Das

CTO, Crane Biosciences

Biochem PhD at the Crick Institute, Curie Fellow. Experience in biochemical processing of cells.

Luca Bolondi

CEO, Crane Biosciences

Engineer experienced in growing deeptech startups, raised >$1M. Spent >1000hrs learning biotech.

Phil Haynes

PhD Molecular Biophysics at UCL and Imperial College London. Specialist in AI and microscopy R&D.

Rory Ryan

3x founder, exited 1x biotech company, experienced in engineering, 3 years working in Shenzhen China

Dr. Emilia McLaughlin

PhD in cell and molecular biology, 6+ years experience studying evolutionarily diverse life forms

Madeleine Moscatelli

CTO, EndoGene.Bio

PhD & Post-Doc in Genetics & Epigenetics with extensive stem cell experience ex-Université de Paris

Maria Teresa Perez Zaballos

CEO, EndoGene.Bio

Ex-Merck Fertility Portfolio Expansion Manager. PhD in Medical Devices, & MSc in Biotech Management

Sujoy Deb

Expert in Advanced molecular biology and genomics

Divya Sriram

PhD in cancer biology, expert in innovating the infectious diseases diagnosis with molecular biology

Cuong To

CTO, Cinference

Expert in machine learning, previously lead data scientist at AI startup

Christian Wirsching

CEO, Cinference

Former management consultant with degrees in engineering and business

Dali Rashid

Post Doc in Plant Biotechnology with extensive experience in plant metal hyperaccumulation

Fabien Koutchekian

Former Strategy Consultant and Mining Engineer, 2nd time deep-tech startup founder

Adèle James

PhD in molecular microbiology, one of 20 world experts in phage therapy applied to aquatic organisms

Gabriel Dumy

PhD in acoustophoresis with experience in developing cell growing acoustic devices

Amélie Quilichini

Engineer with experience in managing tech & hardware projects as a strategy consultant

Adam Glen

CTO, Unicorn Biotechnologies

PhD in cell biology, experience at the intersection of biology and engineering

Jack Reid

CEO, Unicorn Biotechnologies

Trained chemist and philosopher, experience developing and commercializing new technologies

Cristiana Banila

PhD in Molecular Epidemiology, developed cancer screening tool for NHS, Oxford and Princeton grad

Shakiba Kaveh

Developed and sold technologies to the skincare industry, PhD Materials Science from Cambridge

Giovanni Rovere

Developed biomedical wearables, ETH Zurich PhD graduate. Expert in acquiring data from the body

Ludovico Mitchener

CTO, PhycoWorks

AI engineer & interdisciplinary scientist

Stefan Grossfurthner

CEO, PhycoWorks

Prize-winning synthetic biologist with a PhD in algal biotechnology from Cambridge

Dr Dinaz Zenobia Stutterheim

Expert in advanced mechanics of materials, PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Prakruti Kodali

Degree in Civil Engineering, experience driving growth strategy and innovation as a consultant

Yudi Ding

CEO, Hide Biotech

Cambridge PhD specialised in organic and protein chemistry

Ling Ka Yi

CTO, Shiok Meats

PhD in Endocrinology and Reproductive physiology, specialist in stem cells

Sandhya Sriram

CEO, Shiok Meats

PhD in Biological Science, specialist in stem cells, a serial entrepreneur, and a thought leader

Rishita Changede

CEO, TeOra.Life

Award-winning scientist, experience in genetic engineering, biosensors and biophysics

Kishan Kishan

Co-founder, Neurobit

Expert in bioelectronic design and soft condensed matter physics

Amiya Patanaik

Experience studying sleep and cognitive neuroscience. PhD in Computer Engineering

Amber Hill

Expertise in medical research and engineering, PhD in Biomedical Neuroscience

Ed Cartwright

Paediatric doctor with a PhD in Microbiology & Epidemiology

Micol de Ruvo

CTO, Cogniscent

PhD and postdoc in Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering

Kai Lammel

CEO, Cogniscent

Commercial experience in Marketing, Sales and Consulting

Carlos Chacón-Martínez

PhD in Cell Biology, experience in skin/hair stem cells & regenerative medicine

Jurek Kozyra

PhD in DNA Nanotechnology, background in complex AI

Syed Shakeel Ahmed

PhD in Cancer Biology, experience leading collaborative projects with cancer clinics

Harold Mollison

Head of Sales and Marketing, Spidfier

Background in marketing and management

Stylianos Makrogkikas

Founder, FALCONBIO

PhD in Genome Engineering, experience in genetic manipulation

Nina Patrick

PhD in Drug Discovery and Development, previously senior scientist for biotech startups

Steven R Tsitas

PhD in Planetary Science, produced innovative work on 6U CubeSat

Sheetal Sinha

PhD in Biophysics, expert in microbial interactions & detection

Amit Kumar

PhD in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Dan Greenfield

Degrees in Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computer Engineering

Dimitris Athanasiou

CTO, Neurofenix

Master’s in Biomechanics, experience in medical device development and clinical trials

Guillem Singla Buxarrais

CEO, Neurofenix

Prize-winning biomedical engineer

Peter Clarke

CEO, Resurgo Genetics

Computational biologist

Will Moss

Data scientist and Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology graduate

Lionel Mora

Background in business and product, ex-Google

Patrick Torbey

PhD in Genome Editing with 3 published papers

Ewan Munro

CTO, Entropica Labs

Specialist in modelling physical platforms for quantum computing and information processing

Tommaso Federico Demarie

CEO, Entropica Labs

Physicist with experience in the field of quantum computing

Ernestas Sirka

Leading researcher in proteomics and clinical test development

Michael Dove

Worked in consulting and business development at top pharmaceutical and healthcare organisations

Quin Wills

Medical doctor with PhD in system genomics, founded Cellular and Systems Genomics department

Jack O’Meara

Biomedical engineer with experience bringing new technologies to market

Cesar Valencia-Gallardo

Former academic, deep expertise across biophysics and biotechnology

Ben Lakey

CEO, Syndi Health

Impact-driven Bioengineer, specialised in Medical Device regulatory navigation and commercialisation

Trisha Chatterjee

CTO, immunitoAI

Experienced in R&D, applying AI & ML solutions to various real world problems

Aridni Shah

CEO, immunitoAI

Experience in immunoassays, molecular techniques & molecular data analytics

Dr Akhilesh Chaurasia

Leader in field of genetically modified organisms

Hubert Tse

Experience in capital markets, launched successful energy trading ventures

Ollie Graham

CEO, Surge Analytics

Experience in financial services and software engineering

Dr Abhijit Salvekar

Co-founder, Polymerize

Polymer scientist with expertise in Process-Structure-Property Relationships and DoE.

Mona Kab Omir

Specialist in nanomedicine with multidisciplinary research experience in industry and academia

Alex Sheppard

Experience in the diagnostics industry space and successfully scaling medtech startups

Christopher Thompson

CTO, Micrographia Bio

Molecular biologist, machine learning engineer and roboticist

Julia Fan Li

CEO, Micrographia Bio

Immunologist and recovering VC

Andrea Mambrini

Award winning data scientist, developed bio-inspired algorithms for European Space Agency

Federico Paoletti

Award-winning computational oncology PhD, previously WHO

Ting Lye

Experience implementing data-driven health solutions

Dr Akbar Vahidi

Co-founder, Allozymes

PhD in enzyme technology, delivered industrial projects to big pharma, food and biofuel companies

Dr Peyman Salehian

Co-founder, Allozymes

Entrepreneur-scientist, managed international team as Head of Business Development

Ian Hu

CTO, Phycobloom

PhD in Evolutionary Biology, experience studying algae, synthetic biologists and leading teams

John C. Waite

CEO, Phycobloom

Developed technology for sustainable energy with a background in Material Science

Christian Mellor

Expertise in Biomedical Engineering and medical devises

Jonathan Baptista

Experienced in managing international teams with an MSc in complex systems simulation

Aditya Nayak

CTO, Plantik Biosciences

Structural and molecular biologist, leader in field of Ambient Temperature Sensing in plants

Ying Shao

CEO, Plantik Biosciences

Experience in company building, leading business development, strategy and marketing

Grant Aarons

CEO, FabricNano

PhD in Economics, worked in systems engineering and mathematical modelling

Dr. Mohammad H. D.A. Farahani

Entrepreneurial scientist, PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Moses Kakanga

PhD in biochemistry, experienced running clinical trials

Emiliano Lepore

PhD in biomaterials with experience in product innovation and business development

Ali Naderi

Deep researcher in field of gas processing membranes

Andre Lorenceau

Experienced in scaling and raising from VCs

Karol Rogowski

CTO, ElementZero Biolabs

PhD in Biochemistry, experienced in RNA/DNA research

John Moura

CEO, ElementZero Biolabs

Led product development, sales, and operations in global companies

David Gorgan

CEO, Nostos Genomics

Experienced with medical ML products and in the healthcare industry

Rocio Acuna Hidalgo

CTO, Nostos Genomics

Medical doctor with PhD in human genetics, previously Max Planck Institute

Joanne Kanaan

PhD from Ecole Normale Supérieure, research at the frontier of biochemistry and biophysics

Anna Shirinskaya

PhD in bioelectronics from Ecole Polytechnique, expert in bio-sensing devices

Hana Janebdar

Biochemical engineer, previously UCL and Imperial College London

Leighton Turner

Interdisciplinary scientist, PhD in Molecular Genetics

Alexandre Reeber

CEO, Core Biogenesis

Master's degree in Neuroscience, former project manager in Neurotechnology

Chouaib Meziadi

CTO, Core Biogenesis

PhD in Plant Genetics, postdoc in Epigenetics

Alexandra Boussommier

Biomedical engineer, using AI to tackle infertility

Peter Kecskemethy

Background in high-performance computing and statistical genetics

Christopher Reynolds

CTO, Better Dairy

Synthetic biologists, led projects to optimise protein expression in cells

Jevan Nagarajah

CEO, Better Dairy

Experienced across banking and technology

Avlokita Tiwari

Bioinformatician with expertise in computational biology and genomic data

Praapti Jayaswal

Molecular and microbiologist combatting anti-microbial resistance

Marie-Christine Imbert

Molecular biologist

Timothy Bouley

Medical doctor and environmental scientist

Mohamed Tazi

COO, Spore Biotechnologies

Physics Engineer & 2x founder. Co-founded Gymlib, a leading B2B service solution he sold in 2022.

Abdulhakim Bashir

CTO, Moonah Technologies

ML Engineer & Analyst @ Nigerian Government. Built AML algos to monitor finance & crypto sectors.

Zachary Schwartzman

CEO, Moonah Technologies

Former Wall Street Internet & Crypto Analyst @ RBC. Worked on ~12 IPOs (Jumia). Oxford MBA.

Farrah Barber

CEO, Primordial

Ex-McKinsey consultant and software engineer, with experience in private equity and sustainability.

Cornelia Weinzierl

CEO, Salus Labs

Serial entrepreneur, Crypto since 2017, Web3 community building, BSc Technology and Management.

Christophe Auber

CEO, Greenspot AI

Math & CS Bachelors from Stanford. Led sales productivity & strategy projects at McKinsey.

Nikita Bulgakov

LSE, Finance. ex-VC (invested $17M+ in 30+ companies) & B2B Sales specialist (led team of 25+).

Olivia Stannah

Banker turned builder. Left Merrill & UBS for CompSci at Imperial. Led eng team at payment startup.

Ed Hardy

Founded first startup at 14. ex-Worldpay, experienced GTM and Product payments lead.

Sam Milliken-Smith

5+ years in healthcare innovation with UnitedHealth Group & the NHS. Oxford & Cambridge graduate.

Hayyaan Ahmad

Full stack Engineer and Operator. Led teams for Amazon Tier-1 experiences.

Pac O’Shea

Ex-VP and Sales leader. Led teams across fintechs and financial institutions.

Praneet Sinha

Fintech/web3 entrepreneur with 5+ yrs exp; built & scaled products in DeFi, banking & paying domain.

Matthew Bond

CEO, Borderless

Oxford Maths + Berkeley MBA. 2x founder. Product builder in SF tech startups & London finance firms.

Daniel Ruiz

CTO, Adelántalo

10+ years of technical entrepreneurship, NGO founder and mentor, and engineering leader at Fintechs.

Nael Cavazos

CEO, Adelántalo

3x founder, MBA candidate, mechatronics engineer, and self-taught CFO.

Giovanni Ughi

Serial entrepreneur. COO at Kreatize. 5yrs IB at Rothschild & Co.

Hubert Ancelot

Hedge fund portfolio quant & partner. Algorithm & full-stack developer. Finance Bocconi graduate.

Tomek McClintock

Economics MPhil from Cambridge & BEng from Imperial College. Ex-Bain consultant focused on finance.

Vladimir Stoyanov

MSc, MFin, MBA; Led, grew & exited a B2B SaaS Co. Ex-trader at UBS with US$6B AUM.

Mathieu Azar

HEC, Sciences Po & Columbia Uni grad. B2B go-to-market exp. from NY HRTech startup to VC & Google.

Jon Ho

CEO, Allium Bio

Agrifoodtech VC. Launched $30M healthtech business. Raised $3M for previous startup.

Jake Berber

As a neuroscientist with an MBA, Jake was employee #8 at a biotech startup and a foodtech VC.

Kate Ma

COO, Neptune Robotics

Experience software engineer with an MSc in Financial Statistics from London School of Economics.

Chloe Burles

Experienced CEO and British record holder.

Dominik Pederzani

Second-time founder, ex-McKinsey, Wharton MBA, COO of publicly-listed fintech.

Maximilian Rolf

Former tech investment banker, advised leading B2B SaaS companies.

Leon Wisskirchen

WHU graduate. Serial founder and former Head of Operations at SumUp US. Full-stack web developer.

Konstantin Häfner

Awarded lawyer with a strong VC/regulatory background. Former legal advisor at N26.

Moritz Gessl

WHU graduate, co-founded crypto start-up and built companies for an incubator, in crypto since 2017.

Kevin Bonte

Experienced Engineer in B2B payments.

Thomas Claassen

Experienced in finance and payments.

Omar Dekkiche

Engineer. Former M&A banker. Second time deep tech startup founder.

Ben Stemper

CEO, Grey Swan Finance

Former Options Quant at Citadel. PhD in Options Pricing. Oxford Mathematics MSc.

Henry Course

Fintech expert and previous founder. He’s built products that serve millions of people.

Ben Champion

Ben is a 3rd time founder, fintech operator with one exit under his belt.

Alex Hooper

Self-taught software engineer, previously building and leading engineering teams at 11:FS.

Daniel Parekh-Hill

3x founder. 5 years building, scaling and advising companies from MVP to IPO.

Louis Lammerting

CTO, SoLo Protocol

Founded Math X (40k users). Ex-Consultant at Strategy & University of Chicago Blockchain Engineer.

Rohan Tangri

CEO, Compass Labs

AI @ JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Statistical Machine Learning PhD @ Imperial College London.

Elisabeth Duijnstee

CEO, Compass Labs

Physics PhD @ University of Oxford, Machine Learning fellow @ Faculty AI.

Rumessa Raja

CEO, Celerity Labs

Designed & scaled e-commerce platforms leading B2B companies in advanced industries (ex-McKinsey).

Eswar Prasanth Nagasamudram

MBA from ISB. 8 years of experience building & scaling products at Goldman Sachs, Mckinsey & Rupeek.

Dhawal Patel

Built Loan Origination & Management Systems for Capital Float & Funding Societies. Ex-CTO at Aureal.

Gaurav Agarwal

Second time entrepreneur. Previously built credit underwriting engines for Capital Float and bill pa

Frederick Sia

Serial entrepreneur with MSc in Investment Management.

Phoebe Chibuzo Hugh

Ex-underwriter and project manager at Aviva

Karam El Assaad

Strong expertise leading enterprise and SME sales across MEA region

Rishabh Varshney

Building climate solutions since 2012. CEO @ buywithimpact (acq), Product/Design @ RBC, Wrapbook

Anna Wang

Experienced investor in renewable & infrastructure projects. Helped companies with energy transition

Jennifer Wang

CEO, Summations

Second time founder with experience in sales and product management

Katrin Shechtman

CTO, Trust Chain

Tech entrepreneur with 17+ yrs. Led her own consultancy company with FinTech & government clients

Giancarlo De Lio

CEO, Trust Chain

Seasoned entrepreneur with 20+ yrs including co-founding VitalHub (IPO) and multiple exists

Charles Ashby-Lepore

CTO, Metacommerce

Senior Software Developer, with expertise in Machine Learning. Ex Co-Founder, Koïos Intelligence.

Sudipta Biswas

Expert in AI, machine learning, deep learning and product development.

Sanskar Jayaswal

Supported startups across business & growth functions in 0-1 stage, pivotal role in FinTech domains

Pranav Nair

Hands-on experience in Blockchain 2.0, Solidity & Smart Contracts, built banking products

Kushagra Manglik

Has experience building APIs and AI models for multiple large scale companies.

Srinivas Sarkar

Has experience in consulting large enterprises and B2C startups in India.

Dr. Desiree-Jessica Pely

CTO, MetaWealth

Financial Economist trained at LMU Munich, Yale, & University of Miami, Computer Science background

Florian Drummen

CEO, MetaWealth

Built and scaled ventures at BCG Digital Ventures and FinTech Unicorn SumUp, WHU Graduate

Oliver Weiss

Serial founder. Developed ISO standard. Public Health speaker. CBS graduate

Bisola Asolo

Previously exited web3 founder. Full-stack developer with a finance background, ex J.P. Morgan.

James Branigan

Cambridge graduate. Degrees in Physics, Applied Mathematics, and AI. Former top B2C salesman

Ojas Shukla

Second time founder. University of Singapore dropout. Successfully exited first company at age 19

Alexandre Bonnet

MSc in Theoretical Physics, built data platforms behind largest FinTech & InsurTech startups in UK

Cillian Bourke

2nd time founder, six years designing and distributing novel insurance products.

Cyrille Pastour

Co-founder, Swaap

Ex-BCG. Master’s in Finance from HEC Paris.

Sam Daviau

Co-founder, UpBeing

SaaS tech and community leader with proven success in Operations, Partnerships and Product

Alesis Novik

Exited co-founder and CTO of AimBrain, formerly CERN and E Capital

Andrius Sutas

Exited co-founder and CEO of AimBrain, graduated top of class in Computer Science and Electronics

Srivar Harlalka

MSc in Finance and Strategy, founded 3 consumer facing startups

Srinidhi Moodalagiri

Computer scientist, built risk models for multi-billion dollar consumer portfolios

Artur Begyan

Mathematical financial developer and economist, including working as a Quant at Bank of America

Simon Jones

Strong financial technology startup background; prior founder, operator and investor

Alex Lempka

CEO, Connect Earth

Experience founding and scaling businesses, worked in FinTech his entire career

Kartik Arora

Full-stack developer and engineering manager across fast-growing startups

Apoorv Singh

Experience scaling B2B SaaS sales across three continents

Lorenzo Ampil

CTO, Hawksight.co

Data scientist, built financial AI software for global enterprises and asset management firms

Bradian Muliadi

CEO, Hawksight.co

Built and sold Indonesia's largest creator platform, scaled leading social SaaS startup

Priya Surya

MPA/ID in International Development, experience in growth and building international partnerships

Ali Khachlouf

CEO, SquareMind

Experience in private equity and consulting, advised on strategy and growth

Michael Curtis

PhD simulating black holes, building web apps since age 12

Vivek Madlani

Experience in finance, including trading and product distribution and design

David Au

Co-founder, MechaniX

MSc in Financial Mathematics, experience applying machine learning for trading strategies

Thomas Yue

Co-founder, MechaniX

PhD in Computational Physics, experience in algorithmic trading

Majdi Rabia

CTO, Fairphonic

Two Master's in Applied Probability and Statistics

Vishvesh Suriyanarayanan

Software engineer turned product manager

Dylan Tan

Experience in the online travel industry, built commercial partnerships

Simon Spurrier

Engineer and product manager, built financial optimisation algorithms

Siddhartha Gunti

Co-founder, Adaface

Researched in context based machine translation, ex-Quant

Andre Woons

Founded peer-to-peer payment application, led development team

Mandeep Gill

PhD focused on distributed systems engineering, experience in startups and finance

Avni Agrawal

Computer science engineer, experience in big data analytics and machine learning

Gustavo Silva

CTO, Rosecut Technologies

Machine learning specialist

Qiaojia Li

CEO, Rosecut Technologies

Record-breaking private bank advisor

Vadim Toader

CEO, Proportunity

Valuation and forecasting experience, degree in Engineering, Economics and Management

Gabriel Lau

PhD in molecular physics, experience in numerical methods and local optimization techniques

Mriganka Pattnaik

CEO, Merkle Science

Experience from across investment banking and technology

Arnor Davidsson

Experienced in software engineering, product management and UX, MSc in Computer Science

Majed Chaaraoui

Experience in consulting and investment banking

Chi Fung Lok

CTO, Caelus Technologies

Design experience in analog, mixed-signal and RF architectures and circuits

Camille Rougié

Previously worked in finance, launched new products for FinTech startup

Ravinder Bhadhal

Expertise in delivering world-class data infrastructure and commercial experience

Sam Shannon

Ex-quantitative trader, graduate in Particle Physics

Jatin Shah

Expert in distributed systems with a PhD in Computer Science

Xavier Wilders

Graduated top of his year in his Master's in Computer Science

James Williams

CEO, Beyond Labs

Experience in finance, built high performance trading systems

Ran Fan

CTO, ArrayStream

Experience in building real-time automated trading systems for companies

Yu Zheng

CEO, ArrayStream

PhD in Quantitative Finance, expert in machine learning, option pricing and portfolio construction

Matthew Morrison

MSc in Computer Science, experience in financial services

Entela Benz

Expertise in climate risk data for finance

Haroon Hassan

CEO, Sense Street

Experience working on bond trading desks in Europe and the US as a trader and research analyst

David Hunter

CEO, Optimal Labs

Studied aeronautical engineering and computer science, ex-pilot and quantitative strategist

Matt Schofield

CTO, Credit Kudos

Computer scientist, former CTO and data science team lead

Freddy Kelly

CEO, Credit Kudos

Computer scientist and engineer, was responsible for deployment of Bitnami's cloud launchpad

Helene Guillaume

Ex-hedge fund quant, MSc in financial risks and ultra athlete

Efe Surekli

A cambridge graduate and serial founder, competent in software engineering, specialising in AI & ML.

Parit Patel

Previous life as an investment banker, data nerd and web3 enthusiast.

Patrick de Castro Neuhaus

Experienced developer and tech consultant for financial services companies

Chris Zemina

Experienced in FinTech investments

Tristan Garrec

Deep expertise in computational market design

Victor Moreau

Ex-strategy consultant with expertise in financial services, engineering degree from CentraleSupélec

Sigurjon Isaksson

Strong interest and background in Machine Learning and Financial Engineering

Youssef Darwich

Experience in the financial sector, passionate about opening up financial wisdom & education to all

Abdel Wahab Turkmani

2x founder building businesses that positively impact the world

Nnaemeka Obodoekwe

Built software architecture across Africa’s biggest banks and led machine learning teams

Sanjeev Jeyakumar

Emerging markets credit trader with leadership experience across marketplace and FinTech startups

Shourya Lala

Computer science engineer and an accomplished application developer

Manish Maryada

Domain expertise in financial operations, strategy and product

Jose Sampedro Mazon

Ex-corporate lawyer, experience in strategy & ops transformations and business development

Ollie Graham

CEO, Surge Analytics

Experience in financial services and software engineering

Favour Nyikosa

Specialist in datamining and interpretable models

Jon Forester

Built data and analytics products in startups and finance sector

Harry Grieve

Full stack data scientist, developed and sold enterprise AI solutions

Juan Barragan

Experienced in software development with work on pattern recognition in finance and advertising

Hamza El Khalloufi

CTO, DeltaBlock

PhD in liquidity modelling, research fellow in Digital Assets

Maria Silvia Scetta

CEO, Deltablock

Ex-trader and portfolio manager, financial engineer

Sara Sebti

Experienced as a risk manager within financial institutions

Valerio Volpati

PhD in Statistical Physics and experience in applied interdisciplinary research

Barnaby Hussey-Yeo

Data scientist with interests in finance and machine learning

Tarik Dadi

Led data science projects around the world, Master's Degree in Machine Learning

Hadrien De March

Ex-quantative analyst, PhD in optimisation

Rafie Faruq

Lifelong programmer with MSc in Machine Learning, previously a derivatives trader

Sho Sugihara

Experience working in NGOs on economic inclusion and consultancy

Grant Aarons

CEO, FabricNano

PhD in Economics, worked in systems engineering and mathematical modelling

Ankit Parashar

Engineer, built SAAS-based analytics product for hardware

Josh Kettlewell

Expert in machine learning, quantum computing and cryptocurrency

Ben Stein

Co-founder, Staple

Chartered accountant and full stack developer

Sudeept Sinha

Ex-quantative trader, developer price prediction algorithms

Vincent Audoire

Early employee at N26, strong understanding of how users work

Rob Schumacher

CEO, Feather Insurance

PhD in Insurance Mathematics

John Moura

CEO, ElementZero Biolabs

Led product development, sales, and operations in global companies

Sachin Chiramel

CEO, real analytics

Experience in investment banking and financial services

Nitin Shukla

CTO, real analytics

Experienced data scientist, previously IIT

Neel Popat

Finance and investment professional, began coding as a child

Saikrishnan Ranganathan

CEO, Sensorflow

Built energy solutions across multiple industries, previously Goldman Sachs

Rathin Shah

Worked in investment banking and management at JP Morgan Chase, graduate of BITS Pilani

Gaurav Arora

Software engineer, previously Netflix and Ixigo

Jevan Nagarajah

CEO, Better Dairy

Experienced across banking and technology

Stacy-Ann Sinclair

Developer, previously worked in tier one investment banks

Abdulhakim Bashir

CTO, Moonah Technologies

ML Engineer & Analyst @ Nigerian Government. Built AML algos to monitor finance & crypto sectors.

Zachary Schwartzman

CEO, Moonah Technologies

Former Wall Street Internet & Crypto Analyst @ RBC. Worked on ~12 IPOs (Jumia). Oxford MBA.

Julia Denoly

Bocconi & ESSEC business. Ex Buyer @LVMH, Sales Lead @Otrium & Women of Influence 2020 Nominee.

Tan Ding Jie

An organic chemist-turned-food scientist, DJ is known as Singapore’s Prince of Fermentation.

Dan Swygart

Experienced founder. Consumer addictiveness & networking effects. Worked with Celebrities & Creators

Edward Alun-Jones

3x founder experienced in building, scaling B2B SaaS businesses & streamlining compliance workflows.

Daniel Parekh-Hill

3x founder. 5 years building, scaling and advising companies from MVP to IPO.

Rumessa Raja

CEO, Celerity Labs

Designed & scaled e-commerce platforms leading B2B companies in advanced industries (ex-McKinsey).

Matthias Richard

Studied Computer Vision at Stanford and ESTP, award-winning entrepreneur

Lancelot Salavert

Built and managed two of the largest e-commerce ventures in Southeast Asia

Aditya Mehta

Technologist with a passion for sales who’s built and sold recommendation systems across domains.

Prathmesh Mise

Launched & scaled retail distribution business, deep understanding of industry's challenges

Raghav Toshniwal

Extensive experience in data science and e-commerce analytics

Shyam Nallasenapathy

Extensive experience in ecommerce and consumer analytics, ex-Myntra

Christoph Sträter

PhD in Theoretical Physics with expertise in deep learning and software development

Nat Wollny

Former VC with expertise in FashionTech

Carmine Paolino

Began programming at 5, developed machine learning and anti-corruption systems

Avik Mukhija

Machine learning scientist & entrepreneur, developed & sold AI solutions to grocery retailers

Lorenzo Sani

CTO, Shopscribe

Product-obsessed full-stack software engineer. Imperial dropout

Alexander Zhou

CEO, Shopscribe

Went to #1 school in the world for hospitality, previously Y Combinator-backed founder

Daniil Moskovtsov

Fullstack engineer with experience in marketplaces and e-commerce. Ex-Redmart and Shopback

Jan Gasparic

Ex-DJI with sales and marketing experience in IoT

Lorenzo Ampil

CTO, Hawksight.co

Data scientist, built financial AI software for global enterprises and asset management firms

Bradian Muliadi

CEO, Hawksight.co

Built and sold Indonesia's largest creator platform, scaled leading social SaaS startup

Prashant Maurice Dhara

Built multiple deep learning solutions, experience building tech in startups

Sreenadh Narayanan

Degree in Engineering, helped tech companies accelerate growth and monetise new products

Sagar Setu

CTO, Milky Way AI

Robotics and computer vision expert, PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Eunice Wong

CEO, Milky Way AI

Award-winning retail professional

Dominik Eggert

Founder, Better by Less

Experience in B2C ecommerce

Andre Woons

Founded peer-to-peer payment application, led development team

David Sutton

Expertise in all aspects of the diamond industry

Christian Schiller

Led and scaled BlaBlaCar Germany to 6 million registered users

Volkan Bilici

Full-stack software and blockchain developer

David Wood

Data scientist, PhD in Computational Neuroscience

Alex Reed

Degree in commerce, led creation of AI driven buying experience

Jonathan Dory

Specialist in brand strategy, product and marketing development and managing retail networks

Trevor Stunden

Experienced commercial Director, previously early employee and senior leader in a PropTech startup

Arvind Venugopal Nair

CEO, NeuroPixel AI

Experience across Fashion E-Commerce and Consulting

Tom Walker

Worked at the cutting-edge of mathematical optimisation and on production machine learning

Tom Barber

Experience at the intersection of fashion and technology

Kannan Reghu

Experienced in product and tech, ex-VP of Engineering at Grover

Amita Goyal

Led large teams globally, worked with Fortune 50 CEOs on B2B sales, strategy and ecommerce

Pramod Ghadge

CEO, Unbox Robotics

Master's in Industrial & Systems Engineering from NUS

Anshul Gupta

CTO, Retail Pulse

Engineering degree from NIT, led winning team in P&G Global AI Challenge

Ahmed Isber

Experienced in B2B sales, passionate about sustainability as a service.