EF Alumni

Donald Gillies

CEO, Passfort

Founded:

Cofounder:

Interests / background:

Security

Location:

London

Cohort:

Donald Gillies did an accelerated BSc in Financial Economics at St Andrews. He has a background in regulated markets: first in Private Equity, then at an Equity Crowdfunding startup.

Company:

PassFort

Allowing companies to do rigorous KYC onboarding.

Moody’s Acquires Passfort

3 December, 2021

Illustration of miniaturised men standing around office supplies

EF alum Passfort, a SaaS for KYC and AMl, nets US$16.2M

14 September, 2021

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