EF Alumni

Hayyaan Ahmad

CTO, Round

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Interests / background:

Engineering, Finance

Location:

London

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Hayyaan is a veteran software engineer and tech lead, previously having founded and worked at early stage startups. He was one of the first tech hires for Amazon Berlin and scaled the site to more than 200, leading teams working on Amazon Tier-1 Shopping features worldwide.

He grew up in a family of finance, regularly involved in arguments about Bank rates, FX, and bonds over the dinner table.

Company:

Round

Next generation treasury services for businesses.

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.

Robert Rouse

CTO, Primordial

PhD in Environmental Science and ML at the University of Cambridge. Former climate tech founder.

Elton Soares

3x founder w/ expertise in infrastructure product. Built last venture to 45 employees & R$120 M GMV.

Cornelia Weinzierl

CEO, Salus Labs

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

Yanlin Duan

CTO, Greenspot AI

Machine Learning Master from Columbia University. Tech lead of Robinhood’s lifecycle marketing tool.

Amaury van Trappen de Buggenoms

CEO, A&B Smart Materials

Cambridge Graduate. Ex-Rolls-Royce Thermal Engineer. Specialist in Photovoltaic Thermal Transfers.

Uzay Macar

Serial healthtech entrepreneur & software engineer. Studied at Columbia University & Mila.

Rosália Lopes Rodrigues

CTO, Optima Nanomed

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

Jonathan Raphael

CTO, Borderless

Edinburgh Maths grad. Former founder. Full-stack software engineer at 2 early-stage startups.

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.

Justin Cheng

CTO, Mycro Harvest

Mechanical engineer from University of Waterloo. Background in robotics & smart farms.

Mohammad Shahan Mehdi Kamla

2x founder. Engineering background. Self-taught digital marketing & exp. in growth & sales for SMEs.

Nikhil Mudholkar

Computer Science at IIT Bombay. Data engineering at Tier Mobility & Capital One.

Fabian Steuer

CTO, Amayu Health

Full-stack engineer, data scientist and product leader in VC-backed startups.

Amine Raji

CEO, Spore Biotechnologies

Food & Beverage manufacturing specialist. Ex corporate industrial expert at Nestlé.

Kate Ma

COO, Neptune Robotics

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

Elizabeth Chan

CEO, Neptune Robotics

Experienced software engineer and full stack developer with a MA and BA in economics from Cambridge.

Cyril Nie

Master’s degree in Computer Science from University College London. Experienced full-stack engineer.

Arthur Sousa

Repeat founder with 10+ years in B2C Growth, Product & Engineering for global tech companies.

Peter Little

CTO, StartScreen

Software Engineering Graduate. Led teams at scale-ups and specialised in augmenting 3rd party UIs.

Alex Wilton

Experienced technologist and entrepreneur.

Robert Ihnatisin

CTO, Orbital Matter

Electrical Engineer. Ex-R&D @ Formlabs & Google. 7 Hackathon wins, Microsoft Imagine Cup Finalist.

Jeffrey Schuster

CTO, Miist Therapeutics

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

Kevin Bonte

Experienced Engineer in B2B payments.

Omar Dekkiche

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

Duncan Ryan

Experienced developer in regulated environments, and integrating unstructured, disparate data.

Chris Parsons

CTO, Grey Swan Finance

Oxford-trained software engineer. Professional experience in backend, and solidity development.

Chris Gudde

Self-taught data scientist & full stack developer. Led 1000+ teams in risk, compliance & operations.

Alex Hooper

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

Kit Burgess

Founding-team engineer at US$100M Startup. Cambridge Mathematician.

Elaf Deyab

2x Founder. Ex-Goldman Sachs. Engineering graduate.

Cyril Deroy

CSO, Celerity Labs

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

Rumessa Raja

CEO, Celerity Labs

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

Manick Kalra

CEO, Lumeros AI

NUS EEE Valedictorian (Highest Distinction). Built AI to generate over US$10M in tyre sales.

Ramya Seetharaman

CTO, Haemetrics

Multidisciplinary scientist with eight years of expertise executing academic and industrial projects

Priya Ramani

CEO, Haemetrics

PhD, deep expertise in human health & disease. Commercialised innovative technologies.

Burhan Ul Tayyab

AI Researcher with Global Awards.

Ulysse Mizrahi

Serial early-start-upper, passionate about all things productivity

Pierre Yser

Double expert in simulation and Deep Learning, PhD in computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

Nicolas Rasamimanana

Entrepreneur with tech background, PhD in Machine Learning

Bhargav Sosale

Software engineer and product designer

Reza Larimi

Background in design, control systems & automation. Multiple international patents & publications

Tony Qu

Engineer with a background leading business development @ energy companies in developing countries

Siyavash G. Nia

Former VP of Product, dual masters in Tech & Science, built FDA approved AI medical imaging product

Jacob John

Former product lead and second-time founder with experience taking startups from 0-1

Lazar Jovanovic

CTO, Summations

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

Sudipta Biswas

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

Andrew Jajack

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

Dana Mihal Aronovici

CTO, FemXX Health

Expert SW Engineer from ETH Zürich with MedTech experience. Endometriosis patient & advocate

Mahmut Martin Yüksel

Medical Doctor, Harvard Neuroscientist, PhD (c) Neuroengineering at EPFL, 2x CEO & Medical Founder

Marcus Hott

Developed cardiac ML algorithms at Harvard Medical School & nano-satellites at NASA. TUM graduate

Claire Trant

7+ years in wastewater engineering strategy and innovation, PhD with Rolls-Royce Aerospace

Cameron Whitehead

Previously Senior Engineer at Series A tech company. Expert in building scalable consumer solutions.

Ojas Shukla

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

Yat Chi Fong

PhD in Electrical Engineering, designed controllers and management systems

Raghu Raman Sekhar

PhD in Electrical Engineering, expertise in designing power electronic converters

Mohammad Reza Vedady

Award-winning engineer and pioneer researcher

Mansoor Rahimat Khan

CEO, Beatoven.ai

Engineer combining classical music training and a background in live and recording industry

Fuad Becirbasic

CTO, Forwardize

Full stack developer, expertise creating scalable marketplaces and leading engineering team

Christian Wirsching

CEO, Cinference

Former management consultant with degrees in engineering and business

Holger Nießner

Full-stack developer with experience leading engineering teams, MSc in Space Science and Technology

Ceyhun Derinbogaz

CTO, Text Cortex AI

Led a data engineering team at trivago, patents in energy industry and publications in deep learning

Carmine Paolino

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

Fabien Koutchekian

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

Amélie Quilichini

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

Wilmer Daza

Full-stack software & machine learning engineer with experience in the software development industry

Adam Glen

CTO, Unicorn Biotechnologies

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

Alistair Thomson

Expert software development skills in building graphically-intense & high-traffic products and games

Martin Postel

Expert in automation and optimisation for supply and production, with a PhD in AI in Manufacturing

Helen Murphy

Strong expertise in leading commercial and technical businesses across consumer goods and operations

Lorenzo Sani

CTO, Shopscribe

Product-obsessed full-stack software engineer. Imperial dropout

Rob Minford

Built metric driven, high growth end user products, where focusing on the user has been paramount

Nicolas Carmont

CTO, Connect Earth

Experience creating sustainability startups with background in AI and software engineering

Kartik Arora

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

Tamir Shklaz

Computer Science nerd, 3x startup founder & South African Entrepreneur of the Year (2019)

Pulkit Agarwal

Math nerd, Stanford GSB Alum and Ex-Palantir, Top of class at Georgia Tech at the age of 20

Daniil Moskovtsov

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

Harry Conor Lucas

Software engineer with a background in technical project leadership at JPMorgan Chase and the Europe

Dr Saeid Masudy Panah

CTO, SunGreenH2

Award-winning scientist in field of nanoscale materials and renewable energy devices

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

Michele Riccardo Esposito

Product-thinker & part-time coder

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

Raja Srivastav Chirravuri

Master's in Engineering, experience building and scaling natural language processing products

Jedd Cheong Jia Hao

Co-founder, Qandela

PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, expert in medical imaging

Amiya Patanaik

Experience studying sleep and cognitive neuroscience. PhD in Computer Engineering

Tanguy Serrat

CTO, SquareMind

MSc in Machine Learning, developed state-of- the-art deep learning systems for medical surgery

Amber Hill

Expertise in medical research and engineering, PhD in Biomedical Neuroscience

Micol de Ruvo

CTO, Cogniscent

PhD and postdoc in Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering

Amir Nejadmalayeri

PhD in Electrical Engineering, specialising in optics and photonics

Henry Irish

Full-stack developer, MEng doing security research

Vivek Sheraton

Degree in Chemical Engineering, developed cancer simulation models for PhD

Rose Haft

Studied Biomedical Optics at some of the world's leading engineering schools

Xavier Millot

Co-founder, Nectar

Computer Science graduate, grew team and technology at Hinge Health

Sagar Setu

CTO, Milky Way AI

Robotics and computer vision expert, PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Sandip Gangakhedkar

CTO, Imperium Drive

Wireless systems engineer, developed the first 5G-based teleoperated driving prototype

Koosha Kaveh

CEO, Imperium Drive

Experience in strategy consulting, MEng in Electrical Engineering

Hrishi Olickel Arumaraj

Full stack engineer, built tech products for non-early adopter markets

Vishvesh Suriyanarayanan

Software engineer turned product manager

Amit Kumar

PhD in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Simon Spurrier

Engineer and product manager, built financial optimisation algorithms

Siddhartha Gunti

Co-founder, Adaface

Researched in context based machine translation, ex-Quant

Deepti Chopra

Co-founder, Adaface

Engineer, former researcher at Caltech

Francesco Montomoli

PhD in Energy Engineering, Imperial College reader and REng Enterprise Fellow.

Robin Tindale

CTO, Zeroheight

Computer scientist with versatile engineering background

Jerome de Lafargue

CEO, Zeroheight

Award-winning computer scientist with deep knowledge of the app industry

Animesh Kumar Jha

Co-founder, Volt14

Degree in Mechanical Engineering, developed novel nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing methods

Raz Ghafoor

Prize winning engineer, developed machine learning algorithms

Mandeep Gill

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

Leo Anthias

Former founder solving issues he encountered as a CTO

Avni Agrawal

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

Akanksha Jagwani

Mechanical engineer, led digital product design and management teams

Vadim Toader

CEO, Proportunity

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

Dan Greenfield

Degrees in Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computer Engineering

Will Hanschell

Systems engineer with experience in creative service

Hemang Rishi

MSc in Electrical Engineering, worked and published in Computer Vision

Guillem Singla Buxarrais

CEO, Neurofenix

Prize-winning biomedical engineer

Ben van Enckevort

Creator and engineer, started first software business aged 18

Jack A. Cohen

PhD in Theoretical and Computational Physics, lifelong maker and creator

Arnor Davidsson

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

Majed Chaaraoui

Experience in consulting and investment banking

Dennis Sandmark

Full stack software engineer, built robust, scalable systems

Morris He

CEO, Caelus Technologies

Experience in chip and circuit design

Chi Fung Lok

CTO, Caelus Technologies

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

Alex Nodeland

Serial innovator with a degree in Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Alex Kosenkov

Experience in high performance computing

Misha Filippov

Chief Scientist, Quod AI

Mathematical physicist, built AI models for prestigious institutions

Herve Roussel

Experience building software in the US, mentor for IBM AI XPRIZE

Nidhi Gupta

Experience in the logistics industry

Tuhin Chakraborty

Software engineer, previously led engineering teams

Mathieu Johnsson

Designed planes for Airbus Future Projects, MSc Engineering

Mislav Stipetic

CTO, Magic Sandbox

Full-stack engineer, previously led the IoT platform at Infarm

Abhishek Agrawal

Experience in high precision manufacturing sector

Surbhi Krishna Singh

Award-winning engineer, experience in manufacturing and industrial automation

Yazan Al Alami

Co-founder, Creative AI

Helped local and global brands 10x their reach and engagement on social media

Ran Fan

CTO, ArrayStream

Experience in building real-time automated trading systems for companies

Leon Farrant

CEO, Green Li-ion

Accomplished leader with experience in energy and engineering sectors

Reza Katal

CTO, Green Li-ion

Industry expert in lithium battery recycling

Jack O’Meara

Biomedical engineer with experience bringing new technologies to market

Bashir Beikzadeh

CTO, Metis Labs

Experienced software engineer with a background in electrical and electronic engineering

Alex Appelbe

CEO, Metis Labs

Mechanical engineer, experienced in factory operations and new product development

Sven Mischkewitz

Award-winning software engineer, worked on annotation tools for brain cells

Fouad Al Noor

Master's in Electronic Engineering with Nanotechnology

Nick La Rooy

Co-founder, LoopPerfect

Full-stack developer, ex-Barclays Capital with MA in AI and Philosophy

Efe Surekli

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

Haïkel Balti

Trained mechanical engineer and material scientist

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

Evan Kervella

Data scientist with extensive network in the medical industry

Han Lai

Co-founder and Director, Open Cosmos

Led industrial projects, degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Alex Tupper

Experienced full-stack engineer, data engineer and product specialist

Ben Lakey

CEO, Syndi Health

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

Shourya Lala

Computer science engineer and an accomplished application developer

Dr Elias Willemse

CTO, Waste Labs

Expert in optimisation modelling, developed AI to optimise waste collection

Dr Akhilesh Chaurasia

Leader in field of genetically modified organisms

Atual Yadav

FCull-stack engineer with experience in building and scaling world-class SaaS products

Dr Vishvak Kannan

CTO, Surge Analytics

PhD in Chemical Engineering with a focus on energy systems

Ollie Graham

CEO, Surge Analytics

Experience in financial services and software engineering

Julia Fan Li

CEO, Micrographia Bio

Immunologist and recovering VC

Nyasha Japondo

Electronic and hardware engineer, expert in designing electronic sensor devices

CJ Cassar

PhD with a focus on building augmented and virtual reality tools for engineers

Chris Whitehead

Former systems engineer and technology specialist, experience in B2B sales

Mark Stokes

Mechanical and machine learning engineer, experience in startups and the aerospace industry

Harry Grieve

Full stack data scientist, developed and sold enterprise AI solutions

Mark Aaron Chan

CTO, Thermosphr

PhD in Mechanical Enginereing, expert in thermal systems

Kannan Reghu

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

Maria Silvia Scetta

CEO, Deltablock

Ex-trader and portfolio manager, financial engineer

Tarik Dadi

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

Nitish Mutha

Software engineer, coding since the age of 5

Chris Butcher

Engineer, experience scaling business to serve SMEs

Dr Stefan Glatzel

CTO, CheMastery

Experience in building software and hardware technologies

Ankit Parashar

Engineer, built SAAS-based analytics product for hardware

Dr. Mohammad H. D.A. Farahani

Entrepreneurial scientist, PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Emir Nurov

Expert in product development and commercialisation

Shivam Mani Tripathi

Deep research in AI and automation, experience in product building

Aaron Lim

Expertise in high-end client engagement, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science graduate

Nicolas Ang

Co-founder, F-drones

Aeronautical Engineering specialist, experienced bringing investment to Singapore

Yeshwanth Reddy

Co-founder, F-drones

Aerospace engineer, experienced in drone product development

Puneet Chhabra

CTO, Headlight AI

Experienced in LiDAR, Radar, and Sonar technologies, PhD in Electrical Engineering

Sahil Tapiawala

CEO, Atomionics

M.Sc. Chemistry and B.Eng. Electrical & Electronics Engineering, experience in product development

Brittany Harris

Experienced civil engineer, recognised thought leader in building sustainable futures

Jade Cohen

Environmental advisor, managed environmental impact on Crossrail

Theo Saville

Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineer, background in metals 3D printing

Tomide Adesanmi

CEO, Circuit Mind

Electronics engineer, Master's from University of Leeds

Basilio Gentile

CTO, Circuit Mind

PhD in mathematical algorithms for complex systems from ETH Zurich

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.

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

Alexandros Pantalis

Tech entrepreneur, built & managed successful startups in e-commerce, software development & fintech

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