EF Alumni

Thomas Yue

Co-founder, MechaniX

Founded:

Cofounder:

Interests / background:

Finance, Physics, Transportation and Logistics

Location:

Hong Kong

Cohort:

Thomas Yue completed his PhD in Computational Physics at University of Nottingham, where he specialised in meshfree numerical simulations. Using simulation skills, he has developed a career in algorithmic trading as a strategist and was the CIO of a Fintech robo-advisor while lecturing at Hong Kong Open University.

Company:

MechaniX

MechaniX unlocks the true potential of A.I. with synthetic data generation.

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.

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

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

Jeffrey Schuster

CTO, Miist Therapeutics

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

Elisabeth Duijnstee

CEO, Compass Labs

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

Tom Etminan

Founded 2nd Gen Art NFT project on Solana. 2x founder. web3 investor

Phil Haynes

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

James Branigan

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

Alexandre Bonnet

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

Christoph Sträter

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

Gabriel Dumy

PhD in acoustophoresis with experience in developing cell growing acoustic devices

Dr Saeid Masudy Panah

CTO, SunGreenH2

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

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

Alex Palmer-Walsh

PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Michael Curtis

PhD simulating black holes, building web apps since age 12

Rose Haft

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

Steven R Tsitas

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

Narasimha Suda

Co-founder, Wavel.AI

Master's in Physics and Mathematics, experience with data ranging from voice, images, and text

Sheetal Sinha

PhD in Biophysics, expert in microbial interactions & detection

Marek Sirendi

CTO, Transformative

Ex-researcher at CERN, PhD in High Energy Physics

Ulf Bissbort

CTO, Synchronous

PhD in Theoretical Physics, experience in simulation and machine learning

Roeland Nusselder

Master’s in Mathematics, researched Efficient Deep Learning algorithms

Gabriel Lau

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

Raphael Scheps

Trained theoretical physicist, with experience in large-scale data analytics

Jack A. Cohen

PhD in Theoretical and Computational Physics, lifelong maker and creator

Alex Kosenkov

Experience in high performance computing

Misha Filippov

Chief Scientist, Quod AI

Mathematical physicist, built AI models for prestigious institutions

Sam Shannon

Ex-quantitative trader, graduate in Particle Physics

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

David Wood

Data scientist, PhD in Computational Neuroscience

Jack Weston

PhD researching sequential pattern recognition problems in particle physics using deep learning

Dimitri Labat

PhD in theoretical physics with expertise in superconductivity and its applications

Jon Forester

Built data and analytics products in startups and finance sector

Dr Stefano Goria

Expert in mathematical modelling & multi-modal ML (17 years), PhD in Theoretical Physics, ex-quant

Valerio Volpati

PhD in Statistical Physics and experience in applied interdisciplinary research

Matthew Wilson

Co-founder (Commercial), Omnipresent

Experienced entrepreneur and technologist

Pedro Freire Silva

Expert in low-cost Nuclear Magnetic Resonance solutions, ex-researcher at world-leading institutions

Jameel Marafie

CEO, Headlight AI

Worked in business development, financial management and R&D consulting

Dr. Ravi Kumar

CTO, Atomionics

Expert in experimental quantum physics, one of few people to build a cold atom setup from scratch

Ali Safari

Trained as a nuclear engineer, passionate about using technology to impact climate change

Laurence Bargery

Developer, skilled in producing high-quality usable scalable software in a production environment

Sarthak Shrivastava

Has experience in logistics and building multiple business verticals at Indian startups.

Alexander Reichenbach

Former lead product owner at Mercedes-Benz. Master’s in Computing/Machine Learning from Imperial

Karl Johan Clausen

Background in road logistics and experienced sales manager. Recently helped scale a startup

Fuad Becirbasic

CTO, Forwardize

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

Benjamin Noyan

CEO, Forwardize

Passion for transforming the freight industry, advised Europe's largest transportation businesses

Carmine Paolino

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

Aswin Ramachandran

PhD in Decentralised Systems Communication, built hardware and software for autonomous robots

Victor Borsche

Master's in International Management, previous founder in travel and manufacturing, ex-BMW

Avik Mukhija

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

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

Walter Frank Pintor Ortiz

Expertise across industrial robotics and automation

Dr Dirk-Jan van Veen

Expert in optimising software agents to communicate and collaborate

Jedd Cheong Jia Hao

Co-founder, Qandela

PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, expert in medical imaging

Navid Nourani Vatani

CPO, Imperium Drive

Roboticist with experience developing autonomous trucks, trains, and off-road vehicles

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

Dennis Sandmark

Full stack software engineer, built robust, scalable systems

Chris Jones

Ex-Merchant Navy, experience conducting cargo ships

Boris Ploix

Degree in Applied Mathematics, experience in the transport industry

Lingxiao Xia

Expert in data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence

Nidhi Gupta

Experience in the logistics industry

Christian Schiller

Led and scaled BlaBlaCar Germany to 6 million registered users

Volkan Bilici

Full-stack software and blockchain developer

Abhinav Warrier

In-depth knowledge of robotics, worked on navigation and battery management

Anurag Dutta

Experienced in warehousing, supply chain and operations

Dr Elias Willemse

CTO, Waste Labs

Expert in optimisation modelling, developed AI to optimise waste collection

Vladimir Chuchkin

CEO, Waste Labs

Experienced in business development for tech and energy companies

Prateek Gaur

Extensive background in computer science and machine learning, ex-Head of Data

Dmitri Ameriei

Experienced leading logistics, shipping products in over 45 countries

Simon Jordan

Machine learning expert, ex-researcher in Silicon Valley and led development teams at Volkswagan

Alexander Palffy

Experienced in warehouse operations and logistics

David Meyer

Former LEK consultant, experience in fast-growing mobility startups

Juan Barragan

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

Hubert Baya Toda

Expert in remotely characterising materials using electromagnetic waves

Mehdi Adjaoue

Machine learning expert, deployed autonomous museum guides as an undergraduate

Abhishek Anand

Co-Founder, Marlin AI

Award-winning data science with experience in product development and cybersecurity

Aditya Singh

Co-Founder, Marlin AI

Expert in the shipping and transportation space

Manasa Nadipally

Co-founder, Litmus Eye

Expert in Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Medical Image Processing

Nikhil Sharma

Co-founder, Litmus Eye

Expert in logistics with experience from corporate and startup worlds

Sudeept Sinha

Ex-quantative trader, developer price prediction algorithms

Kaushik Reddy

Experienced in shipping across Asia and Europe

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

Jean-Baptiste Clouard

Experienced in supply chains, previously Anaplan, Quintiq, and Dassault Systèmes

Karim Benchaaboun

Machine learning engineer, previously Axa and Criteo

Ramakrishna Nanjundaiah

MSc in Computational Mechanics, built city-scale simulations

Maria Meier

CTO, Phantasma Labs

MSc in Software Engineering, previously TU Munich, Brown University and Oracle