Rahul has extensive international experience in multiple and diverse industries such as, but not limited to wealth management, supercars (import/export), hospitality, real estate development, logistics services and commodities trading.
Stefano Virgilli
Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder
Stefano is the most certified Adobe trainer in the world, with 83 certifications and 14 thousand people trained. He is a TEDx speaker and international startup mentor and advisor. He owns and operate businesses in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia, since age 16.
Chanin Chatrirat
Chief Treasury Officer
Chanin is a highly qualified Investment Consultant specializing in the trade of equities and derivative products along with assessing companies’ financial strengths for the past 13 years. He has a Masters Degree in Finance since 2006.
Joan Nakafeero
East Africa Director
A Ugandan citizen based in Kampala. Attained a bachelor's degree in International business from Makerere University.
Elizabeth Nantongo
Secretary to the Ugandan office
Elizabeth is a Ugandan citizen based in Kampala with a Bachelors in Business Computing of Makerere University
Ruth Nandawula
Compliance, East Africa
Ruth is a Ugandan lawyer based in Kampala with a bachelor of Law.
Piyush Pilaniwalla
Chief Analyst
Extensive experience in, catalytic reforming, fuel cells power modules, chemical procurement, logistic services as well as trading in financial instruments such as but not limited to forex, equities, commodities, indices and bonds.
Paolo Piccinin
Chief Technology Officer
Paolo is an Italian IT Engineer with over a decade experience in software development and security. Among his certification CISSP, CEH, CHFI, CISA and CISM. Paolo has worked for major IT and Governments in Europe and Middle East.
Sergei Vozchikov
Chief Financial Officer
2 decades in banking and financial sectors. Successful establishment 2 business “from scratch” in banking and blockchain fintech. Graduated with Honors, qualified as an engineer in electronics manufacturing, further educated in Economics and Enterprise Management.
Stepan Khukharev
Chief Legal Officer
Over a decade in legal. Experience in one Russia's top law firms and in-house legal advisor in fintech industry. Graduated from top-5 Russian law universities. Out-of-the-box thinking and high results in litigation and legal protection of clients as well as deep interest in tech.
Julia Shulepova
Investor Relations
Julia has a Master Degree as Specialist of the international relations and interpreter of Italian language. As an Investor Relator she has been connecting and building relations with thousands of investors globally. She has previously work as PA and BA in one of the world largest energy companies.
Gina Ho
HR and Administration
Singaporean citizen based in Singapore. Background in IT, entrepreneurship and business administration. Trained in Human Resources Management under the Singapore National Employers Federation.
Advisors
Mirosław Janik
Fintech Advisor
Highly appreciated Boards advisor with change and risk management performance. Professional who has proven sustainable growth of Wincor Nixdorf Poland,
Russia, Ukraine and CIS achieved market leader position reporting to US private equity firms (KKR & Goldman Sachs), Frankfurt Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.
Alexey Sidorov
Micro-Lending Advisor
An ex-banker in corporate and commercial banking with Citigroup, Alexey makes an excellent Founding Team Mentor. Passionate tech entrepreneur, founder of projects in online consumer finance and financial price comparison. Co-founder of Kazakhstan FinTech Association.
John Kamara
Machine Learning Advisor
An accomplished business executive who delivered on multi-million dollar projects, he was heavily involved in the tech and startup space developing and driving financial inclusion and intra-Africa trade projects. A regular speaker at various summits. City AI Ambassador for Nairobi and Lagos.
Allen Wazny
Investment Advisor
Allen is a Canadian Chartered Accountant. Former Big-4 Audit Partner. Former CFO of a polysilicon plant in Qatar. Co-founder of two Blockchain startups, applying token mechanics to disrupt traditional business models. Allen held advisory roles in many startups, in San Francisco (as CFO); in the UK and in Switzerland (as Investor Relations). Allen is also adviser to the MECA CFO Academy.
Michael Alli-Idowu
Risk and Compliance Advisor
CFA charterholder with over 15years experience gained in top tier investment banks. A comprehensive knowledge of global financial markets. Very strong record of process re-engineering and risk control. In depth product knowledge across asset classes. Has worked in Asia and Europe.
Janet Namuddu
Legal and Compliance Advisor
Janet has a Master Degree and a Bachelor Degree in Law. She has been practicing law as an Advocate, a Commissioner of Oath and a Notary Public for 15 years. Janet is also a Business Law Lecturer and a Team Leader in Makerere University Business School (MUBS). She specialises in Business Registrations, Banking, corporate and Advisory Legal Services.
Alexey Romanchuk
Fintech Advisor
Alexey holds a Master Degree in Mathematics and a specialization in Economics and Management. He has nearly 2 decades in tech development for Fintech. Alexey has filed and was awarded a patent in the USA for a blockchain solution able to issue and circulate digital assets linked to physical store of value.