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Paul Wild
Founder & Managing Director
Paul started his career at Barclays Bank before embarking on a career consulting Banks around the world on how to... serve Small and Medium Sized Businesses (SMEs).This has seen him work in over 10 countries on 3 continents. Paul is also co-author of the Alternative SME Finance section of the London Institute of Banking and Finances SME Lending Qualification.
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Floreta Zhulali
Founder & Head of Growth
Floreta is a Growth expert having worked in Sales, Marketing and Product design. Most recently working for a subsidiary of Ant... Financial as their Head of Product, launching several new and innovative products to the market. Before this she was Chief Marketing Officer for two Mobile Network Operators. Floreta is also Digital Finance Lecturer at Frankurt School of Finance and Management.
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David Bird
Chief Commercial Officer
David brings a wealth of experience of managing audit and regulatory issues having spent over 15 years in senior leadership...roles in various risk and sales functions within the financial services sector. He has built two commercial banking teams from scratch employing over 100 people and working with some of the largest businesses in the region. David is a non-executive director of the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership. He is chair of Finance & Resources and the Strategic Investment Panel, which have delegated responsibility for the delivery of various investment programmes, totalling over £750million of investments has specific responsibility for new business acquisition.
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Chris Williams
Chief Finance Officer
Chris is our part time CFO. He has spent 30 years in the technology sector in fast growth businesses and is also CFO for Draper and... Dash Ltd and Non Executive Director of Worksmart, a banking compliance software business.
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Gideon Van Den Broek
Founder & Advisor
Gideon is a seasoned banker who started his career at ABN Amro Bank followed by Citigroup, after 10+ years of working across multiple... countries and continents, he decided to focus his attention towards more greenfield finance operations and smaller banking outfits. Ultimately leading and transforming a distressed bank in the Balkans. His experience spans multiple disciplines within retail and commercial banking. Gideon is currently active in the digital payments market.
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