Valour

June 2022 - Awarded Start up of the Year in the Excellence in Technology & Trading Awards. Responsible for scaling this digital asset start up across Product, Finance, Strategy, HR, Compliance and Risk functions to ensure Valour achieves its mission to provide the most accessible digital asset investment products in the market. Launched in December 2020, Valour gives retail and institutional investors straightforward access to innovative and disruptive assets classes through its… June 2022 - Awarded Start up of the Year in the Excellence in Technology & Trading Awards. Responsible for scaling this digital asset start up across Product, Finance, Strategy, HR, Compliance and Risk functions to ensure Valour achieves its mission to provide the most accessible digital asset investment products in the market. Launched in December 2020, Valour gives retail and institutional investors straightforward access to innovative and disruptive assets classes through its Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), removing the operational complexities and technical risks associated with direct investment.As COO responsible for- operating company and three international subsidiaries (Switzerland, UK and Sweden)- treasury management, financial reporting and audit processes for this publicly listed trading firm operating across 6 currencies delivered $1m EBITDA within first year of operation.- corporate financing debt/equity mix- product structuring - incorporated new SPV issuer with collateralisation mechanism - new product launch and range management processes (29 products listed on 4 European Exchanges - Euronext Paris, Amsterdam, Borse Frankfurt and Nordic Growth Market). Drove 5 fold increase in products launched within first 10 months.- risk management drove counterparty diversification having structured a counter- party risk evaluation tool. Successfully navigated (i) investor impact of first exchange delist of Terra LUNA following the demise (May 22) of the algorithmic stable coin (ii) investor implications of Ethereum merge from proof of work to proof of stake (Sep 22) (iii) market contagion from Celsius (Oct 22) and FTX (Nov 22) and (iv) currently managing Genesis credit exposure (Jan 23) (v) navigated USDC de -peg following SVB collapse (Mar 23).- compliance including filings for regulatory approval e.g. Swiss VQF licence- business management including board governance, recruitment, HR processes