Aug 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 10 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

• We are simplifying 💡crypto adoption for Institutions in a secure 🗝 and compliant way

Mar 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

• PayOsu is a payment gateway connecting almost 95% of the UK Bank using Open Banking APIs. We at PayOsu were working on this project for a while and now excited to see it live with a various set of partners ranging from Remittance to E-commerce space.
• Worked closely with the co-founders to define the product strategy (pre-launch) and working with tech and internal teams to streamline and localise the product as per the market requirements.
• I am consulting PayOsu and responsible for connecting PayOsu with Retail, Remittance, Crypto, Fintech and Trading platforms.
• We defined MVP with the product team and created a go-to-market strategy with sales for UK & Europe in 2020 and other key markets.
• We believe in constant improvement and innovation, therefore, we are identifying opportunities and gaps in the market to launch innovative product features to cater to real estate, car dealerships, freelancers and self-employed individuals.

Aug 2018 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos · United Arab Emirates

• Worked with the co-founders to launch Huobi operations in the region in 2018. We hired a team and set up the operation in Dubai to expand the business for Huobi in the Middle East and Africa. Other than promoting token-to-token exchange we introduced some interesting models like Virtual Trading with one of the largest payment companies in MENA region, OTC for customers buying and selling large quantities of cryptos (under our DMCC Crypto License activity) and a model with real estate companies and car dealerships involving cryptos. Onboarded HNW Traders and Institutions from all over the region to promote Institutional level traders to boost volumes.
• As a team, we had set up the Turkey operations right from registrations to promoting Huobi and hiring a team in Istanbul. Key markets that we looked at were: GCC, Turkey, Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt.
• I was also the approved SEO for Huobi with the regulators. Other than business we had set up the core compliance function to bring transparency and standardise the onboarding for the OTC function.

Feb 2017 – Jan 2018 · 11 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• ValaPay was one of the first companies to offer a Turnkey solution in the remittance space. We offered a white-labelled remittance mobile app on iOs, Android and a desktop website for companies interested in getting into the payments space.
• Worked with the founders right from the early days and assisted them in drafting the business plan, Sales plan - approach for UK, Europe and Middle East markets, payment network expansion, signing up new clients, a bridge between the product team and the client and of course represented Vala in various talk shows and events across Europe.

Jul 2016 – Feb 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos · London, United Kingdom

• We engineered one of the worlds first Bitcoin based payment model in 2016 for traditional remittance and payment companies in UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
• Worked with the Executive team to educate them on the remittance industry and the compliance team to setup compliance processes including documentation, onboarding and processes.
• Onboarded API clients to use the service and resocialized the transaction charges.
• In addition, assisted BitPesa in expanding their product portfolio by assisting them in acquiring TransferZero from Spain.

Aug 2015 – Jul 2016 · 11 mos · London

Jan 2009 – Jul 2015 · 6 yrs 6 mos · London, United Kingdom

• I was team member 3 in 2009 in Xpress Money. As a team we grew the business for Xpress Money in the UK and other European countries.
• We onboarded one of the largest and the most profitable clients in the history of Xpress Money. As a team we built the payin and the payout methods in UK and Europe, started some key virgin markets like UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Denmark and Norway. Xpress Money was made a brand by not just getting the retail business but also large telecom companies from UK and Europe. Working with Xpress Money is still one of the best experiences that I have.

Sep 2008 – Nov 2008 · 2 mos

Jan 2006 – Aug 2007 · 1 yr 7 mos