Member and Associate of Green Angel Syndicate, I actively contribute to the rigorous and collaborative due diligence. GAS is the leading UK angel investment group focused on creating cleaner, greener outcomes. As the planet faces challenges from climate change there is a fantastic opportunity for upside and impact from supporting innovation for the energy transition.

LEADERSHIP:
Hired for approachable, detail-oriented, and analytical leadership style to legitimise NTree, taking it from an idea to a thriving business. Cultivating an employee-centric environment across all departments to provide best service for our clients. Providing HR management, including payroll, contracts, insurance, and medical cover. Creating CRM systems, websites, and office tools to streamline business and deliver excellence. Collaborating with the CEO to set and drive organisational vision, operational strategy, and hiring needs and developing a strategic roadmap to achieving that vision.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:
▪ Grew customer revenues from $100k p.a. to $2m p.a. over a period of 2 years.
▪ Led Technology, Compliance, Finance, HR, Marketing, and Procurement functional areas and expanded employee number from 2 to 10.
▪ Co-designed and set up entire exchange-traded commodities platform for large metal trading client.
▪ Restructured the business and exchange trading commodities platform to remove links to Russia and rebrand after the Russia-Ukraine conflict began.

I have a growing portfolio of Angel Investments. I am actively involved in evaluating pitches and committing capital. My investments are primarily focussed on the UN SDGs. Current investments include: Crowdfunder, Tred, StepLadder, Virtus Energy, CityMapper, Cheeky Panda, Meatless Farm, Marine Power Systems, By Me Once, Plant Based News, Ripple, Plum, Carnot, WeBuildBots, Allplants, Gold Club, Bluephage, Salinity Solutions, EMSOL, Impossible Foods, Crowdcube, Ecologi, Nova innovation.

▪ Worked with the 2017 Accelerator cohort of 10 small charities.
▪ Advised on due diligence and selection of participants.
▪ Worked with the cohort participants in workshops to maximize learning.
▪ Explored potential to leverage data and technology to better understand the charity sector and increase sustainability and impact

LEADERSHIP:
Head-hunted from Goldman Sachs in New York to lead newly created team in London. Coordinated management of Structured Products trading business. Guided all trading tools the team used and developed new tools.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:
▪ Generated €10M p.a. commodity desk sales, selling internal UniCredit notes and options to other banks.
▪ Built entire exchange-traded commodities market-making platform using Microsoft Excel and VBA. Took 4 months of programming and gained additional €2M in revenue per year with expanded business offering.
▪ Led team of 10 with annual revenues of €25M.
▪ Secured role as Head of Commodity Structures Products Trading in 2012 and deputized for head of commodity trading in IT development, compliance, and regulation meetings.
▪ Oversaw and developed new ranges of products and oversaw risk management and P&L generation.

CAREER PROGRESSION:
▪ Algorithmic Trading Strategist, New York, Mar 2005–Sept 2007
▪ Program Trading Strategist, New York, Jun 2003–Mar 2005
▪ Financial Engineer/Trader, Chicago/New York, Jun 2001– Jun 2003
▪ Financial Engineer/Trader, Chicago, Jun 2000– Jun 2001