MavSocial is a social media management and advertising software (SaaS) solution that focuses on solving the issues that franchises, multi-location businesses, and agencies experience.I took over as MavSocial CEO after the original CEO/Founder left the business and completely pivoted the business to what it is now.I am responsible for all aspects of the business, including setting the overall strategic direction of the company, sales, marketing, development, partnerships, and fundraising.MavSocial is now ranked one of the top 5 social media management tools globally.We have offices in San Francisco, Hong Kong, Hyderabad (India), and Bahrain.Participated in PWC's inaugural MediaTech accelerator programme (2023)- just one of 9 selected from 1,150 startups worldwideMavSocial is a complete social media management solution (organic and paid) supporting Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Business Profiles, and YouTube, focusing on solutions for multi-location brands/ franchises and their agencies. - Support for boosted and dark ads for Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and Twitter- Its unique Facebook bulk ads module allows multi-location businesses to create 100s or even 1000's of geo-targeted adsets quickly- The team and brand management module allows companies to easily manage their various profiles and assign granular and configurable user permissions.- Unified social inbox for comments, messages, and reviews (Yelp support coming soon)- Comprehensive reporting for both organic and paid activities, including automated report generation and emailing- White-labeled version

Investing own money - reporting directly to the Chairman of the Board (my wife)

Traymar Capital was an institutional calibre insurance-linked investments (ILI) manager active in life and non-life insurance markets.I was focused on fundraising across Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pension Funds, and Asset Managers and their associated advisors from across the Asia Pacific and Middle East regionsDespite obtaining significant commitments in AsiaPac for the PE style life fund, we were unable to close the fundraise since we didn't have enough US investors (US tax issue)

Credit Suisse had the largest longevity linked business of any investment bank globally. I ran their group for Asia Pacific with reports across the region, including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand.The group in Asia was responsible for product design and marketing via the country-based sales teams.We executed a wide range of transactions in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea.Products included synthetic life settlement investments (cash and derivative), Reg XXX and AXXX, non- life ILS fund placement, mortality bonds, and legal/credit risk transfer deals on life settlements.

Subject expert advising the Hong Kong government on possible solutions regarding Lehman Minibonds which had been sold to retail investors and had incurred almost USD1bn in losses

Ran the combined team after ABN Amro was acquired by RBS (disaster!), until RBS then closed down the bank in AsiaProduct development and marketingLeveraged credit, Synthetic CDO's Cash CDOs/CLOs, Life Settlements, Nat Cat CDOs, CPPI, and CPDO structures

Product development and marketingWe distributed a wide range of transactions, including STCDOs, leveraged notes, managed CPPI structures (AXA), first-rated NatCat CDO Bay Haven/Catlin, Life Settlement notes, CLOs and CDOs of ABS

I developed the business in Asia from scratch with local sales teams. TD initially hired me in London, I was then transferred to Sydney. Given the business's success in AsiaPac, TD decided to reopen its Singapore trading room (it already had an office), and I moved there.Structuring, product design, and marketing. I worked on all term sheets and dealt with Moody's, S&P, and Fitch regarding ratings of Synthetic CDOs.Full range of synthetic and notes linked to payoffs referencing credit, interest rate, and equities

All trading risk associated with AUD and NZD swaps, options and CDS books

Responsible for all trading risks (prop and client) for the AUD and NZD swap and cross-currency books. Additionally responsible for - Derivative sales, including originating AUD/NZD swap risk from Japan off the back Dual Currency and Reverse Dual Currency issuance- AUD and NZD Eurobond issuance- Origination by Australian borrowers of EUR-denominated debt- Credit derivatives - we transacted one of the first CLNs in the Australian market- Developed structures to monetise the significant negative MTM the SG JPY swap book had with Japanese banks when Nippon Credit, LTCB, etc collapsed in the late '90s- Trading of USD-denominated rated Asian credit -A buy-and-hold portfolio of CBOs and CLOsProducts:Swap, bonds, credit, FRA's, options, futures, CBO's, CLO's CDS