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CEO at The Elephant, the first European platform in the private secondary market.WHAT WE DO: Thelephant, which has been operating in the secondary market since 2015, manages a global platform that offers for sale, a portfolio of shares in private Tech companies that are offered for sale by private and institutional shareholders. The shares offered at the present time are in over 80 high-tech companies at later and growth stages, and there are more than 2,400 listed investors from around the world who want to be exposed to these investment opportunities, including U/HNI, VC funds, and institutional grade investors.Since 2015, Elephant has worked with over a hundred private companies to provide shareholder liquidity. By working with companies, Elephant enables shareholders to execute stock transfers in compliance with their company's protocols and policies. The platform bridges the gap between sellers and buyers, otherwise dependent on the company's actions to liquidate their assets (IPO/M&A/primary combined with secondary).The Company was also declared as ranking among the top 100 innovative companies in Europe in 2016, and it has developed innovative models, which specialize, particularly, in a low entry threshold in order to expand access for investors to the platform, to know-how, and to close extensive connections with the sellers of the shares. The Company works in collaboration with the world’s leading professional ecosystem, in both the purchase and sale of shares.In addition, we are working on connecting these investments to blockchain technology by the tokenization of the participation units, and by connecting them to the liquidity solutions, in order to increase the possibilities of liquidity for the investors.MY BACKGROUND: Experienced and creative CEO, Director, and Advisor in the Financial service and Investment industry. Skilled in a broad spectrum of Investment products, capital markets, private Investments, and derivatives. A goal-oriented manager and Director with a demonstrated track record of achievements. I am a team worker with high interpersonal qualities.I am skilled in raising capital, Investment Banking, Advisory, Strategic Consulting, Marketing, Leadership, risk management, ISA regulation, HFT, and algo trading.I COLLABORATE WITH: Secondary market investors worldwide, high-tech employees, fin-tech professionals, the blockchain community, cryptocurrency specialists, and technology professionals. I am available for the board of director position, advisory and consulting projects, in my field of experience and expertise.