I am an entrepreneurial and energetic business leader with 25 years’ international experience at top-tier names in global finance. My meticulous detail focus and deep technical understanding is complemented by genuine creative input that enables me to build and grow innovative, profitable, customer-facing businesses in highly competitive markets.In my role as CEO of Bottlepay, I lead the development and return to market of a payments platform at the forefront of blockchain and digital technology that combines utility, flexibility and simplicity. During this time we succesfully completed one of the larger seed funding rounds of the year which was over subscribed. We also secured FCA approval as a cryptocurrency business. We created a culture of openness as we rapidly expanded the team and kept compliance at our core. Having met all short term objectives for the business I have now moved to be a strategic advisor and non-executive director allowing me to focus on other projects. With many years of experience in global leadership roles for blue chip banks, I have built and developed businesses driven by service excellence and bolstered by rigorous control frameworks. Their success has always been founded on the coherence of motivated teams, who share a common vision and ambition. I pride myself on my ability to engage and influence key stakeholders at all levels of an organisation, and invest time and effort on establishing a culture shaped by customer focus and collaboration.Valued for my ability to innovate, I have spearheaded the development of new products and services from complex derivatives, allowing clients to hedge exposures flexibly to new stand-alone digital services, developed in house.I am a strong communicator, able to convey a value proposition accessibly to a variety of audiences, and give clarity and impact to thought leadership in business strategy and priorities.