Mike Roberts, Cfa Email & Phone Number

Santa Barbara, Ca, Us

California, United States

Advisory & consultancy services with a focus on FinTech, investment management and wealth management. Services include:1. Strategy Development: Working with executive teams on all aspects of business strategy, including product design, growth initiatives, and long-term planning.2. Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A): Advising boards and executives on M&A opportunities, from identifying potential acquisitions to managing individual M&A projects.3. FinTech Advisory: Offering expertise at the intersection of technology and financial services, particularly in product design, market strategy, and regulation.4. Venture Capital & Private Equity: Providing technical, market, strategic, and pricing advice on potential investments to ensure optimal deployment of capital and maximization of returns.5. Investment Management Consulting: Advising on product design, marketing strategies, growth, and go-to-market plans, with a focus on linking behavioral finance to investment strategy and navigating regulatory changes.6. Sales & Marketing: Assisting senior management teams in maximizing growth and sales success through targeted marketing strategies and sales process optimization.Expertise in the USA, UK, South Africa, Ireland, and the Middle East.

o Currently Chairman of the Board (PortfolioMetrix Asset Management Ltd)

London, United Kingdom

o Head of Product, responsible for all aspects of the PortfolioMetrix FinTech / WealthTech proposition o Translated business strategy into product strategy and managed the product to commercial success o Designed and executed the Product Roadmap from inception to launch and through multiple iterations o Managed the product team, including recruiting, training, reviewing, and supporting the teamo Worked with customers, sales, and engineering to ideate new products and new channel opportunitieso Operated an Agile approach, while working with technical leadership to establish timelines and deliveryo Quickly created prototypes and modelled new concepts to showcase ideas to key stakeholders

London, England, United Kingdom

o Head of Sales, responsible for growing the sales function from zero to multi-millions in revenueo Articulated the value proposition whilst building credibility and trust to influence buying decisionso Managed the sales team, including recruiting, training, reviewing and supporting the teamo Implemented a CRM & metrics strategy to ensure continuous measurement and improvemento Created technical content to support different levels of the marketing funnel to drive inbound leadso Designed, iterated and launched GTM strategies, working closely with Product & Marketing teamso Fed back to internal teams on pain points and new opportunities revealed when meeting customerso Worked with legal teams to create and negotiate contracts with various b2b customerso Created and executed the strategic & operational plan for the UK businesso Built the client service function for the UK market o Held the key compliance functions for the UK business (CF1, CF3, CF10, CF11, SMF3)o Key member of the investment committee responsible for asset allocation, fund selection and portfolio construction

London, England, United Kingdom

o Designed a new internal WealthTech portfolio construction systemo Led a team of product owners and engineers o Owned the Product Roadmapo Product was rolled out globally across Barclays

London, England, United Kingdom

o Built long term, multi-asset investment portfolios & financial plans for HNW clients with assets of £5m+o Ran the pitch meeting to explain the portfolio & investing concepts to each cliento Key member of the investment committee and new product forum

o Created a suite of products across three key areas - fund derivatives, structured funds, and CDOso Prepared deal/term sheets, models, presentations etco Participated in sales meetings with potential clientso Designed and built front office risk and P&L systemso Collaborated with the portfolio managers on portfolio hedging strategies, derivatives strategies, rebalancing/optimizing, risk analysis, bottom-up and top-down analysis

o Designed and built portfolio optimisation & risk softwareo Work included regression analysis, risk analysis, hedging theory, Value at Risk & derivative pricingo Participated in sales meetings with potential clients