Team

Professor Stefan Allesch-Taylor
CBE FKC FRSA

Executive Chair

Investor, entrepreneur, and UK FCA-regulated finance veteran with 30+ year track record founding, scaling, and exiting companies across TradFi, commodities, and fintech. Emerging and frontier market specialist. Co-founded and chaired asset management businesses with $14 billion+ AUM

Caroline Osborn BSc (Hons), ACA

COO - Lending & Finance Director

Chartered accountant with 17+ years’ experience across audit, budgeting, credit risk and financial control. Led £650m+ transactions in media, investment and international fintech lending sectors

Zara Shirwan BA, MA, MPhil Camb, MSc UCL

COO - Digital

Strategic operator with 20+ years’ international experience across sectors including tech, media, startups and advisory. Former leadership roles at Expedia and Sony. Operating exclusively in Web3 for the past 5 years

Ashley Lopez BA, MA, MSc

COO - Gold Operations

Leads sourcing and trading operations with over a decade of commodity experience. Former CEO with proven track record in managing global supply chains and volume procurement