Team

Stefan Allesch-Taylor CBE FKC

Executive Chair & Director

Investor, entrepreneur and FCA-regulated finance veteran with 30+ years of founding, scaling and exiting businesses in multiple sectors. Professor of the Practice of Entrepreneurship (2016-2025) and Fellow of King’s College London. Start-up, frontier and emerging markets specialist. Co-founded, CEO and Chair of asset management and lending businesses with $14bn+ AUM

Max Ziff, BA Econ (Hons), ACA

Director

Finance veteran with 40+ years’ experience and senior roles at Houlihan Lokey, Deutsche Bank, Barclays Capital, UBS, and NatWest. Part of the President’s Scheme, which rules on complex dispute valuation issues, and an experienced quantum expert, retained for complex cases involving the UK High Court, ICC, UNICITRAL and ICSID

Caroline Osborn BSc (Hons), ACA

Chief Financial Officer

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

Director of Digital Investments

Strategic operator with 20+ years’ international experience across sectors, including tech, media, startups and advisory. Focus on digital assets, onchain private credit and tokenised real-world assets

Ashley Lopez BA, MA, MSc

Director of 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