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Co-CEO / CIO

Dino Skandalis

Dino has over 25 years of experience in global trade finance and debt markets. He has served as global head of trade finance related products for Standard Chartered Bank, Standard Bank, and Banco Santander. 

Dino has spent the last eleven years in the DIFC as CEO of INTL Capital, Deutsche Kapital and Head of Asset Management for UIB and structured, launched and oversaw trade finance related investment funds.

Co-CEO

Dhruva 

Acharya

Dhruva has over 10 years of experience in Investment Banking, Equity Research, Private Equity and Venture Capital. His experience covers a diverse range of asset classes including public equities, private and proprietary investments and early stage funding. 

Dhruva has an engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and has his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Director

Shakti

Chauhan

Shakti has over 10 years

of experience spanning 

(physical) precious metals sales / trading / business development  and algorithmic trading.  He started his career as a software engineer at Goldman Sachs, NY. 

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Shakti has an academic background in computational finance -- he received a BS in computer science (with a certificate in finance) from Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, USA) and a graduate certificate in applied mathematics (unfinished M.A.) from Columbia University (New York, USA).

COO

Houssam

AlShaikh

Houssam has over 18 years of experience in wealth management, investment and retail banking in sales and product development. His expertise ranges from strategic planning, operations, administration, business development & market analysis. 

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Houssam holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Ajman University of Science and Technology, and an MBA from the American University of Hawaii.

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Director,

Investor Relations

Raymund

Scheffler

Raymund has over 30 years of experience in wealth management and investment banking.

He served as MD at the leading private bank in Germany and worked as an advisor for family offices globally. His focus has been on private equity, real estate, forestry and alternative investments. 

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