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Nish Kotecha
Chairman and Co-Founder
About Nish Kotecha
A serial entrepreneur specializing in technology, fintech and social enterprises.
Co-founder and Chair of Finboot (Cardiff, London, Barcelona). Finboot is a technology company that gives its world class customers a competitive edge through accelerating their digital transformation, realising value and building trust through blockchain.
Finboot has developed MARCO, an ecosystem which brings together blockchain technologies in one place, connecting multiple ledgers simultaneously. It enables companies to incorporate blockchain within their value and supply chains, bring traceability, transparency and compliance which, in turn, helps them meet sustainability and ESG requirements while also increasing operational efficiency.
Previously, I founded geosansar, a fintech pioneer in India created in India to provide financial inclusion to the 600 million unbanked. Combining technology and traditional opening models, geosansar became the primary banking service provider for over 25 million customers.
I started my career as a corporate financier at Lehman Brothers, JP Morgan, Barclays (BZW).
I balance my commercial activities with a pro-bono portfolio:
a. Chairman of the London Chamber of Arbitration & Mediation (LCA) Feb 2019-current;
b. Deputy Chairman of The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) 2013 – current;
c. Chair of the Investment Committee (LCCI) 2016 – current;
d. High Level Advisory Board Member of Tech Capital Markets (Brussels) 2019-2020;
e. Former Board Member of Accion (Washington) 2009-2016;
f. Former Board Member of the Financial Inclusion Forum 2013-2017;
g. Liveryman of Worshipful Company of World Traders (Received Freedom of the City of London, 2011);
h. Contributor Financial Times; Journalist for Business World (India) 1993 – 1995, DNA (India) 1995-1996, Mint (India) 2019 onwards;
i. TiE UK – Founder, President & Chairman (2000-2011);
j. TiE Global Trustee (1995-2011);
k. Keynote speaker on fintech, financial inclusion and entrepreneurship.