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• Elixir Capital is a venture capital firm backing early-stage founders building open-source software and decentralised technologies from pre-seed to series A.
• Worked with the founding partners to launch a venture capital firm backing blockchain
• startups; led the development and design of portfolio construction and investment thesis,
• shaping the overall strategy of the company
• Spearheaded end-to-end transaction processes; performed financial analysis and market
• research; developed comprehensive investment papers for the investment committee
• Led the development and design of portfolio construction and fund thesis, shaping the overall strategy of the company
• Conducted in-depth due diligence on selected high-potential deals
• Worked with the team to set up Hub71+ digital assets, a Web3 incubator backed by the Abu Dhabi government; conducted in-depth due diligence on several startups; participated in selecting startups into the program

• Corporate venture and innovation arm of AB Inbev
• Led strategy and finance across several business units within the corporate venture team
• including specialty products ($160m revenue, +30%yoy), venture fund in Europe and
• Africa ($30m revenue), and global eCommerce ($1.1bn revenue, +26%yoy)
• Oversaw strategic short and long-term planning, target setting, budgeting and resource
• allocation; partnered cross-functionally to align strategies with operation teams as well as
• regional and global heads
• Spearheaded strategic projects to unlock the next stage of growth and improve profitability
• and operations for the core team as well as portfolio companies including revenue
• management, supply optimisation, product decomplexity and data infrastructure
• transformation
• Developed processes to track, analyse and report performance KPIs and generate business
• insight for decision-making; led regular business reviews and town halls with local teams as
• well as senior leaderships; achieved 100% cash target every year

• Corporate venture and innovation arm of AB Inbev
• Led strategy and finance across several business units within the corporate venture team
• including specialty products ($160m revenue, +30%yoy), venture fund in Europe and
• Africa ($30m revenue), and global eCommerce ($1.1bn revenue, +26%yoy)
• Oversaw strategic short and long-term planning, target setting, budgeting and resource
• allocation; partnered cross-functionally to align strategies with operation teams as well as
• regional and global heads
• Spearheaded strategic projects to unlock the next stage of growth and improve profitability
• and operations for the core team as well as portfolio companies including revenue
• management, supply optimisation, product decomplexity and data infrastructure
• transformation
• Developed processes to track, analyse and report performance KPIs and generate business
• insight for decision-making; led regular business reviews and town halls with local teams as
• well as senior leaderships; achieved 100% cash target every year

• Capital markets venture capital
• Managed investment process for late seed/series A startups with a focus on capital markets technologies; led the process from sourcing and evaluation through to completion; ensured stakeholder buy-in from partners and members of the investment committee
• Performed extensive analysis and due diligence on prospective investments; worked closely with companies to develop and substantiate financial models and developed investment papers for investment committee
• Conducted in-depth research on the industry and collaborated closely with industry participants, including banks, custodians, exchanges, and asset managers, to stay updated on emerging trends

Sapphire Ventures is a growth-focused venture firm partnering with Enterprise AI founders and early-stage funds to build Companies of Consequence. With $10B+ AUM and 15+ years of experience, the firm supports scaling GTM, operations, and leadership across its portfolio of AI and enterprise technology companies.

• Led an MBA consulting project for Sapphire Ventures focused on enterprise AI go-to-market and scaling strategies — synthesized market trends, customer segments, and competitive landscape into an actionable GTM playbook.
• Built financial and unit-economics models (ARR, CAC, LTV, burn/sensitivity scenarios) to evaluate growth pathways for post–product-market-fit startups and to stress-test potential investment cases.
• Interviewed partners and portfolio company executives to capture best practices on scaling sales, CS, and product operations; translated qualitative insights into a repeatable scaling framework for early-stage AI companies.
• Developed investor-facing deliverables (slide deck, executive summary, KPI dashboard) and presented recommendations to Sapphire partners, aligning proposed actions to the firm’s portfolio strategy around agentic AI and context-driven moats.
• Proposed a product–workflow fit assessment to help founders prioritize workflow redesign vs. feature automation — reflecting Sapphire’s thesis that redesigning workflows often unlocks greater system-level value for AI adoption.

INSEAD is a leading global graduate business school that equips a diverse international community with the skills and knowledge to address complex business challenges and drive responsible leadership across industries.

• Completed a focused MBA program emphasizing strategy, finance, entrepreneurship, and leadership across INSEAD’s multi‑campus, multicultural cohort.
• Delivered team-based consulting and capstone projects applying strategic frameworks and financial modeling to real-world business problems for corporate and startup clients.
• Held leadership roles in student clubs/events (cross-cultural teams), organizing speaker series and peer-learning sessions to deepen industry and functional knowledge.
• Developed advanced skills in valuation, negotiation, go-to-market planning, and people leadership — applied these skills to advisor-style engagements and investor-facing analyses.

• Global equity fund manager
• Formerly Wingate Asset Management
• Part of an investment team of five managing a global equities fund - 10-year performance ranked 9th (Morningstar, Oct 2016)
• Carried out investment research with a focus on large-cap global equities; researched and developed investment thesis for the fund
• Responsible for researching and structuring optimal trading strategies as part of trade execution and management of portfolio exposure
• Spearheaded the project to integrate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) into the investment process; resulted in a new segment of clients investing in the fund

• Corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions advisory
• Strategy and operations
• Performed extensive financial analysis, strategy evaluation and operational reviews as part of transaction due diligence; worked on 20+ prospective deals and corporate activities (recapitalisation, M&A, restructure etc); managed all aspects of transactions from investors solicitation through to completion
• Led project to establish a new consumer finance arm of the business; conducted market research, built financial and credit models, and executed early part of the business plan
• Project management
• Project-led capital raising process for Wingate Group; worked closely with each division head to develop financial models which formed key parts of the investment document; raised >100% above target; awarded options as a result

• Led the development of the models used to perform key analyses for the fund’s flagship product
• Researched and structured new investment ideas using a combination of options, equities and margin loans