Chet Velani is the Managing Director and Board member of EV, responsible for identifying and implementing EV’s business strategy. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (FIA) and holds a BSc in Actuarial Science from the University of Kent. Chet’s primary focus is to ensure the EV works closely with our clients to design and deliver innovative solutions that support end customers with their financial planning needs, whether financial guidance, face-to-face or digital advice. He believes everyone has the right to quality and affordable financial planning support.
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Olivia Singleton
Viren Patel
Nikhil Kamdar
Nikhil Kamdar is a seasoned professional with a passion for pioneering technology solutions across the realms of mobile telecommunications, enterprise security, mobile security, endpoint protection, and cloud-based biometrics. With an extensive career that encompasses notable roles at EE, Samsung Electronics, and his current role at iProov, Nikhil is committed to advancing innovation and bolstering security in the digital landscape. Nikhil’s dedication to technology extends beyond his professional pursuits. He is deeply committed to staying at the forefront of emerging technologies and industry trends. As an active participant in industry forums, he engages with thought leaders, attends conferences, and frequently contributes valuable insights to discussions on the future of mobile security and biometrics.
Tariq Khan
Tariq is Business Development Director at Objectway and he leads the Business Development and Account Management teams. Tariq is passionate about Wealth management sector and has been working with Wealth Managers for over 15 years, with the prime focus on delivering outstanding client outcomes. He and his team try and achieve this by forming long term partnerships with firms and enabling them to improve their user and end client experience, operational efficiency, and become future ready through Objectway’s digital solutions. Tariq studied Physiology at Kings College London and he holds the Islamic Finance Qualification.
Lennart Asshoff
Sarah Kemmitt
Sarah Kemmitt works with the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative where she helped to establish and leads the Secretariat for the Net Zero Banking Alliance. With an earlier career in ecological conservation, agroforestry and soil science, after the financial crisis Sarah took the opportunity move into financial services regulation, including roles within the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Bank of England. In recent years she brought her environmental expertise to bear on her supervisory work at the Bank, contributing to the UK regulation and supervision of the risks from climate change on the banking and insurance sectors.
Robert Kurowicki
Robert Kurowicki has over 12 years of experience in clinical research working for the Clinical Research Organization. Before that he spent over 18 years in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry managing sales and marketing activities in several companies including Behring, Sanofi and Celgene, focusing on the oncology, haematology and rare disease therapeutic areas.
At his current position, he is responsible for the feasibility research. Collaborating with investigators and various team members such as Medical Experts, Regulatory and Project Managers, as well as analysing multiple data sources, Robert is responsible for strategizing the most efficient scenarios to conduct various clinical studies.
Alexandre FONTAYNE
Alexandre Fontayne received his PhD in Biological Science at the University of Paris Sud (France). He has 20 years of experience in R&D, including 15 years in the pharmaceutical industry working around drug design and the production of biologics, including ublituximab. Mr Fontayne is the co-author of 28 scientific articles and inventor of 12 patents. He contributes to the training of students and employees in drug design, chemistry manufacturing and control activities and subcontracting. Since 2021, Mr Fontayne has worked for Unither Pharmaceuticals as Chief Scientific Officer for biological products, and is deeply involved in the development of the Euroject® device
Dr. Aurelio Rojo Garrido
Aurelio Rojo, PhD Industrial Engineer, has developed his professional career in both, RAILWAYS and SAFETY&SECURITY sectors, particularly in Metro of Madrid, where his filed of expertise became related to fire protection and safety management aspects. As Director of Operations of Metro Madrid, he was responsible for the development of the Safety, Fire Protection and Security Programs, between 1994-2007, in a network of 300 km and 350 stations, mostly underground. As General Secretary of Alamys (Latin-American Metropolitan Railways Association) between 2001 and 2014 (Now honorary member) coordinated many safety and security Public Transport System Working Groups and Seminars.
Between 2010 and 2022 he has been President of APICI, Spanish Fire Protection Engineers Association and currently he is Honorary President of APICI
Aurelio Rojo has vast experience in the academic and research world .He has been Co-Director of the Masters in Fire Protection Engineering and professor on the Railway Masters at the School of Engineering of the Pontifical University of Comillas in Madrid, Spain, where he has had the opportunity to deal with complex conceptual models that need to be contemplated both in performance base fire engineering matters and in the design and operation of metro systems with high levels of safety and security.”