SPEAKER PROFILE

Narayanan runs a crowdfunding platform that enables issuance of equity and debt for startups, SMEs and real estate projects. He is also the Managing Partner of an early-stage investment firm based in Bahrain. Over a career spanning twenty years, Narayanan has evolved as an investment management specialist, having held senior management positions with prominent institutions such as Deutsche Bank in London, GFH Financial Group, KPMG Corporate Finance and International Investment Bank in Bahrain across a range of sectors. Narayanan is a mentor with a couple of accelerators in Bahrain and the US and has a combination of skills as an angel investor, a financial analyst, an investment manager and a Fintech enabler. He is a CFA Charterholder, a master's in finance from London Business School, an alumnus of MIT's Fintech: Future Commerce, has completed the Digital Business Leadership Program at Columbia Business School and the Oxford Blockchain Strategy Program from Said Business School.