Flexport

Business Development

Forward Advances

Built and scaled a venture backed B2B FinTech lender. Delivered 150% QoQ growth for over two years. Raised £15M in debt & equity. Reported to the board of a listed entity.

Venture CEO

Forward Partners

Sat on the leadership team of an early stage investor.

Managing Director

Earnt.It

Bootstrapped and launched a consumer FinTech enabling early wage access.

Founder

PayPal

Led a $10b card product and launched new lending businesses through strategic partnerships.

Product, Business Development and GTM

Scaled Buy Now Pay Later and Revenue-Based Financing products to a £2b originations run rate.

Head of Operations

HSBC

Program Manager

Bank of America

Head of Projects

British Army

IT and Telecommunications Engineer

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I've built and scaled fast-growing FinTech products as a founder and operator.

- Scaled PayPal’s Buy Now Pay Later and Merchant Lending business in the UK to a £2B annual originations run rate.
- Bootstrapped a consumer FinTech, enabling customers to access wages early.
- Founded and scaled a venture-backed FinTech, providing revenue-based financing to digital businesses.

I’ve developed expertise in early product validation, go-to-market strategy, growth, and operations.

Along the way, I've just been following my interests and solving problems for customers.

Oh, and I love riding motorbikes and climbing mountains.

Hasam Silva

Excited to announce the launch of The Trade Leaders Table.

This is a small, invite-only dinner exclusively for CEOs and CFOs of businesses over $100M in revenue who are focused on simplifying global trade in 2026.

It’s two hours, under the Chatham House Rule, focused purely on knowledge exchange.

You’ll be joined by other business leaders and a specialised group of experts in customs, freight, and finance.

The goal is simple: share the practical knowledge needed to simplify global trade in 2026.

The first date is on 15 January 2026.

#globaltrade #supplychain #customs #workingcapital #fintech

FinTech GTM & Growth | Scaling Flexport Capital in EMEA

Swiphr

As the CEO of Swiphr, I have the privilege of leading a team of creative geniuses to revolutionize the retail industry. My role involves driving the company's strategic vision and ensuring its successful execution while maintaining a strong culture of innovation and collaboration.

Key responsibilities include:

Strategic Vision and Execution: Develop and implement the company's overall strategy, ensuring that we continue to pioneer location-based e-commerce solutions and stay ahead of market trends.

Leadership: Build, manage, and motivate a high-performing team by creating a culture of accountability, innovation, and collaboration.

Financial Management: Oversee the company's financial health, ensuring that our resources are allocated efficiently and effectively to support sustainable growth.

Operations: Optimize operational processes and procedures to ensure seamless execution and delivery of our platform's features and services.

Marketing and Brand Management: Oversee marketing efforts to increase brand awareness, user acquisition, and market share.

Product Development: Work closely with the product team to deliver innovative, location-based solutions that address consumer and retailer pain points and drive engagement on the platform.

Chief Executive Officer

GoDigital, Inc

Perform website design and development for clients in diverse fields such as medical devices, real estate and entertainment. 

Specialize in sites for new local artists, including elements such as tour calendars, ticket shop carts , music streaming, and news update. 

Meet with clients to gather requirements, design sites, and outline schedules. 

 Develop concepts, control project flow, and ensure deliverable milestones are met. 

Handled multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring all projects were completed with the deadline date .

Website developer

SAMTRIX HOMES AND PROPERTY LIMITED

Developed dynamic and interactive website that ensured high traffic, page reviews, and user experience , resulting in 45% increase in sales revenue. 

Fixed bugs from existing websites and implemented enhancements that significantly improved web functionality. 

Maintained accuracy and attention to detail throughout the creative development process .

Web Developer

Simplicity Capital

Developed dynamic and interactive website that ensured high traffic, page reviews, and user experience , resulting in 40% increase in sales revenue. 

Designed processes for cleanup and performance improvement that minimized downtime by 13%.

Tested and Validated work produced as part of the development process.

Contract Web Developer

Nigerian Television Authority

Tested and Validated work produced as part of the development process. 

Developed their advanced database driven website 
Back-end development and maintenance of NTA website using PHP and MySQL

Developing compatible User Interface functionality using jQuery. 

Documenting features, technical specifications & infrastructure requirements. 

Working with multi-disciplinary team to convert business needs into technical specification.

A highly creative,self-motivated,very dependable,results oriented,resourceful, innovative,and competent web developer with extensive experience in the layout, design and coding of websites specifically in PHP format. Possessing considerable knowledge of the development of web applications and scripts using PHP programming language and MySQL Server databases. Experienced in developing applications and solutions for a wide range of corporate,charity and public sector clients and having enthusiasm and ambition to complete projects to the highest standard .
Aims to put my best at work and contribute positively to the achievement of organization’s goal and work within existing structures to achieve set objectives.

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