The Board

Board member since: March 2024

Education: BA Honours in Accounting from Bradley University

Experience: Kevin’s career with HSBC began in 2006 as Global Head of Leveraged and Acquisition Finance. He then became Head of Global Capital Financing and in April 2008, took on the role of Global Head of Principal Investments. In January 2011, he became Co-Head of Global Banking and oversaw HSBC’s vast Global Banking business

Other positions: Founded Adeson Advisors in May 2023, taking on strategic advisory roles with a select group of private equity and corporate clients, and Non-Executive Senior Advisor at HSBC.

Board member since: March 2024

Education: Bachelor’s Degree from Harvard University

Experience: Analyst Investment Banking Division (Industrials) at Jefferies, Financial Analyst Investment Management Division Goldman Sachs, Associate Investment Banking Division Capillar Advisory, Investment Manager NV Capital AB, Investment Manager DDM

Other positions: Chairman Enersize Oyj (publ.), Board Member LiveArena Technologies AB

Board member since: July 2024

Education: Bachelor’s Degree and Masters from Oxford University

Experience: Global Chief Executive Officer, The Talent Business. A global executive search consultancy specialising in marketing, communications, innovation and business transformation. Five-time speaker at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Has written for Fast Company, AdAge, Adweek, The Guardian and The Drum.

Other positions: On the advisory council for Business Insider’s ‘Most innovative CMO’s in the World’.

Board member since: November 2024

Education: PhD in Computer Science from Columbia University, and BA in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge

Experience: Leading researcher in machine learning and artificial intelligence. He is a Director of Research in machine learning at the University of Cambridge. Adrian also leads research projects in AI and machine learning at The Alan Turing Institute. He has previously worked in the financial sector, including roles as Managing Director at Citadel and as a trader at Goldman Sachs and Salomon Brothers.

Other positions: Head of Safe and Ethical AI at The Alan Turing Institute (UK national institute for data science and AI).

Board member since: July 2026

Education: Stockholm School of Economics, 1982–1984

Experience: Bain & Company (London and Munich), Co-founder The Arkwright Group 1984–2000 (European strategy consulting, corporate finance and private equity), Co-founder European Digital Capital (EDC) 2000–present, Owner-investor from 1991–92 and Board Member until 2026 Sivers Semiconductors AB (publ), Co-founder CST Ltd (photonics semiconductors, spun out of the University of Glasgow in 1999 with Intel Capital, merged with Sivers 2017), Co-founder and former 40 per cent owner Hoist Finance

Other positions: Chairman Achilles Capital AB (publ), Chairman AEDC Capital Limited, Board Member Omnio London Ltd