Chief Technical Officer

Co-Founder

Christian is an IT security, governance and compliance solutions architect with over 20 years’ experience. In 2000, while employed at Price Waterhouse Coopers, he led on Digital Signature Law ratification across the EU, was Head of Public Sector at MessageLabs and Presidents club winner, was liaison to GCHQ, NATO, FBI, OECD particularly on Forward Threat Research.

He then moved to Alcatel-Lucent where, from 2007-2009, he was the European and Nordic lead for innovative security solutions emanating from Bell Labs in USA. He worked in the Far East for CSC, while the security lead on major bids. While working for Trend Micro between 2012 and 2014, he represented that company in its discussions with Gartner and was also a frequent speaker at public events on topics relating to cyber security’.

Legal Director (non-executive)

Doran has over 40 years of experience as an English-qualified legal practitioner in London and Moscow. He has wide-ranging experience including as an in-house adviser during the formative years of international oil and gas industry legal practice in the UK from 1975 to 1985, the financial services regulatory restructuring in the City of London following Big Bang in 1986 and the hurly-burly years in the early and mid-‘90s in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall. His experience includes being managing partner of the Moscow offices of two of the largest international law firms (Allen & Overy and Dentons). He has worked in civil law as well as common law jurisdictions and has long experience of dealing with business-related legal problems in transition economies. He has extensive experience of M&A in the UK and Russia, including some of the largest M&A deals in Russia in 2004 (tobacco) and 2015-16 (oil). During the ‘00s, he managed one of the leading banking and finance legal practices in Russia. In March 2019, he reverted to his original profession as a barrister and returned to London to practice as an international arbitrator.

Associate Director

A highly accomplished Principal Executive Advisor, they are a specialist in fraud and security risks associated with enterprise security architecture and emerging new technologies. And are a proven information security leader with success in developing and implementing IT security solutions, while balancing security initiatives to risks, business requirements and operations. They have gained extensive experience working in with global financial, telecom, utilities and government clients.

Associate Director

Our data center director has worked as Head of data centres for government entities, providing solutions and consultancy services to mission critical areas such as MOD, MOI, Health Care, and financial services, to name a few. Prior to this engagement they oversaw major operational activities in Hong Kong, and various well-known departments in and around the UK.

Operations Director (MEA)

Siviwe has a BSc from the UNIVERSITY OF KWA ZULU-NATAL in Law and Business Management. He is an experienced process engineer and company Director, especially in the field of fluid and waste engineering with a proven track record for taking ideas from innovation to implementation, driving complex technical projects from first contact to final commissioning, securing major technology development and plant supply contracts.

He has worked extensively across the entire fluid engineering spectrum from fundamental research, through to product and system development, process equipment design, project management and delivery, plant testing and operation, client-engineering team liaison, marketing and technical sales. Since become Managing Director of southern Africa’s preeminent fluid Engineering company, Siviwe has been at the forefront of helping municipalities, industry and stakeholders address the practical challenges of meeting greater demand for clean water and better waste management. Encompassing the environmental factors, operational cost and effective waste management, as Director of Operations MEA, Siviwe brings unsurpassed experience to our fluid engineering and renewable energy programs.

Customer Services Associate Director (APAC)

Archie has 25 years’ experience in the security industry and has served as country manager with some of the biggest Fortune 500 companies in Asia. Archie is a highly qualified and resourceful leader and will be responsible for managing the deployment of PlatinumDEX’s customer service and support staff and ensuring that it maintains industry leading standards of customer support.

Global Customer Services Associate Director

Jonathan is an expert in processes for ordering new services, the identification and documentation of company systems and customer organizations, Incident Management Procedures, Incident Detection and Recording (Event Management), the definition and management of major incident procedures, change management procedures and Service Level Management support.

CISO Europe and Asia

Dino is a Certified CISO and Senior Information Security and Risk Management Advisor with over 25 years’ experience. He delivers Information Security processes and frameworks based on ISO 27001, PCI DSS and NIST 800-53. He is C|CISO, C|EH, C|HFI, CISA, CISM, CRISC, ISO 9001 IA and ISO27001 Lead Auditor certified.

Associate Director

Our Director Financial Crime Compliance currently leads cyber investigations across the Middle East for a Big 4 consultancy and brings a unique blend of skills and experience focusing on cyber security, threat detection, response and investigations including crypto investigations and crypto due diligence. They have led KYC Operations in HSBC’s Global Banking and Markets Business in MENA and has worked with regulators and banks to help raise awareness of cyber risks. They are working with PlatinumDEX introducing best practise on AML and KYC operations in crypto and will be working alongside the PlatinumDEX Compliance with global regulators.

Director of Aquisitions

Nick is a former advertising executive and the founder of Lightspeed Torch. He has 4 years of experience in structuring and leading marketing & finance projects. Over the last year, he has structured teams and funding for real estate companies in the UAE, and worked in financial relations and construction projects with the government of the Maldives. And has been successful in securing this government partnership for PlatinumDEX moving forward

Executive Advisor

Tim has a PhD from the UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM and a BSc (Hons) in Metallurgy and Materials. He is an experienced metallurgist, materials scientist, and process engineer, especially in the field of pyrometallurgy with a proven track record for taking ideas from innovation to implementation, driving complex technical projects from first contact to final commissioning, securing major technology development and plant supply contracts. He is published extensively in journals, magazines and web sites. Over the past 30 years he has taken leading roles in dozens of projects for major metallurgical and environmental companies in the UK, Europe, South Korea, Japan, and USA. These projects covered a wide range of industries, including steel, titanium, ferroalloys, aerospace alloys, precious metals, silica glass, advanced materials, hazardous and nuclear waste, renewable energy and resource recovery. He has worked extensively across the entire spectrum from fundamental and applied research, through to product and system development, IP protection, metallurgical and process equipment design, project management and delivery, plant testing and operation, client-engineering team liaison, marketing and technical sales. This journey has seen him taking senior roles in every job function, including principal/lead/senior Process Engineering, Materials Scientist, Innovation, Technical Sales and Technical Director. As Executive Consultant, Tim brings unsurpassed experience to our renewable waste to energy programs.

Associate Director of Accounting

Olumide is a business and finance consultant with 7+ years progressive roles at PwC and Sam&Wright (S&W) – a consulting firm he co-founded. While at PwC, he worked across offices in Africa and the Middle East, delivering audit/assurance solutions to clients within the Financial services and Consumer/Industrial product services industries. He led a number of high-profile engagements including managing the team that helped the largest foreign bank in Qatar adopt a new impairment standard on their $2b+ credit portfolio and was part of a team that facilitated a tranche II $40m debt raise by a state government in Nigeria. Over the last 24 months, he has led S&W’s multi-disciplinary team in the development of business plans and financial projections for several startups, aiding debt and equity financing. He is quite passionate about Environmental, Sustainability and Governance issues and has served as external consultant for recycling startups in Nigeria and Ghana. He is a Certified public accountant and holds professional membership with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Certified Public Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada). He currently serves as the Associate Director of Accounting of PlatinumDEX

Consulting Relations

Mayowa is a business and sales consultant with over 5 years of experience in business advisory for startups, small and medium businesses in Africa and the Middle East – helping in building partnerships and securing loans, grants and investments.

He serves as an in-house consultant and communication strategist for Sam&Wright Consulting firm – a role where he leads 13 multidisciplinary professionals in the management of over 150+ projects within the past 3 years.

He was recently involved in offering advisory for a partnership with the government of Maldives in financial relations. He currently serves as a Consulting relations expert for PlatinumDEX.

Financial Relations Consultant

Sutai is a financial relations expert with 8 years of experience. He has an active trading background, managing multiple 8 figure client portfolios in currency trading, and has managed client relations and institutional relations for a boutique consulting company in Europe and the US for the last 3 years.

Most recently, he has helped PlatinumDEX secure 10 figure project capital partnerships for the cooperation with the government of Maldives.

Technical Consultant

Maurice has a background in race car engineering with a strong focus on fluid mechanics. He has experience working in aviation and recently took a lead role in the engineering structure of energy and natural resource projects.

Most recently, he joined PlatinumDEX’s renewable energy division as a Technical consultant to structure resources and advance strategic acquisitions.

Deputy Compliance Manager

Our deputy Compliance manager is an accomplished professional with over 16 years’ experience in the Government arena. Providing SME advice on legislation, regulations and best practice, he served as a thought leader with vast experience of coordinating and managing regulatory oversight, acting as a key member of the IT team to develop, and maintain a multi-year strategy and roadmaps to meet short term and long term regulatory oversight objectives for departments. He is adept at managing Vendor Affiliate programs and supporting business in refinement of formal contracts or service level agreements with internal IT areas and external service providers.

Team Lead Architecture

The team lead for architecture is an accomplished IT security professional with over 18 years’ experience within the IT industry, working for a number of the top 5 IT organisations worldwide, gaining vast experience in various sectors such as government and aviation. Experience with projects in End User Computing Transition/Exit, performing Architecture consultancy, active governance, on designs of both high-level and low-level design artefacts throughout the lifespan of the migration projects. Advising on infrastructure requirements and help in the fulfilment of the implementation of applications and infrastructure of the migration. Governance of procedures and requirements in-line with the protection of the existing service. Identity and Access Management, Security standards, ISO27001, Data Security, Security Fundamentals, Security Governance, Incident Response, Legislation and Export control. They have certifications in TOGAF 9.1 and AWS Certified Security – Identity and Access Management, Detective Controls, Infrastructure Protection, Data Protection, Incident and Response

Team Lead Infrastructure

Our team lead for infrastructure is an IT security professional with over 17 years’ experience in security & infrastructure roles. They have comprehensive experience in design, implementation and documentation. From resilient network environments, spanning multiple data centres that utilise both dedicated and/or virtualized infrastructure, and designing and building LAN/WAN infrastructure, running VOIP with QoS and firewall services for multiple new global office to implementing a full security upgrade project for a secure government payroll system in order to retain CESG accreditation. They have gained numerous certifications in the field of work – GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC) and GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP Security) & Cisco Certified Network Associate), Checkpoint Certified System Administrator R80, MCP, MCSA and MCSE in Windows 2000 and Windows 2003.

Architecture & Infrastructure

He is an experienced and knowledgeable information technology professional with 5+ years’ experience with Tier-1 technical support roles. He is adept at providing computer support, skilled in systems troubleshooting, and a proven ability to administer and control the operation, configuration and maintenance of computer based information systems, as well as in-depth knowledge of numerous software packages and operating systems.