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Chartered accountant and postgraduate in management

Over 21 years of experience in investment management; having managed multiple funds for Sun Life, Hamon, BNY Mellon, Merill Lynch, Dreyfus  and managed accounts

Previously licensed as a Responsible Officer for investment management and derivatives trading by Hong Kong SFC and licensed as a portfolio manager for US mutual funds by SEC, USA

Anna-Larisa Snijders brings 15 years of financial sector experience, of which 5+ years in banking and asset management (APX-ENDEX, ING and APG Asset Management). After that, Anna-Larisa was independently active in capital raising for several private equity funds, alongside which she set up and managed a franchise of Global Cynergies, a global hotel booking business.

In the most recent years she has been active in hotel real estate brokerage as well as managing several hotel debt and equity transactions, after which she worked as a Senior Fundraising Manager at CORUM Asset Management.

Anna-Larisa holds a BSc in Management and Organization from the Free University of Amsterdam and a MSc in International Public Management from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, for which she wrote her thesis on Microfinance in India.

Ayushi is a content creator who specialises in social media strategy/engagement. 

She holds a Master's Degree in New Media and Digital Culture from the University of Amsterdam.

Guido is a development and implementation specialist for institutional Banking and Asset Management business in Germany. Senior Sales and Marketing Expert with more than 30 years of experience regarding institutional clients and exquisite corporates.

Sales and consulting for banking solutions 10 years (Deutsche Bank, Metzler and DG Bank) and asset management solutions ( et al structured products, private equity, ABS, real estate, infrastructure) for more than 20 years (Union Investment, RCM, Kepler Capital Markets, NordLB AM, Source for Alpha).

He has a University Degree in Economics from the Fern Universität Hagen (Germany) and a banking education (Deutsche Bank).

Legal Clerk with 20 years of administrative work experience within small and large organisations in both private and public sectors.

Master's degree in International Business Law, with focus on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property and International Investment Law.

Roger Mortimer has over twenty years’ experience in the financial markets with an emphasis on emerging markets, especially India. As well as working for top tier Indian financial businesses such as Kotak Mahindra and IIFL Investment Managers.

With a thorough understanding of the complexities of the Indian markets, Roger has developed deep relationships with institutional investors globally and is excited by the ESG-focused offerings that Red Ribbon is tailoring.

Ryan is an Indian born financial services expert based out of the Netherlands, with more than 30 years’ experience. CEO of Mahler Fund Management BV and former CEO of Cordares Capital Care Services - the then 4th pension administrator in the Netherlands - with assets under management of over 24 billion euros. 

Previously, he worked in various positions in the financial sector at Achmea Pensions & Holding, Eureko, Delta Lloyd, and DCE Consultants. He studied at Hindu College, (Delhi), University Faculties Saint Ignatius Antwerp, Universities of Leiden, Amsterdam and INSEAD.

He pursued several postgraduate studies in Property Management, Corporate Finance, Management & Financial Accounting and Fund Management. He is also the former chairman of the India Steering Committee of the Holland Financial Centre and former advisor to IFCI Venture Capital  in India. 

In 2009 he co-founded the IXL Group with other investors and acquired a stake in the fifth oldest bank in Germany, Bankverein Werthe. The IXL group became a foundation for many spin offs of the IXL companies internationally. In 2011 he established Mahler Funds together with a group of investors and launched the Mahler India Growth Fund which received recognition for its high returns for investors in the Dutch retail fund market.

He is a member of the International Executive Council of the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) and former VP Europe of this organisation. In this capacity he has been involved in policy advice to the Government of India in various fields relating to the Diaspora.

Sal is a seasoned software services executive with 30+ years’ corporate and entrepreneurial experience covering all aspects of enterprise software development, delivery and implementation, including product & project management, across several industry sectors.

Successfully launched own software company to automate the conversion of legacy applications to non-proprietary modern architectures, which was subsequently acquired by SAP where Sal headed up the Engineering function.

As advisor / consultant to a number of early stage tech start-ups - including FinTechs - Sal built engineering teams to develop MVPs, assisted with GTM strategies and handled fundraising / investor relations activities. 

Prior to joining Ribbon, Sal co-founded a RegTech venture to automate complex regulatory compliance tasks for financial institutions undertaking Digital Transformation projects.

Associate Member of CIMA and holding a Dip in ACCA.

Years of experience and proven approach in both financial & management accounting.

An accomplished Compliance subject matter expert with an overall two decades of experience, of which recent nine years are specific to the UK financial regulatory regime. 

Specialises in conduct risk and data protection matters.

Banking professional for 7 years, worked in foreign exchange operations and retail operations.

Masters (MSc) in Financial Technology.