Kinesis for Governments

Thomas has worked in the investment, funds management and bullion industries for approximately seventeen years with his portfolio management career spanning the foundation of the boutique investment company, TRAC Financial, to the establishment of a highly successful Absolute Return Fund. A significant part of his career has been dedicated to building systems of a cross-border international bullion market with a global network of central bankers, brokers, fund managers and governments. His experience and broad knowledge of capital markets, enable him to deliver exceptional value and insight to all stakeholders.

David has protected and advanced the interests of some of the largest and most prominent entities in the world, across four continents. His experience spans corporate structuring, domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, capital markets and private equity, insurance, intellectual property and planning & environment law. David holds a Bachelor of Laws (Commercial Law) from the University of Queensland and a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice. He is admitted/registered in several jurisdictions worldwide.

Eric Maine has more than 30 years of senior management experience in the exchange and financial markets. His most recent positions in the Asia Pacific Region included Director of Market Development at the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx), Head of Product Development and Management at Singapore Exchange (SGX), and Head of Product & Research at Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX). Eric has also held positions at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and the New York Board of Trade.

Jai has a track record of driving business growth in director, executive, partner, advisor, and global leadership roles at both established international and early-stage companies. His diverse commercial and operational experience spans the FinTech, precious metals, mining, financial services, investment and trading spaces. A leader with a high-level understanding of commercial strategy, Jai is known for implementing innovative solutions that deliver increased revenue growth. He holds extensive experience in global decision-making across a diverse range of industries and markets, with an ability for identifying profitable opportunities and the operational experience to capitalise. Jai possesses functional expertise across all facets of multi-stack marketing, financial technology, and product development, enabling him to steer ambitious ideas into commercially successful products with a unique hands-on approach. His diverse skill set enables him to manage with the company-wide attention to detail required to globalise an international brand. As a founding member of Kinesis, Jai brings his wealth of experience to driving the adoption of a truly ethical, global monetary system, which he believes will shape the future of precious metals and the monetary space.

Richard’s experience encompasses executive, operating, director and advisory roles at internationally respected organisations, boutique speciality firms and fast-paced startups. He is a seasoned professional with extensive experience within the precious metals, financial services, wealth management, and FinTech spaces. Richard has a proven track record of success in the execution of strategy, corporate decision making, operations development & management, process improvement, and team leadership. He is an active driver of growth and has a deep understanding of the value of excellence in customer experience. Richard understands the intricacies across a multitude of financial products, service operations and strategies. A founding team member of Kinesis, Richard sees an incredibly bright future for Kinesis across the banking and financial services, retail, trading and investment space. His experience as a hands-on and forward-looking leader underpins the diversity of Richards skill-set, enabling the management of deliverables at the pinnacle of quality.

Andrew Maguire has almost 50 years’ experience working in the precious metals industry as an independent Loco London metals trader and analyst, where he has provided Precious Metals Advisory and Trading services for international hedge fund managers, bullion banks, directors, metal traders and many of the largest global institutions. Andrew has built strong relationships with US and UK regulatory bodies, having worked as an advisor for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, (CFTC) and the Department of Justice, (DOJ). In the UK, Andrew is currently providing advisory services to the UK and the Financial Conduct Authority, (FCA). Andrew’s specialist knowledge of trading in financial and commodity markets equips him with a unique ability to read the precious metals market. As an internationally renowned precious metals expert, Andrews features regularly on popular online precious metals publications to provide industry insight and bring market manipulation to the attention of the world’s media.

Martin has more than 20 years of experience in driving profitable sales growth and product development in leading start-ups. He has been well recognized with the ability to lead new strategic processes and implementations for business in multiple distribution channels across Latin America. Having previously been responsible as Director of International Business Development for a large investment company, Martin was able to increase production growth from USD$18 M to USD$35 M whilst increasing South America global participation.