The team behind Fintalent
Core team
Ömer, CFA
CEO & Co-Founder
Ömer
Ömer has been in the VC, Investment Banking and Asset Management industry for more than 10 years, starting his career with the Warburgs in Institutional Equity Research and Equity Sales. In his last appointment, Ömer served as the Investment Director and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions for a publicly-listed Swedish-Vietnamese Venture Builder.
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Manoj
CTO & Co-Founder
Manoj
Manoj is an experienced Software Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in information technology and services industry. He has vast experience in software development and leading tech teams on multiple project platforms.
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Toby
CCO
Toby
Starting his career in the corporate world, Toby has been a freelancer for 5 years himself. With a background in Marketing, he has advised and led commercial teams in a number of start- and scale-ups in the tech space.
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Thien
Backend Developer
Thien
Thien is a junior backend developer at Fintalent. He has been with Fintalent right from the start. He holds a bachelor's degree in Knowledge Engineering from Ho Chi Minh City University Of Science.
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Vera
Chief Talent Officer
Vera
Vera has been working in HR for six years and is specialized in Direct Search as well as Talent Management. In her role at Fintalent, she is ensuring successful client outcomes by matching the right talent from our global community, with the pre-specified needs of our clients. Prior to Fintalent, she worked with Hilti Corporation, and holds a Master of Science from the University of Liechtenstein.
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Jake
Community Manager
Jake
Jake is currently studying Classics at the University of Oxford. Alongside his studies he has been working as Community Manager at Fintalent.
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Advisory board
Dr. Steffen Blase
Advisory Board
Steffen
Steffen is the Group Head of M&A and Venture Investments at Volkswagen AG and has been part of our advisory board at Fintalent since May 2021. Prior to Volkswagen, he was an investment banker (M&A) with Citi and at Volkswagen Financial Services. He is a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions working group of the Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft e.V.
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Valentín Rivas Vera
Advisory Board
Valentín
Valentin is Director of Strategy at lyntia, the leading telecom infrastructure company in Spain, where he has led multiple M&A operations leveraging freelance talent. Prior to that Valentin founded a startup and worked as a mgmt. consultant at Bain & Company, Rivergo Advisors, and as a freelancer.
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Alexander Mora, CFA
Advisory Board
Alexander
Alexander has two decades of international financial industry experience. He currently is Partner and Head Financial Services Practice of an AESC-accredited Executive Search firm as well as Board Member of the HBS Alumni Angels Germany.
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