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Our Team
Ignite Ratings
Michael Kessler (BSc (Hons) Business, DipM, SFA)
Ignite Ratings is the world’s first, truly decentralised and self-regulating investment
intelligence and ratings platform powered entirely by crowd sourced opinion.
Founder / CEO
Latham & Watkins LLP
Latham & Watkins LLP is an international law firm. Its London office is recognised for
its work advising some of the world’s leading corporates, financial institutions and
private equity firms on their most significant transactions. Tokenise is working with
Latham & Watkins LLP for both the token issuance and to assist in the legal hurdles to
enable the Tokenise concept to flourish both in the UK and potentially beyond.
With 20+ years in the investment management industry, Michael has gone on to build several
successful businesses. He has worked with several ICOs including the Gibraltar Blockchain
Exchange (GBX) and has been in the blockchain space since 2015 looking at creating
secondary markets for crowdfunded companies. Michael has recently lectured on tokenised
securities, highlighting the importance of regulation and compliance within the space.
Martin Graham
Chair of the Advisory Board and Non-Executive Director of International Operations
Martin has a track record in attracting and channelling large scale international investment
with a focus on new technologies, especially in Fintech. He played a central role in building
London into the world’s leading financial and investment centre. As Director of Markets and
Chairman of AIM at the London Stock Exchange he personally led the internationalisation of
the LSE as one of the world’s major sources of equity capital.
Simon Telfer COO
Director at CGI, technology evangelist, crypto enthusiast and entrepreneur with 25+ years’
experience trying to keep IT simple, specialising in technology, cyber security and programme
management. Simon has an extensive knowledge of the crypto and blockchain world and
has deployed global programmes in blockchain, cloud & digital services, cyber security and
application management.
Ben Tubey CTO / Insights Manager
CEO of Straight 8 Industries and Twisted7.com. Ben has worked alongside Michael since 2009
and has built several businesses in the technology space, primarily focusing on Big Data and
market analytics. He has also been responsible for tracking market manipulation within a
national stock exchange. Ben is a visionary in the technology sector and has recently added
blockchain technologies to his capabilities.
Yale ReiSoleil Director of Business Development
Director of business development. Yale’s business IOB LLC invests in innovative and regulated
businesses that show promise in the blockchain world. He has a wide and extensive
knowledge of the sector and has nurtured and built businesses in the space. Yale also brings a
wide breadth of connections and communities together and sees the global vision in creating
partnerships and alliances.
Laura Wright CFO
Laura has 12+ years’ experience in finance and has been working with Kession for six years.
Coming from a background dealing in high volume transactions she is perfectly placed to deal
with the treasury management and the trading flows of the business.
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