Ruth Knowles has been director of marketing and investor relations since the Group’s inception, and is also company secretary for parts of The Fine Art Group. She has been with the Group since its inception and has had experience of all areas of the business, with a particular focus on structuring projects and raising capital. She is now responsible for investor relations, marketing and business development. Prior to The Fine Art Group, she worked as senior researcher at Penna, a people management business with track record of working in partnership with the public and private sector, part of the Adecco Group UK and Ireland. Knowles frequently speaks at global conferences, is a regular guest lecturer at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art, and has also appeared on CNBC and the BBC.

Prior to joining Exo Investing as one of the founding team, Nikolai Hack spent a number of years as a management and political consultant, gaining extensive experience across European bluechip clients and international organisations. He has spent the majority of his career focusing on operational excellence and process optimisation projects. His consulting roles in business and policy span a variety of sectors including stints in the automobile, consumer goods as well as transportation sector but also within institutions of the European Union and multilateral trade bodies. At Exo, he focuses on the operational aspects of the business which include Customer Support and Excellence, Operations and Integrations, Compliance, Finance and Legal.

Catherine Howarth has been chief executive of ShareAction since 2008. ShareAction is a civil society organisation working globally to promote the highest standards of responsible investment in the interests of sustainable development and a swift and stable low carbon transition. Catherine is a board member of the Scott Trust, owner of the Guardian Media Group, serving on the Trust’s investment committee. She also serves on HM Treasury’s Asset Management Taskforce. She was a Member Nominated Trustee of The Pensions Trust for five years until Spring 2013. In June 2011, Catherine was named a ‘Rising Star of Corporate Governance’ by Yale University’s Millstein Center. Catherine was recognised by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2014.

JP Dallmann is passionate about leadership with purpose and impact. He believes that impact investing and the performance of companies, their leaders and people play a key role in helping solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. Dallmann is an investor and co-founder of Realchangers, where they are redefining the future of work with a platform matching mission-driven talent to impact-driven companies to enable them to deliver on their visions more effectively. In 2017, he launched Impact Founders, a community of entrepreneurs using profit for purpose and tech as a force for good. The organisation has now joined forces with Fast Forward 2030, where Dallmann has become a board member. He draws on his experience in Investment Banking and entrepreneurship to develop and share global best practices. Dallmann does this as an author, speaker, lecturer and through the companies and organisations he runs, advises, consults and supports. Most recently, he launched the podcast “Impact Leaders” with the goal of raising further awareness about impact investing and sharing the stories, messages and advice of those leading the way.

Vaughan Lindsay is the chair of the Fund Management Investment Advisory Committee from The Big Isue Invest. Prior to joining Big Issue Invest, Lindsay was the executive director of Leapfrog, an international development fund manager specialising in access to financial services in the developing world. He is familiar with the UK social enterprise space serving ten years as CEO of the Dartington Hall Trust, a pioneering charity based on a 1,200 acre estate in the heart of rural Devon, and as a former trustee of the School for Social Entrepreneurs. Previously, he was covering consumer goods and retail across multiple markets at McKinsey & Co. Lindsay has a wealth of experience working across various emerging markets, and brings with him valuable social investment insight and experience.

Urs Bolt hast over 30 years experience in the financial services industry, mainly in wealth management, investment banking and banking technology business. Urs Bolt's core expertise is to develop and roll out new digital business platforms. Successful projects include a B2B social business platform for financial intermediaries, establishing prime services for ultra-wealthy clients, and post-trade services for FX and OTC products.Urs Bolt's current focus is to help FinTech &RegTech companies and financial service providers to review/refocus business strategies, develop products and markets, execute sales, scout for FinTech solutions, build business partnerships, and manage projects.Constantly ranked as top FinTech influencer in Switzerland and globally in RegTech.Urs is a speaker, panelist, moderator, interviewee, microblogger and author.

April Rudin is an acclaimed financial services and wealth management marketing strategist. A digital and traditional media expert, April is distinguished by her ability to forecast, analyze and illuminate critical trends in the industry and create campaigns for enhancing brand and professional visibility for people. The Rudin Group, founded in 2008, designs bespoke marketing campaigns for some of world’s most important wealth management/family office firms. Firm’s strengths include: digital strategy, high net worth and multi-generational marketing.April is a regularly featured source of expert commentary to international news and business outlets, trade publications and broadcast media. She is recognized by IBM as an “Influencer” in both wealth management and fintech.

Mark Walker is a former senior adviser at UK trade & investment, where he used his time to build contacts in technology, IoT and Smartcities sectors, as well as the investment and accelerator environment. Managing a team of seven, his role facilitated a good understanding of the London technology environment. Walker continued his passion for supporting start-up and scale up organisations by joining London & Partners as the tech & urban specialist on the Mayor’s international business programme Helping London companies internationalise. Most recently he has started several new projects; the first Element’s is looking to bring technology, liquidity and transparency to the climate change investment sector. The second is an annual guide and accelerator programme to showcase the most influential, innovative companies, and visionary personalities shaping the Fintech industry.