People and Leadership
Executive team
Our people are our greatest asset – they matter the most to our business. It is only with the determination, values and dedication of our team that we can serve clients, generate long-term returns for our shareholders and contribute to a better marketplace.
Manu Choudhary
Chief Executive Officer
As our Chief Executive Officer, Manu brings a unique combination of strategic vision, industry expertise, and leadership acumen to our organization. With a primary focus on driving business growth and expansion, he leads our macro strategy efforts, identifying and capitalizing on emerging trends and opportunities in the financial services sector. A key aspect of his role involves expanding our key strategic partnerships, fostering strong relationships with major financial institutions, and collaborating with industry leaders to stay at the forefront of innovation.
Manu's impressive career spans over 20 years of front-office derivative sales experience in the financial services industry, with a proven track record of success in driving revenue growth, building high-performing teams, and delivering exceptional client service. Prior to joining our organization, he held senior roles at some of the world's most prestigious banks, including Lloyds Bank and Barclays Investment Bank.
Michael Siwek
Chief Revenue Officer and Founder
As a seasoned Executive Director, Michael brings a wealth of experience and expertise to our firm, drawn from his extensive background in Financial Services. With a strong specialization in Regulatory Technology, Market Data, and multi-asset class trading systems, he has established himself as a thought leader in the industry. His particular area of expertise lies in designing, building, and operating electronic foreign exchange trading venues from the ground up, with a proven track record of successfully distributing these platforms to top-tier institutions.
As a member of our executive team, Michael plays a key role in shaping our firm's overall strategy and direction, with a focus on identifying opportunities for growth, improving operational efficiency, and fostering strong relationships with our global client base.
Chris's extensive markets knowledge and professional network have been forged through his work with multiple global financial institutions.
Chris Park
Chief Risk Officer
As our Chief Risk Officer, Chris brings an unparalleled depth of experience and expertise to our organization, with a distinguished career spanning 25 years in the financial services industry. His extensive background encompasses a broad range of disciplines, including leveraged and M&A financing, liquid asset financing, corporate banking, retail banking, and capital/financial markets.
Throughout his career, Chris has held senior roles at numerous top-tier banks, where he has developed a unique understanding of the complex risk landscape and has played a key role in shaping the risk management strategies of several major financial institutions.
With over two decades of origination experience in both Corporate and Investment Banking, Chris is a recognized leader and specialist in his field. His expertise extends to 'Behavioural Capital', Corporate Finance, and Products Structuring across loan and derivative asset classes.
Michael Idzkowski
Global Head of Sales
Prior to DMALINK, Michael played a key role in driving growth and scalability at ADSS, a leading fintech firm in London, where he served as Head of Relationship Management. In this capacity, he successfully managed a robust pipeline of global prospects, cultivating relationships with a diverse range of clients spanning multiple asset classes, geographies, and regulatory environments. His expertise in onboarding and acquiring new clients helps DMALINK establish a truly global footprint, with a client base that include top-tier financial institutions, hedge funds, family offices, and proprietary trading firms from the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
Ashwind Soonarane
Regional Director (Mauritius)
Ashwind is a seasoned expert in devising and executing strategic plans that drive innovation and foster competitive advantage in the rapidly evolving fintech landscape of the region. With a deep understanding of the complex interplay between technology, regulation, and market trends, he helps navigate the intricacies of this dynamic environment, identifying opportunities for growth and optimization. His expertise spans multiple disciplines, including payments, wealth management, and capital markets, allowing him to develop tailored solutions that address the unique needs of our clients.
People and Leadership
Advisory team
Greg Myers
Senior Non-Executive Advisor
Greg has 25 years experience providing resource management & consulting services to the financial industry, with many C suite relationships.
Greg has run an FCA regulated incubation platform for financial funds and a research and analytics business across London, India, and Asia.
Greg provides agenda-free advice that is based on facts and real experiences.
Helmut Friedrich
Advisor and Partnerships EMEA
Helmut Friedrich is a founder and the CEO of Systrade AG. He has acted as a broker since 1979 and actively accompanied the development from the earliest futures markets to today’s highly liquid trading platforms.
Helmut Friedrich has built up an international network that can offer both “private” and “institutional” customers optimal structures.
As CEO of Systrade AG, Helmut Friedrich coordinates the development and realisation process of innovative financial services.
Thomas Soede
Non-Executive Advisor
Thomas is a business leader with decades of experience with JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, BNPP Paribas, HSBC, and Santander in building and running large end-to-end digital programs across multiple geographies with a focus on innovation.
He brings decades of FX experience having built various multi asset execution platforms across the industry.
Andrew Evans
Non-Executive Advisor
Andrew co-founded Smart Pension to give real people simpler ways to save and access their savings throughout their lives. In recent years many world-leading institutions and governments have partnered with Smart Pension helping it become one of London's fastest growing FinTech Unicorns,
Previously, Andrew was an international managing director, with roles in banking and finance. He also works with cutting edge innovation foundations – awarding funding and offering advice to promising UK fintech companies and social entrepreneurs, including those who work with open banking.
Malkeet Sokhi
Senior Advisor
Experience of Proprietary Trading, Derivatives Structuring and Derivatives Sales management, including detailed cross asset product knowledge and marketing experience of vanilla, structured/exotic derivatives and Wealth products.
Advising on the mitigation of market abuse, calibrating market abuse surveillance systems, remediating market abuse failures subject to US, UK and European regulatory action, and advising on strengthening product governance within multiple trading institutions.
Implementing front office process controls & governance to address reg issues eg MiFID, MAR, TCF.