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    David Nicholson

    David Nicholson

    Serial entrepreneur with blue chip consulting background - focused on FinTech in London for almost 20 years. Co-founder Zopa, Yoyo Wallet, LiveHive

    Management London University Of Oxford,...
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    Experience
    Zopa
    Zopa
    Founder, Co-founder and Business Architect 2004 - 2007 (about 3 years)
    Led the creation and design of Zopa through to funding, and worked to overcome early doubts about viability by relentlessly advancing the concept with detail and evidence.... more

    Following a bare bones launch product, continually innovated both the Zopa lender and borrower propositions. Projects successfully delivered included new revenue streams, improved conversion, improved member experience, provision of administrative functionality and new product features.
    Axial Tilt
    Axial Tilt
    Founder, CEO 2007 - Present (about 19 years)
    Growth and new business development consulting company - with extensive experience in financial services, telecoms and digital propositions. Have successfully delivered projects... more for a wide variety of UK and International businesses from SMEs to FTSE companies.
    Egg Plc
    Egg Plc
    Group Strategy Manager 2001 - 2003 (over 2 years)
    Lek Consulting
    Lek Consulting
    Associate Consultant 1997 - 2001 (over 3 years)
    Nomad Ai
    Nomad Ai
    Advisor
    LiveHive
    LiveHive
    CEO 2021 - Present (over 5 years)
    Yoyo
    Yoyo
    COO & co-founder 2013 - 2020 (over 7 years)
    Key member of Executive Leadership Team, working in a wide ranging role that included delivery of consumer and retailer support to SLAs and KPIs; client onboarding and major... more project management; operational and regulatory responsibility for all payment services and banking operations; provision of internal and external MI and analytical services; fraud management and reporting; EPOS API integration process; and scoping internal engineering projects
    Founder
    Zopa, Axial Tilt
    Employee
    Lek Consulting, Egg Plc, Yoyo, LiveHive
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    Advisor
    Nomad Ai
    Attorney
     
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    About
    Achievements

    Co-founding 2 successful FinTech startups: Yoyo Wallet (a ground breaking mobile payments and loyalty platform) and Zopa (the world’s first P2P lending exchange).

    In both businesses, I developed the initial idea, delivered a robust customer proposition and product strategy, then worked with great teams to obtain VC funding and get to launch.

    As Head of Product I delivered successive generations of customer propositions, iterating and improving as we learned more about how our customers used and responded to the product. I also recruited and managed product teams, assisted in sales conversations, operations and general management...as you do in a startup!

    I am immensely proud of the fact that every day, hundreds of thousands of people are using and benefiting from products that I created.

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Business Development Business Plan Competitive Analysis Consulting Logistics Management Pricing Product Development Project Management Retail Business Strategy Product Strategy
    Locations
    London
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