Rafael is the co-founder and CEO of ReachX with over 20-years of experience within the Finance industry, with expertise across Financial Services/Fintech including blockchain, Wealthtech, D2C banking, Asset management, and Payments Rafael began his career in Investment Banking at Credit Suisse, First Boston, where he worked his way to a Senior Analyst position. Rafael’s strategy and advisory experience include his roles as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company in 2001, and later, Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at JP Morgan & Co in 2005. Rafael’s Investment Management experience began in 2005 when he took on the role of a portfolio manager at UBS, and the same position at Barclays Capital in 2008, and a senior portfolio manager position at JP Morgan from 2010 to 2013. Since then, Rafael has held positions such as Strategy Advisor, Partner at ITP Ventures, Fintech strategy and growth options for online retail brokers, Growth and Transformation Advisor for an International Asset Manager in the UK and Switzerland, and Advisor to European alternative Asset managers Rafael holds an MSc. in Management, Major inFinance and European Integration from the Lyon School of Management, and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
