Clemens is an accomplished CFO/CEO with extensive financial, operational, M&A and regulatory experience. He possesses a 20-year background in driving growth and achieving business goals for startups and SMEs in diverse industries, including technology, fintech, retail, e-commerce and services.

Over the last five years, he has also worked with a number of fintech startups as an interim and part-time CFO, helping them build financial, operational, and regulatory resilience, so their businesses can scale more efficiently.

• Interim CFO for European Fintech startup building a regulated crowdfunding platform, delivering the first FCA-compliant digital securities offering for equity open to retail investors.
• Interim CFO for UK Fintech startup building a regulated real estate investment platform, securing a maximum Smart Grant of £330k from Innovate UK.
• Interim CFO for initial £25m UK private equity real estate fund.
• Part-time CFO for UK real estate & Fintech startup.
• Part-time CFO for UK D2C eCommerce brand.
• Part-time Treasurer of not-for-profit Oxford Blockchain Foundation.
• Prepared regulatory business plans, structured compliance frameworks and delivered FCA permissions, for multiple Fintech startups.

Other career highlights include:

• As Co-CEO, he acquired, restructured and scaled three businesses to build a niche luxury group which was then sold to private equity (PE).
• As CFO, he managed the fundraising and restructuring of a tech startup, which was ultimately sold to Microsoft for $486m.
• Co-founded the Oxford Blockchain Foundation, with 160 founding members and 2,500 supporters.
• Raised in excess of $20m in funding.

Clemens is a strong communicator and leverages his expertise to deliver effective strategies that build financial resilience, drive business growth and ensure the achievement of corporate goals. Additionally, he is a dual British / German citizen with in-depth work experience in both countries.

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