With a rich and diverse background, Doug stands out as a seasoned and versatile entrepreneurial, international, executive leader. He is a specialist advisor, attaché and ambassador for private offices, international corporate and governmental missions, using his wealth of experience and leveraging well developed networks. He is passionately focused on high impact sustainability endeavours via technology and investment,  enabling and empowering both clients and partners to achieve their goals and create maximum value across sustainability verticals and in the new digital economy. Doug excels in strategy and  market development, bringing commercial acumen to complex technical environments.

In previous endeavours, Doug dedicated over a decade to consulting, crafting strategies and contracts in the currency and payments space. His engagement at the highest echelons in  central banks, governments, financial services firms, and industry bodies led him through banknote printing, money supply, cash cycles and data analytics via SaaS platforms in currency management. This journey, coupled with his involvement in emerging payment technologies seamlessly paved the way for his transition into the realms of FinTech, digital currencies, blockchain and AI.

Doug previously worked in international business development and general management in utilities and industrial automation. He has studied at Oxford Brookes University, The University of Sunderland, The London School of Economics & Political Science and The Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Doug is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (UK)

Doug Brooks

Owner & CEO