About
In my early career I worked as a management consultant for some of Europes largest corporations (Philips, Iberia, Akzo, Peugeot, Rio Tinto..) focussing on efficiency or business processes and improving profitability.
I then transitioned into investment banking and had a successful career as a Managing Director at Paribas and Credit Suisse running a $1b business helping institutional and corporate clients on both the asset and liability side by structuring sophisticated investments as well as define and hedge all types of risks.
In 2017 I founded a consumer lending startup in Spain which has successfully scaled and raised capital and is now expanding to Mexico. This business was bootstrapped until 2020 and has grown at over 100% per year for five years. It now has a team of 40 people and we have built a unique business model that handles everything internally (wall to wall lending platform) from marketing through affiliation, onboarding, underwriting, risk management, collections and finance.
I have a passion for efficiency and growth.
My expertise would be especially suited to companies aiming to achieve short term profitability and/or rapid growth or need help in organizing financing.
I am multicultural and speak Dutch, English, French, Spanish and Italian.
I then transitioned into investment banking and had a successful career as a Managing Director at Paribas and Credit Suisse running a $1b business helping institutional and corporate clients on both the asset and liability side by structuring sophisticated investments as well as define and hedge all types of risks.
In 2017 I founded a consumer lending startup in Spain which has successfully scaled and raised capital and is now expanding to Mexico. This business was bootstrapped until 2020 and has grown at over 100% per year for five years. It now has a team of 40 people and we have built a unique business model that handles everything internally (wall to wall lending platform) from marketing through affiliation, onboarding, underwriting, risk management, collections and finance.
I have a passion for efficiency and growth.
My expertise would be especially suited to companies aiming to achieve short term profitability and/or rapid growth or need help in organizing financing.
I am multicultural and speak Dutch, English, French, Spanish and Italian.
Alexander Melis is an advisor and board member based in Mexico, specialising in Financial Services. They speak Dutch, English and French. They are open to advisory board and board director opportunities and are available for introductions through Boardio.
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