Paresh Daya 2019 Speaker

Founder & CEO

Orb9, All Africa

Biography

Paresh has spent his career specialising in fintech, primarily in front office trading, working for global, tier-one investment banks across the UK and South Africa. He is the founder of two startups, one of which – Orb9 – focuses on empowering employment by building the next generation career ecosystem and marketplace utilising exponential technologies.

In addition, he is also the Blockchain Strategist for Standard Bank based in South Africa and Chairman of Technology for the South African Financial Blockchain Consortium

Paresh thrives on driving blockchain initiatives, communities and collaboration across the African continent and is heavily embedded within the entrepreneurship and technology start-up sectors. His passion is to make a direct positive impact on emerging economies by tackling some of the most complex issues facing society.