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PROJECT IMAGINE
The revolution hasn’t happened yet
One hundred billion dollars invested in fintech…
Global Fintech financing activity
Source: Accenture / CB insights
… and despite substantial spend, no financial institution is modernised…
Annual technology investment by banks
Source: Celent
… and no consumer is truly better off.
UK consumer credit and savings rates: % of disposable income
Source: Accenture / CB insights
TWO PROBLEMS
WHY?
For consumers, long-term saving is elusive while easy access to credit fuels instant
consumption
For most financial institutions, despite heavy investment, modernisation remains
insurmountably complex
Dozens
Making saving easier and more rewarding for consumers
Project Imagine
Pi1
One API. One Contract. Multiple solutions. For banks and fintechs
Founded by
Aritra Chakravarty
AC founded Project Imagine after 13 years in various roles at HSBC across New York, London and Hong Kong, in Investment Banking, Private Banking, Strategy and COO roles.
Most recently, he setup HSBC’s Wealth Digital team from scratch, building a team from 0 – 300 and designing and delivering 7x product launches in 18 months.
AC is an alumnus of Stanford GSB, London Business School and the Indian Institute of Management (IIM).
With a passion for all things gadgety, his alterego ‘Dave’ is also the office IT help.
His vision is to create an equitable and financially savvy world.
Supported by our experienced VPs
Everyone in our leadership team has come from a well
established career in their industry. However it’s not enough
to be an expert, all our VPs must show a great understanding
of people and an ability to grow and nurture their respective
teams and PI culture.
SAM
DUNFORD-BAKER
Dozens MD
Finance and Strategy Specialist with 7+ years’ experience in Mergers & Acquisitions and fintech
JULIA
EARTHROWL
VP, Brand & Product Design
Branding, advertising and marketing specialist with 12+ years experience across London’s top advertising agencies
YAT-HONG
CHOW
VP, Visual Design
Design specialist with more than 15 years of experience across various media formats and industries
PETYO
PAHUNCEHV
VP, Engineering
Architecture and back-end specialist with 8+ years experience across JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley
SANDESH
SHARANAPPA
VP, Partnership Ops & Tech Risk
Technical product specialist with 10+ years experience in Saas product delivery
HANNAH
SMITH
Chief of Staff
Marketing Specialist with 9+ years experience across media, marketing and business operations