A senior and respected figure in the fintech community, Amir has spent the last 12 months focusing on the scale-up of OakNorth - Europe’s fastest-growing fintech firm by assets, valuation, revenues and profits. He has successfully implemented partnerships with other fintechs such as Monzo and ClearBank, and going forward, will be leading the strategy agenda for the future. Prior to joining OakNorth, he was an Ops and Tech MD at BGC and has also worked at Barclays Investment Bank, Accenture and Cisco Systems.

Amir is also a champion for social mobility in the UK, being a long-serving trustee of the charity Making the Leap and the UK Social Mobility Awards (UKSOMOs).