Fingular
An independent financial group launched in Singapore in 2021, building a credit-led digital bank for underbanked customers across the Southern Hemisphere. Live in Indonesia, Malaysia and India.
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Vadim
Gurinov
Thirty-five years building businesses, from import and export, through food manufacturing, industry and telecommunications, to financial technology and digital commerce across Asia and Africa.
Born
1971, Nalchik
Based in
Limassol, Cyprus
Active markets
Asia, Africa, Europe
Focus
Fintech, e-commerce, digital assets
Introduction
An instinct for what changes next
Vadim Gurinov has built businesses for thirty-five years, across more industries than most careers touch.
He began in 1991, in export-import and consumer goods trade, at the moment Russia opened to private enterprise, founding DealMakers with partners and building a retail chain of denim stores. That trade funded a move into manufacturing, and from there into heavy industry and telecommunications infrastructure.
What connects the sequence is a consistent instinct for the industry about to change. Today that means financial technology and digital commerce in markets where the infrastructure is still being built: Fingular, extending credit to customers conventional banks have never reached; Jiji, Africa's online marketplace; Beond, the Maldivian premium carrier; and Lion Soul in regulated digital assets.
He has been based in Limassol since 2015.
Education
Academic and executive
- INSEAD
- CEO Programme
- London Business School
- Senior Executive Programme
- Singularity University
- Executive Programme
- Saint Petersburg Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics
- Undergraduate degree
- Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
- PhD in Sociology
Key ventures
Current projects
Four businesses account for most of his present operating and investment attention.
Beond Airlines
The Maldivian carrier offering a distinctive premium leisure experience, connecting the Maldives to global hubs including Dubai, Milan, Munich, Riyadh and Zurich.
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An African online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of goods and services. Headquartered in Nigeria, with operations across Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
More on Jiji →Lion Soul
A regulated global platform for ultra-high-net-worth individuals, providing access to digital assets and operational services across multiple jurisdictions.
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