DANIEL - Key Persons


Aneet Morar

Job Titles:
  • CPO
Aneet is our Chief Product Officer. He has 15 years of experience as a senior payments product and strategy leader. Aneet led product teams at PayPal, Monitise (acquired by IBM and Fiserv), American Express, and Lloyds Bank.

Dave Perry - CTO

Job Titles:
  • CTO
Dave is the Chief Technology Officer of DANIEL, and is also the CEO of Penta.Technology, providing DevOps to numerous banks and other financial institutions in the UK. He was previously the Interim CTO & Advisor to Ziglu, and technology Advisor to Starling Bank. Dave was previously Head of Technical Design at Barclays bank.

David Daniel - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
David is a former PwC and Deloitte chartered accountant. Over the past 10 years, he has closed £120M in equity & £40M in debt raises and worked on 23 deals worth over £4.1B. He is vastly experienced in managing investor relations, driving organic growth, and delivering successful exits for shareholders.

Mark Hipperson - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • CEO
  • Expert Advisor
  • Founder
Mark is the Founder & CEO of crypto "challenger" Ziglu, raising record Seed and Series A rounds in 2020 and 2021. He was formerly the Founder CTO of Starling Bank and CTO of FX platform Centtrip. Mark is the former Head of Technology at Barclays.

Martin Hopkins - Chairman, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Founder
Martin is the Founder of DANIEL. He is currently the CEO of Wealth Management Solutions - a US fund with >$400m AUM, and runs a small-cap private equity fund. Martin led a law firm specialising in banking law and founded a car finance lender for Africans excluded by Apartheid.

Wade Myers

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Wade is a serial entrepreneur and investor focused on SaaS, FinTech, and tech-enabled services. Founder and GP in Eagle Venture Fund and Boldmore Growth Partners. Ex-BCG consultant, Harvard MBA & former US Army Ranger.