Eqonex

Richard Byworth has served as Chief Executive Officer of Diginex since August 2018. Mr. Byworth served as Managing Director at Nomura from September 2007 to March 2018 where he ran Multistrategy Sales for Asia Pacific product globally. Over a 14-year period, he led Nomura’s Asia distribution initiative, building and maintaining the number one franchises in convertible bonds and flow derivatives.

From September 2000 to December 2004, Mr. Byworth worked at Nomura in London as a proprietary trader running dispersion portfolios in equity derivatives and convertible bond risk arbitrage. From August 1999 to August 2000, Mr. Byworth worked at BNP Paribas, and has experience in providing advice to a number of Fintech start-ups. Since December 2017, Mr. Byworth has also served as a board adviser to Privatemarket.io, a secondary private equity marketplace.

Mr. Byworth holds a Bachelor’s degree in French with Management from Royal Holloway, University of London.