Vic Arulchandran

Victor (Vic) Arulchandran

Co-Founder & COO - Nivaura

Vic is the cofounder and COO of Nivaura, a FinTech company authorised and regulated in the UK with MiFID and CASS approvals by the Financial Conduct Authority. Nivaura is the only company who have been a part of the FCA's regulatory sandboxes 1-3, are in the J.P. Morgan In-Residence program, and are Entrepreneurs in Residence at magic circle law firm Allen & Overy's Fuse tech innovation space. As well as automating the issuance of traditional financial instruments, in 2017 Nivaura automated the end to end issuance and administration of the world’s first automated legally compliant cryptocurrency denominated bond - including the automated creation of the legal documents - cleared and settled on a public blockchain. In 2018 Nivaura automated the issuance of the world’s first legally compliant Structured Product on a public blockchain and another through the clearing systems. Vic was among one of the youngest co-founders of a regulated investment banking company in the world at 29 years old, and made the list of the top 100 Asians in UK Tech in 2017. Prior to investment banking, Vic completed a PhD in Mathematics at Brunel University and now sits on their mathematics department's board of industry advisors.