We unite deep tech and high finance. We’ve built a high performance AI-enabled team with a proven track record. Our executive leadership team have worked together for 6 years with experience from MetaMask, Bank of America, and the Royal Bank of Scotland.
CEO & Founder | Sean Andrew Sanders
Sean is a second time fintech founder. His role is to bridge the worlds of traditional finance and tokenised assets. He is uniquely suited for this, having spent the first half of his career in institutional wealth management and investing at family offices, which showed him the limits of the traditional system. In 2018, he founded his first digital asset fintech Revix that merged with an EU broker to form Altify.
Sean is a CFA Charterholder, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Cape Town with a degree in Finance and Economics.
CFO | Gregory Rodrigues
Greg, the CFO at Altify, has over 15 years of experience from leading financial institutions and investment banks in key financial cities like New York, London, and Cape Town. His expertise in debt raising, capital restructuring, treasury management, and financial reporting was sharpened as Treasurer at Prodigy Finance, a leading an unsecured lending firm, where he emphasised the importance of financial empowerment.
He holds a Bachelor of Business Science (Honours) in Finance and Accounting from the University of Cape Town, became a Chartered Accountant in 2006, and completed his Articles with Ernst & Young in 2007. Greg also earned a Post Graduate Diploma in Future Studies from the University of Stellenbosch Business School.
CTO | Ruan Smit
Ruan brings 16 years of software development and system architecture expertise, along with 10 years of team management experience. He has led multiple ventures, especially in online platforms and software development agencies, showcasing his entrepreneurial skills. Ruan excels in software-centric enterprises, adept at building and managing teams vital for core operations, with a strong focus on system architecture. His leadership was evident at Quirk, a top digital agency in South Africa, where he served as a front-end lead and later showcased his technical versatility as a full-stack software engineer at Fluid Business Solutions.
A former accomplished athlete, Ruan's sporting career was cut short by a motorcycle accident in 2018, an event that intensified his drive to help others through the innovative software he crafts.
