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Keith Grose

Fintech Executive & Advisor

London, England

Skills

Sales
Product Management
Business Management
People Management
Spanish
Matlab
Financial Modeling
Data Analysis
Management Consulting
Research
Business Strategy
Strategic Consulting
Analytics
Strategy
Economics
Private Equity
Leadership
Competitive Analysis
Entrepreneurship
Market Research

Work Experience

  • Non Executive Director

    2022

    I am a non-executive director for ZeroHash UK, a leading provider of digital assets infrastructure, supporting their international expansion and crypto product GTM.

2023 - 2023

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2023 - 2023

    Sequence is fintech startup backed by a16z and top tier VCs. Sequence is focused on solving the quote-to-cash process for modern B2B companies with complex pricing models. I served as the first exec hire and COO working with the founder to manage GTM, Finance, and Operations. Left as too early for role need.

2019 - 2023

  • Head of UK

    2019 - 2023

    Served as GM for the UK/EU at Plaid, scaled both the business and team as first Europe employee. Plaid is the leading open banking platform supporting payments and financial data access across the UK, Europe, and North America through a single API integration. Plaid's mission is to unlock financial freedom for everyone, and they provide tools used by the best app developers.

  • International Lead

    2019 - 2019

    Product and operations lead for International at Plaid, where I took the Europe business from product exploration to premier open banking platform. As the first boots on the ground, I set up offices in London and Amsterdam, managed a global product & engineering effort, obtained multiple regulatory licenses, and launched our open banking payments platform.

2013 - 2019

  • Hardware Strategy

    2016 - 2019

    Our team tackled the highest priority cross-functional strategy problems facing Hardware at Google. Examples of work includes the acquisition of hTC engineering team (largest Google acqui-hire), phone component strategy, new product prototype evaluation, Nest + Google Home integration, and country rollout strategy.

  • Business Operations & Strategy

    2013 - 2016

    Our team was tasked with Google exec team's most pressing business issues across both Google and Alphabet. Highlights include Google Pay internationalization, AR/VR, Google Fiber, and GTM strategy for self-driving cars.

2011 - 2013

  • Consultant

    2011 - 2013

    Management consultant with Bain and worked across tech, healthcare, and private equity. Highlights include: setting long-term software strategy and 5-year financial plan for Fortune 50 company, digital transformation for Fortune 500 company, and conducting multiple due diligences and portfolio projects for leading private equity firm.

2010 - 2010

  • Equity Sales & Trading

    2010 - 2010

    Worked on Equity Capital Markets desk and executed several IPOs.

2009 - 2009

  • Marine Conservation Coral Reef Dive Researcher

    2009 - 2009

  • Applied Mathematics Lab Research Assistant

    2007 - 2009

  • Aid Worker at Mother Teresa Orphanage (ASCO)

    2008 - 2008

  • Absaroka Backpacking Course - Student Leader

    2007 - 2007