Amber Ghaddar

Amber Ghaddar

Co-Founder, Alliance Block

Amber is the co-founder of AllianceBlock, a startup aiming to disrupt investment banking.

AllianceBlock leverages cutting edge technology to collapse all the department of a bank into one flat platform and provide SMEs with a cheap, quick and smart access to capital through regulated tokenized equity and bond issuance.

AllianceBlock was formed in August 2018 and has constantly ranked in the best early stage fintechs in Europe (Accenture fintech selection, Finlab 2nd batch of innovative companies, best 15 early stage fintech at money20/20 ...) Prior to AllianceBlock Amber was a bond trader at JP Morgan London where she held various leadership positions. Amber started her career in Global Investment Research at Goldman Sachs London, and moved from there to the Cross Asset Solution team at JP Morgan London in 2012, where she worked on structured and exotic products across Equities, FX, Rates, Credit and Commodities. She then, spearheaded the Macro Systematic Strategies effort at JP Morgan London, focusing on dynamic risk premia trading strategies.

Amber is one of the masterminds behind participative capitalism and has been invited to world-class events (Davos, Money20/20, UK FintechWeek...) to give talks on the subject. She sits on the advisory board of ODEM, a top 5 blockchain project of 2018 focusing on decentralized education.

Amber holds a B.Sc in Science & Technology, Three Masters (Neurosciences, Microelectronics & Nanotechnologies, and International Business) and a PhD in Molecular Medicine. She is a graduate of McGill Canada and HEC Paris.