Executive Leadership
Management Team
Dee Abudu
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Nick Francis
Chief Investment Officer
Rik Walia
Chief Commercial Officer
Tiago Pratas
Digital Assets Analyst
Vladimir Toplicic
Chief Solutions Architect
Siqure is an institutional asset management firm serving sophisticated investors, wealth managers, family offices, and financial institutions who require disciplined portfolio management, rigorous risk oversight, and long-term capital stewardship.
Siqure provides institutional asset management without requiring clients to build or maintain the operational, research, or risk infrastructure themselves.
Built from the ground up around regulatory compliance, investor protection, and institutional governance.
Compliance-first process, full auditability, jurisdiction-ready frameworks, and professional risk governance.
Siqure enables traditional financial market participants to access and interact with next-generation digital financial infrastructure through institutional-grade, compliant frameworks.
Siqure delivers end-to-end institutional asset management, from strategy design to risk-managed execution and ongoing reporting.
Define an institutional investment strategy aligned to the client's mandate, risk tolerance, and time horizon.
Every strategy is structured within a governance framework built for institutional accountability and full auditability.
Professional custody arrangements, continuous risk monitoring, and institutional-grade reporting, built for investor protection.
Disciplined, ongoing portfolio management with transparent reporting throughout the life of the mandate.
Siqure is an institutional asset management firm serving sophisticated investors, family offices, and financial institutions through disciplined portfolio management, rigorous risk oversight, and transparent governance.
Siqure operates within a compliance-first framework built around regulatory alignment, investor protection, and institutional governance, and is structured to serve clients across the GCC, Africa, Europe, and global markets in accordance with the applicable regulatory requirements of each jurisdiction.
Siqure is built for institutional investors, wealth managers, family offices, and financial institutions that require disciplined portfolio management, rigorous risk oversight, and long-term capital stewardship, rather than retail investing.
Siqure unifies portfolio management, risk oversight, governance, and reporting into a single institutional process, replacing the fragmentation of multiple disconnected advisory relationships with one coherent, compliance-first approach.
30+ years in fintech and banking across Africa, GCC & Europe; former President & CRO of Onafriq.
30+ years in fintech, banking & digital transformation across Africa, GCC & Europe. Former President & CRO, Onafriq; founded and scaled Capricorn Digital to 200K+ agents before its acquisition by MFS Africa in 2021.
30+ years in media and telecoms across Africa; former CEO of MultiChoice Nigeria.
30+ years in media, telecommunications, and digital broadcasting across Africa. Former CEO of MultiChoice Nigeria, where he led the business through a period of strong expansion and growth.
25+ years in investment banking and fintech leadership across Europe & Asia.
25+ years in investment banking, fintech & commercial leadership across Europe & Asia. Former SVP, Altus Analytics; CEO & Founder, Instinct Digital; senior roles at Deutsche Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland.
Group CTO at Onafriq, with a decade of experience across software engineering, product, and fintech.
Group CTO at Onafriq, with deep experience leading technology, product, and innovation in fintech, mobile money, remittances, and agency banking. A decade of experience spanning software engineering, product development, and enterprise systems, he combines technical depth with strategic leadership to deliver scalable, high-impact solutions.
25+ years in capital markets; ex-Global Head of DCM at Dresdner Kleinwort and MD at Morgan Stanley.
25+ years in capital markets. Ex-Global Head of DCM (Dresdner Kleinwort) and MD at Morgan Stanley. Extensive EMEA deal experience, with a focus on debt raising, risk, and governance. Now active as a start-up co-founder and investor.
20+ years in private equity and venture capital across the US, Europe & Canada.
20+ years in private equity, venture capital & fintech across US, Europe & Canada. Former MD, UBP (Global Head of Private Equity); ex-Schroders Capital & CDPQ. Began his career in investment banking at Lehman Brothers.
25+ years in FIG investment banking; CEO & Managing Director of Exotix Advisory, Dubai.
25+ years in FIG investment banking. CEO & Managing Director of Exotix Advisory, Dubai. Spent 18 years at Morgan Stanley as MD, FIG EMEA, and Co-Head of Investment Banking at Tellimer; has executed 70+ M&A and capital-markets transactions.
15+ years in systematic options and volatility trading; Portfolio Manager at ADIA, ex-Walleye Capital and Citadel Securities.
15+ years in systematic options and volatility trading. Currently Portfolio Manager at ADIA; previously at Walleye Capital, WorldQuant, and Citadel Securities (Head of European Options). Began his career in equity derivatives trading at Morgan Stanley.
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