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Sean Park has been involved as founding investor (either personally or on behalf of his employer) in a number of disruptive and highly successful new ventures including Betfair, Markit Group, International Index Company, Weatherbill and seedcamp.

He is the founding partner of Nauiokas Park LLP - an investment company focused on catalyzing technology-enabled disruptive innovation in financial services and markets. Prior to founding Nauiokas Park in 2008, Sean worked at Dresdner Kleinwort’s London office as Managing Director and Head of Digital Markets and was also a member of the Capital Markets Management Committee.

During his career in the investment banking industry he was well known for being an early proponent of the use of new technologies to transform existing business practices, including pioneering the use of online bookbuilding tools in primary securities markets, championing the accelerated adoption of electronic trading and using social software and networking tools in an enterprise context.

In 2005, Sean was one of the Financial News Top 100 Rising Stars of European capital markets; in 2002 he was named one of the Top 100 Euromarket professionals and in 2003, one of the top 40 bankers under 40 by Euroweek magazine.

He authors the Park Paradigm (http://www.parkparadigm.com/) blog which explores themes relating to the future of markets and the financial services industry.

Sean Park's Company

Nauiokas Park LLP nauiokas | park

(\ˈnī\ȯ-kas\ˈpärk\)

Etymology: Modern finance, from Anglo-American, from Banking, Trading and Technology, from Latin crescere to grow, visio to see and successus

Date: 21st century

1 a : a place where capital and ideas meet b : a space at the intersection of financial services, markets and technology

2 a : an area designed to nurture and grow companies with "disruptive" business models or technology b : a place where expertise in strategy and operational execution combine with experience and a vibrant network to create value

3 the center of an ecosystem from which will grow the next paradigm in financial services and markets

4 a state of mind characterized by creativity, curiosity and an openness to new ideas

5 a place where innovation grows

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Company Contact Details
Email Address:
info@nauiokaspark.com
Location:
United Kingdom
Web URL:
http://www.nauiokaspark.com

Sean Park's Blog

The Park Paradigm The continuous exponential improvements in information and communications technologies are fundamentally redefining the social and economic landscape and will lead to a new paradigm in financial services and markets over the next decade and beyond. My goal is to challenge convention and spark a debate as to the future shape and structure of finance, broadly defined, in this new paradigm.
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Snapshot
  • Venture Capitalist
  • Trading frequency: Infrequent
Interests:
  • Stocks - long