Our Team
1CARD co-founders have been at the heart of Open Banking, leading all the propositions and industry engagement. They have over 40 years of collective experience in bringing new products to market within banking and retail, delivering profitable growth and sustainable competitive advantage.
Founders
Alex Dimitrakoudis
co- Founder & Director
Alex is an Executive MBA from Cass Business School London where he is now on their Alumni Advisory board and steering committee for Cass Entrepreneurs Network. He holds an Engineering Masters. He has over 20 years of experience in the high-tech industry and the financial services which include RBS, HSBC, Samsung Electronics, Motorola VocaLink, Dimension Data, Schlumberger and Monitise Group.
MANISH HALDANKAR
co- Founder & Director
Manish is a customer champion, with over 20 years of experience leading cross functional product teams and providing thought leadership in high growth start-ups (Velti) as well as big financial institutions like RBS and Lloyds. He has played a pivotal role shaping the strategy and propositions within Open Banking. Manish holds an Engineering degree.
MARK SANTALL
co- Founder & Director
Mark is an experienced Product Owner with over 25 years working for a number of the UK’s leading financial institutions. He has held a multitude of roles across retail, corporate and institutional banking, leading different Product teams in running, creating and leading to market new payment and cash management services.
ADVISORIES
Mike Dunn
Entrepreneur & CEO
Mike is a Strong leader with entrepreneurial background who has a proven track record in leading technology centric start-ups to profitability. He is the founder of Dakon and Donate the change. He has held CEO, SVP, Managing Director, NED and Global Strategy roles within SME and Nasdaq technology, products and services businesses in the telecom, finance and retail sectors.
George Drydakis
Former CFO
George has over 40+ years in banking and financial management experience. He was the Former Director, Financial Controller, American Express Bank, Athens, Greece. He is Member of Institute of Internal Auditors, USA and the Chamber of Accountants, Greece.