Crowdsurfer Announces Richard Baker As New Chairman

Crowdsurfer, the data intelligence service for crowd finance, announces today that Richard Baker has been appointed its new Chair, replacing retiring Chair, Walter Herriot OBE. Crowdsurfer serves those organisations impacted by crowd finance (defined as web-based marketplaces for debt, equity and other funding), enabling them to monitor and react to the industry using data intelligence tools and empirical deep data.

Baker is a leading expert on financial technology, OTC regulation for derivative trading and clearing, and over-the-top services (OTT) (utilising the Internet as an infrastructure) for marketplace and platform solutions. He most recently served as CEO of Cleartrade Exchange (CLTX), a regulated futures trading venue in Singapore and as Chairman of Quiptel, a video streaming platform technology company. He has been responsible for fundraising and investor relations, commercial, technology and regulatory strategy and leadership and commercialisation of the business plans.