David Bradley-Ward

A former Royal Air Force engineer, David subsequently joined the financial services industry. Qualified by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment in Corporate Finance, Financial Regulation and Securities, David has worked alongside a number of companies raising finance and structuring transactions in the UK and worldwide. He combined his passion for finance, aviation and technology and conceived the initial idea for Ablrate in 2013. He is responsible for the day to day implementation of the technological development of Ablrate and the overall strategy of the company along with the Board of Directors. In 2018 David formed ASMX Limited and began working on developing a new Loan Exchange that utilises blockchain technology which aims to connect platforms and bring liquidity to markets where none exist. The technology, ASMX, was launched over the Ablrate platform in October 2020 and traded over £8 million in trade volume in the first few months of operation and continues to grow everyday.