Gio Poggenpoel

Gio Poggenpoel has a diverse work experience, starting with their role as Head of Sales & Business Development at Klarna since 2021. In this position, they were responsible for leading revenue generating functions and contributed to the successful generation of $400M CAD in new business volume in 2022.

Prior to Klarna, Gio worked as an Enterprise Account Executive at Q4 from 2020 to 2021, where they collaborated with major publicly listed companies in North America.

Before Q4, Gio held multiple roles at BMO Capital Markets from 2015 to 2020. Gio served as a Vice President in Global Markets, responsible for revenue generation in Equity Derivatives Sales and Trading. Additionally, they worked as an Associate in Global Markets, where they built relationships with hedge funds and contributed to solving complex problems to improve client execution. Gio also held the role of Associate, where they automated processes to enhance efficiency in trade execution, origination, settlements, and reconciliation.

Gio's work experience began at Western University in 2011 as a Cancer Researcher, where they conducted research on cancer-related topics.

Gio Poggenpoel has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from McMaster University, although the specific start and end year are not provided. In addition, Gio Poggenpoel holds a Bachelor of Medical Science (BMSc) degree in Honours Biochemistry from Western University. The start and end years for this degree are also unknown. Furthermore, Gio Poggenpoel has obtained additional certifications including "The Complete SQL Bootcamp 2020" from Udemy in October 2020 and "Learn Python 2" from CodeAcademy in May 2020.