Richard Draper

Richard Draper is the Co-Founder at Koia. Richard was previously the Investor Partnership Manager at Activate and the Founder at Pitch Hive. Richard has also worked as a Trader at Oceanwood Capital Management and as a Sales Trader at Barclays Wealth and Investment Management. Richard began their career as a Summer Intern at UBS Investment Bank. Richard is originally from the UK and attended Durham University, where they studied Economics.

Richard Draper's educational career consists of the Future Founders Programme from Y Combinator and certification from CFA UK in Level 4 Certificate in Investment Management. Richard has also received certification from the CFA Institute by passing all three levels of the CFA on the first attempt.