Nicholas Pullen

Nicholas Pullen is an investment professional with a passion for financial inclusion and digital startups, and they are the founder of Traverse (2023–Present) and Groundflr (2016–Present). They previously served as Chief Operating Officer at Castle One (2019–2025) and held roles including Chief Financial Advisor at ixo (2018–2019), CFO at Trustlab Blockchain Innovation Studio (2018–2019), and Co-founder & Director at Lightswitch (2013–2017), as well as Fund Accountant at Maitland Fund Services (2010–2011). They earned a Master of Commerce in Financial and Risk Management and a Bachelor of Business Science in Finance and Accounting from the University of Cape Town, and held FAIS qualifications (Key Individual and Representative) and CFA Level 3 in 2013.