Online investment marketplace Crowdcube has appointed the CIO at Moneysupermarket as its new Chief Technology Officer.听
David Halsey will lead Crowdcube鈥檚 engineering team and have responsibility for delivering new products and internationalising the platform as it expands to Europe. 听
This starts with the recently announced Community IPO, which will make听Crowdcube听the only investment marketplace to offer retail investors access to European businesses from听startup听to IPO, alongside institutional and Venture Capital investors.听
Halsey听was heavily involved in the digital transformation听of Autotrader听before听growing听European marketplaces at eBay听then听building听out an agile product engineering function at听Moneysupermarket.听
“I’m delighted to be joining the team at听Crowdcube, who have been pioneers in equity crowdfunding and continue to successfully innovate in this area,鈥� he said.听听
鈥淲hat really appeals is the true product innovation that听Crowdcube听is bringing to retail investment – the idea that you sign up to one platform for an investing experience throughout a company鈥檚 lifecycle.听听
鈥淚鈥檓 excited to bring my experience of building marketplaces to听Crowdcube听as it scales to become the European marketplace for investment in companies from听startup听to IPO.鈥�听
Crowdcube听co-founder and CEO, Darren Westlake, commented: 鈥淲e鈥檙e building the European marketplace for retail investment into private and public companies and need the absolute best talent to do that.听听
鈥淭his is where David comes in. With his wealth of experience in building and scaling marketplaces at听Moneysupermarket听and eBay, we鈥檙e incredibly excited to welcome him to the team.鈥�听