Leadership Team
The Mesh team integrates deep experience in financial engineering, a comprehensive and streamlined approach to legal and regulatory compliance, and cutting-edge, secure technology platform built on leading-edge distributed ledger and financial markets infrastructure technologies.
Our executive team, led by co-founder and Managing Director Connie Bloem, has decades of collective experience in taking financial technology value propositions to market, ranging from traditional and alternative finance to cross-asset “smart” solutions.
Our executive team are:
Connie Bloem
Co-founder and Managing Director
With a background in industrial and financial engineering, Connie is committed to transforming the financial markets through technology. Connie’s vision is to make the capital markets of the future more accessible to all participants and to build Mesh to be the de facto standard that makes this vision a reality. Her previous experience at both Accenture and Andile, was focused on optimising digital banking apps and large trade and treasury system implementation for top tier Investment Banks and Central Banks world-wide.
Andries Brink
Co-Founder and Executive Chair
Andries wants to propel Mesh into the forefront of decentralised financial markets, revolutionising cross-asset issuance and trade of digital financial assets. With more than 24 years in fintech, he is a firm believer that better markets make a better world. His extensive experience spans the globe, including successful ventures in Tokyo and London. He is the founder and CEO of 42Markets Group, and also serves as a Director at Sakeliga, a Trustee at Khula Trust, and holds a Directorship at Helpmekaar Kollege, where he focuses on social upliftment and education.
Luisa Mazinter
Chief Growth Officer
Luisa is an accomplished Executive with 28 years’ experience in formulating and executing marketing strategies and delivering bottom-line growth for Brands. Focused now on propelling global growth for Mesh.trade, she previously launched and achieved record-breaking customer growth as Chief Marketing Officer at TymeBank. She is Chair Emeritus of MMA SA and Judge Chair for the MMA Smarties Awards.
Our Ownership
Mesh is owned and powered by the global 42Markets Group sharing a collective goal: to simplify and enhance market intelligence and to increase market accessibility. Headquartered in the UK and with offices in South Africa and The Netherlands, 42Markets investors include Convergence Partners.
Our Partners
In a complex ecosystem, strategic partnerships are key. Mesh has partnered with the Efficient Group, AnBro Capital Investments and Assemble 49, among others. Mesh will be announcing a range of new global partnerships soon.