Magnify Your Impact with Udayan Goyal

Diving into the deeper structure of our
successes 


Udayan has been a keen proponent of the fast-changing landscape
of Financial Services in the transition from an industrial era to
the information age and now to the networked economy.


He fell into the intersection of Financial Services and
technology well before the term FinTech was coined and traversed
the Growth Markets when they were called frontier markets.


His global experience began as the son of a diplomat living
across multiple continents with his working life commencing in
traditional investment banking and transitioning through to
investing and entrepreneurship.


Prior to co-founding Apis, Udayan co-founded and led Anthemis
Group, the first specialist global investor in FinTech based in
London where he made 32 investments including well-known names
such as Simple, Betterment and Trov. Prior to that, he was Global
Head of Financial Technology Advisory at Deutsche Bank.


Udayan lives in London, is married with two children, and enjoys
trying out innovative spinning studios to work off his passion
for food and wine wherever his Apis travels take him.


Key Takeaways


Udayan needed no encouragement to get to a level of conversation
that was very much values-driven. The deeper structure of our
successes was the focus of our time together. I believe this to
be very valuable as this is what everything we do is built on and
clearly so does he.


There was a direct question that I put to Udayan with regards
outcomes and legacy and there were many more indirect questions
that had this theme running through them. Every time He would go
to a micro place which isn’t necessarily what you’d expect from
someone who has built so much at a macro level. We did talk about
this in more depth and Udayan works by looking at the successes
of what is directly in front of him first - his family,
relationships, work. Knowing that everything is working at a
micro place, with a trust that the consequence will be
far-reaching and flow at a macro level. He even mentioned that
how someone treats the waiting staff in a restaurant, will impact
their future relationship, be it business or otherwise. 
This struck me as a powerful yet very simple place to come from,
especially with the knowledge of doing so and using it as a
conscious tool.


Udayan clearly loves his knowledge and has a strong belief that
this is much more powerful than capital. Knowledge is what makes
what we’re doing sustainable -capital can rise and of course,
fall but knowledge and the willingness to learn is what will get
us through.


My time with Udayan was rich. Talking about everything from
identity and growth to the inequality of wealth. Also, the three
things that he feels have been vital to him, which are
perseverance, optimism and empathy, with a heavy dose of
gratitude. 


Enjoy!


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