Belfrics is a premier cryptocurrency exchange developed by a team of energetic, multi-skilled and vibrant problem solvers. Belfrics comprises of a team of financial trading professionals with rich experience in various markets and commodities coupled with a vision for the future of digital assets. Our aim is to open the doors of digital asset trading to as many people as we can and help them benefit from this with the development of an ever-improving exchange platform.
Our Team
Core Management Team
Praveen is the founder and CEO of Belfrics Group. He has over 15 years of experience in financial markets with specific expertise in OTC and exchange-traded derivatives. He has served multiple financial institutions in India, the Middle East and Far east and has provided liquidity solutions to various exchanges. He was instrumental in providing liquidity solutions for soft commodity derivative contracts in Indian and Singaporean exchanges. He owns an IT and financial services firm, providing solutions to FOREX and commodity market participants. He is constantly involved with various regulatory authorities in drafting frameworks and policies for OTC market participants. His deep understanding of trading platforms and technology associated with payment solutions has fueled Belfrics’ technology conceptualisation.
Praveenkumar
Chairman & CEO
Maya is the Co-founder and Administrative Director for Belfrics Group of Companies. Her passion for administration and her ability to nurture excellence has been instrumental for Belfrics’ expansion globally. She holds a Masters Degree in Science and carry a decade of experience in managing start-ups and MNCs. Maya’s experience in people management and her understanding of financials markets dynamics is an essential asset for Belfrics growth globally.
Maya
Co-Founder & Administrative Director
Jabeer has done his Masters in International Trade Management and holds extensive experience in OTC markets. With over 12 years of operational experience in International Financial Markets including equity, commodity and FX, Jabeer takes care of operations at Belfrics Global as Chief operating officer. Jabeer has worked with major broking firms in India and Dubai for over a decade. His composure with respect to business development and understanding of the online derivative markets trading space provides a crucial advantage for us in positioning our product offerings in the cryptocurrency domain.
Jabeer
Group Chief Operating Officer
Regional Directors
Justus has a strong passion for the currency markets and he heads our operations in Kenya. He is a high energy executive in the financial market. He has worked as a cross functional, senior management professional and has developed skills across sales, marketing, service delivery, operations & strategic functions. He specialises in developing sales, processes, functions and driving organisational strategy at the ground level. With over 5 years of hard core experience in the OTC foreign exchange market, he has gained the expertise required to assist potential business partners in the financial markets across Africa. Justus Holds a diploma in Business Management.
Justus Kimasyu
Director – Operations – Kenya
Chris holds a first-class accounting degree from Oxford Brookes University in the UK. He is a chartered accountant and a member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants in the UK. He is also a certified professional accountant in British Columbia, Canada.
He started his career as an auditor and later moved on to financial advisory and business consulting with experience across several business sectors in Nigeria spanning over 9 years. He last worked with the Nigerian International Securities Limited, a member of the Nigerian stock exchange as the Head of finance & investments before venturing into his own full time practice as a business consultant.
He started his career as an auditor and later moved on to financial advisory and business consulting with experience across several business sectors in Nigeria spanning over 9 years. He last worked with the Nigerian International Securities Limited, a member of the Nigerian stock exchange as the Head of finance & investments before venturing into his own full time practice as a business consultant.
Chris Oyeniyi
Director – Accounts & Finance – Nigeria
Jeremiah is an Alumnus of Imo State University and Urban University in Rome, Italy where he bagged a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) and Bachelor of Philosophy in Legal Studies and philosophy respectively. Before venturing into private business, he worked with a reputable financial institution and consulting firms in Nigeria and has extensive knowledge in human resources management, business consultancy, portfolio management, and training. He is well traveled in the business world with robust experience in international trade. Jay is also a well known Crypto Consultant in the Nigerian Crypto Space having traveled in and outside Nigeria for seminars, symposia, conferences, workshops and training on Fin-Tech and blockchain Technology. He is the chairman of Inks Aion the Nigeria Ltd, Auxano Aion Investment Ltd and an Executive director at L'Insoumis international Ltd.
Jeremiah Ukachukwu
Director – Administration – Nigeria
Nkiru holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) In the English Language from Abia State University in Okigwe, Nigeria. She is an experienced professional with a wealth of knowledge in Customer Service, having worked in the customer service department of a reputable international airline for 12 years which included her winning multiple awards. She is highly customer centric with excellent relationship building skills as evidenced by various certificates of customer service trainings in London. She is a co-founder of Auxano AION Investment Ltd and has been in the cryptocurrency world for 2 years.
Nkiruka Okoro
Director – Support Services – Nigeria
Victor holds a Bachelor of Geography degree from the University of Nigeria in Nsukka. He is a member of reputable professional institutes in Nigeria and has undergone several training programmes in Systems Management, Project Management and Procurement Methods. He has also worked in the ICT and Securities Services Sector in the last 12 years. Victor is a seasoned professional who facilitates the creation and development of innovation and improves efficiency of operations.
Victor Evoh
Director – Sales & Marketing – Nigeria
Has an excellent understanding of trading platforms, equity, commodity and FX dealing and an acumen for customer service.
Vazeem Jadeer
Director – Customer Support – India
An innovative thinker with a proven track record of increasing revenues, establishing networks, streamlining workflow and creating a conducive environment for a team to work in and be productive in.
Pengiran Hafiz
Director – Operations – Asia Pacific
Balete Kabenda is an Entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer of BK Networks Co Ltd a Sales and Marketing company involved in software distribution. The company also owns Perfect Light Studios that involve on music, video and photo shooting, graphics design and it works as a PR company within a country.
He was awarded a degree of engineering from the University of Dar es Salaam as the Food and Biochemical Engineer, is a member of Institute of Engineers a reputable organization for Engineers in his country, and has worked in a highly qualified engineering company and attended Sales and Marketing trainings such as the Professional Selling.
He hold the strong leadership and management for over four years, having strong on negotiation, communication skills and networking.
He has been involved in the cryptocurrency business for over three years now, training on cryptocurrency to create awareness of people, has been in the Network marketing industry and is now fully involved in crypto trading and block chain investigations through foreign companies with expertise in the same area to help his country be able to manage and allow cryptocurrency become a well-known business with a financial institution like the Bank of Tanzania.
Kabenda Balete
Director – Tanzania
Senior Management Team
An entrepreneur with a career of consistency, dedication and proven track record. An MSc Graduate in purchasing and supply chain management from University of Westminister(London) with certification from Charted Institute of Purchasing and supply chain management CIPS (UK) has worked for over a decade in building technology products in the field of supply chain management. Satish Shekar had ventured into entrepreneurship in the year 2017 and there on he has been consulting various start-ups before he could start to build his own product. Satish has also invested in a few start-ups and continues to consult a few other start-ups. Satish Shekar is also the CEO and founder of YoSync (Synk Labs Pvt Ltd), a start-up incubated at International Institute of Information - Bangalore specialised in providing blockchain products and services across domains.
Satish Sekar
Partner- Blockchain solutions
Rao has over twenty-five years of work experience, which include Government, Industry, Academia and Research career. While Dr Rao earned multiple International Technology awards from ITU (United Nations), EPA (USA), Computerworld etc., Dr Rao was also awarded multiple Government / Industry / Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Research grants from Intel, NWO (The Netherlands), DEiTY (Govt. of India) etc. A PhD Gold-medalist, Dr Rao did his Postdoctoral Research work at Telkom Center of Excellence attached to University of Fort Hare, South Africa. Author of the Book entitled “WiMax – A Wireless Technology Revolution” and Editor of the book entitled “Web Services Security and E-Business”, Dr Rao regularly files Patents and Trademarks.
G Subramanya VRK Rao
Associate Head of Research and Development
Highly motivated software engineer with very good knowledge of solving problems with efficient algorithms using most efficient data structures. Interested and worked toward algorithms related to machine learning natural language processing and information retrieval. Senthil holds an MS from the University of Texas and is the chief architect of the software development division. His strong understanding of data science and machine learning capabilities ensures that Belfrics applications are highly scalable and innovative.
Senthil Kumaran
Chief Technology Officer
Possesses over 10 years of experience and expertise in digital transformation ranging from technology to digital marketing to blockchain.
Santhosh Palavesh
Chief Innovation Officer
Sibi C John
Senior Executive – Dealing
Advisory Members
Over 14 years of experience and expertise in Family Office Management, Portfolio Management, Equity (International and Domestic), Real Estate Funds and Structured Products.
Murali Krishnan
Advisor, Strategic Planning
Has been involved in EPCC/EPCIC downstream and upstream projects for the past 12 years with a focus on project management and procurement.
Fairuz Omar
Advisor, Oil and Gas Sector
