Our team
The Minds Behind Brexy
Brexy brings together experience from capital markets, investment banking, financial research, financial technology, artificial intelligence, and entrepreneurship.
Leadership
Sankalp Shangari, CEO
Sankalp brings more than 15 years of experience across capital markets and investment banking, with experience at J.P. Morgan, Macquarie, and Deutsche Bank.
He co-built Welsbach Investment Banking & Advisory, gaining firsthand experience working with the complex information, research, analysis, and decision-making involved in financial transactions and advisory work.
A serial entrepreneur across Web2 and Web3, Sankalp has built and explored businesses at the intersection of finance and technology. He is also the author and host of HashTalk, covering ideas and developments across technology and digital markets.
Expertise
- Capital Markets
- Investment Banking
- Financial Technology
- Entrepreneurship
Sergey Petkevich, CTO
Sergey brings more than 20 years of experience in machine learning and artificial intelligence, with deep expertise in high-load systems, microservices, and scalable technology architectures.
His engineering work includes architecting AI-powered anti-fraud engines and systems for autonomous agent orchestration, applying AI to complex environments where scalability, reliability, and intelligent automation matter.
Before Brexy, Sergey held engineering roles across Liquidity Gate, Logic Boost, FinGenius, and NFTLabs, working across financial technology, AI, and emerging technology platforms.
Expertise
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- AI Agents
- Financial Technology
Our Advisors
Experience That Extends Beyond AI
Daniel Mamadou
Daniel brings 20+ years of capital markets experience, including Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and Nomura. He has served on the boards of TSX-, ASX-, and Nasdaq-listed companies and is the author of Dreams Protocol: Securing Equity via Listings & SPACs.
Nirgunan Tiruchelvam
Nirgunan is Head of Consumer & Internet at Aletheia Capital, with extensive experience in equity research across technology, consumer, and internet sectors. He previously held senior research roles at Tellimer, Standard Chartered, ABN AMRO, and RBS.
Safdar Khan
Safdar Khan is Division President at Mastercard, leading multi-rail digital-payments strategy across ten regional markets. A Mastercard veteran since 2006, he has led business growth, strategic partnerships, and payments innovation.
Why This Team
Where Financial Expertise Meets AI Engineering
Building useful AI for financial professionals requires more than powerful models.
It requires an understanding of how financial teams work, how they evaluate information, and how technology can fit into complex workflows.
Brexy brings these two perspectives together:
Deep Capital Markets Experience
Experience across investment banking and capital markets, including J.P. Morgan, Macquarie, Deutsche Bank, and Welsbach Investment Banking & Advisory.
Advanced AI & Engineering
More than two decades of experience across machine learning, artificial intelligence, scalable systems, and autonomous AI agents.
Built Around Real Workflows
Brexy is designed to bring AI into the workflows where financial and business professionals spend their time, helping them work with complex information and make decisions more efficiently.
See What Brexy Can Do
Building the Future of AI for Capital Markets
Brexy is bringing together capital markets expertise, AI engineering, and technology to rethink how professionals work with complex information.