DIGITORIZE TEAM

Founding Partners

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Sheraz Malik

Sheraz has extensive experience in creating strategic and commercial relationships, having developed
partnerships with regional, national and international organisations including SMEs, large organisations,
government agencies and european bodies. He also has a portfolio of businesses across a variety of sectors.

Sheraz has set up businesses across a wide variety of sectors, including tech, property development and
e-commerce as well as developing one of the largest independent business networks in the UK. He has also
represented the Yorkshire business community in national and international media. The businesses have over the years won various industry awards and Sheraz was listed as one of Insider Magazines 42 under 42.

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Craig Muir

Craig has substantial experience as an entrepreneur and corporate professional, having worked in Singapore,
China, Korea, Africa, the Americas and Europe. He was also responsible for some of the largest projects in the
world in the oil and energy sector. Where he developed efficiency standards that were rolled out across industry

He also ran a successful company organising international music events and coordinating international teams,
which led him to having a powerful network in the sports and music industry. He also runs an AR and VR multimedia agency.

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Kofi Nartey

A leading authority on luxury real estate, Kofi Nartey is the go-to broker for celebrities, prominent sports
figures, and affluent clientele around the globe. The leader of SOCIETY, a private real estate firm with billions
of dollars in sales, Kofi has over 18 years of experience representing elite buyers and sellers of distinguished
properties. He regularly appears on national television and in print media outlets, including The Wall Street
Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, CBS, CNBC, NBC Sports Bloomberg, Fox Business News, ESPN,
CNN Money, and The Insider. He was also a featured agent on HGTV’s “Selling LA” and has made numerous
appearances on “Million Dollar Listing’’.

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Rashdan Ibrahim

Throughout his career spanning over 26 years, Rashdan has worked in various senior and C-level finance roles
and in various industries such as: Oil & gas, fund management, investment banking, financial advisory, property
development, hospitality, F&B, low cost airline, P2P lending, cryptocurrency exchange & blockchain advisory.
He has been attached to some of the largest and well-known global and regional companies such as Petronas,
Deutsche Bank, Arab Real Estate Co K.S.C (part of Bukhamseen Holding Group) & Capitas Group International
(part of ICD / Islamic Development Bank).

CSR Board

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Mimi Nartey

Professor Mimi Nartey is an educator, interdisciplinary scholar, author, speaker, philanthropist, and social entrepreneur. She has an undergraduate degree in Environmental Biology and a graduate degree in Climate and Society from Columbia University in the City of New York. She completed her doctoral studies in Public Health with a Comparative Education minor.

Mimi has held a lecturing appointment at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and adjunct faculty positions at Occidental College and LMU. She is a women’s empowerment scholar, and her primary research focus is women’s health in sub-Saharan Africa. Her research experience includes developing anti-malarial drugs; using climate forecasts to predict disease epidemics; developing interventions for maternal and child health in sub-Saharan Africa; and using soccer to promote health. She presented research at the annual American Public Health Association Conference and Yale University. She has been invited to keynote at the annual Global Unite for Sight Conference at Yale University, and she has been invited by the government of Ghana to share research to the Ministry of Health.

Mimi is passionate about integrating science and philosophy to teach and promote social justice. She has been involved in pioneering new approaches to address social problems such as gender and racial inequality.

The Team

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Mick Bowen, UK

Mick was the Customer Services Director at FTSE 250 company. He boasts more than 25 years experience in Customer Services and Operational Management industry.

He was responsible for over 1,000 employees in Contact Centres across the world, and has a wealth of knowledge in ecommerce and IT.

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Sireesh Pangaluri, UK

Blockchain Technology Advisor

With many years experience in implementing and managing the back-end IT platforms in the banking sectors, he leads a team of developers that worked on both the Digitorize NFT platform & the Digital Self Omniverse.

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Herb Dogan

Mr. Dogan is a seasoned entertainment executive and former athlete with more than 22 years of marketing expertise in the entertainment industry. He’s also worked on and produced commercials for Nike, NBA, Spark Communications (Australia/New Zealand), and Verizon, including one for the Super Bowl.

Steve Adams, Dr. J, LeBron James, Shaquille O’Neil, and NBA Hall Of Fame Finalist Marques Johnson are among the athletes that Mr. Dogan has partnered with. In regard to entertainers, Mr. Dogan has collaborated with the likes of Jamie Foxx, and Chris Spencer (the writer of “The Real Husbands of Hollywood”), to name a couple.

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Victoria Preston

Victoria has vast experience in marketing and journalism. She has built a successful digital marketing agency, and has worked as a journalist and marketing executive for one of the biggest publications in the North of England.

Having led projects across multiple sectors within her agency, her skills range from events management and sales to content creation, copywriting and curated adverts

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Mark Graham

Mark was the Managing Director of one of the most influential and successful international clubbing brands in the world. He has extensive experience of managing large teams, brand partnerships, franchises and sponsorship activations, global client management, creative design of new concepts, creation and management of multimillion GBP budgets, revenue maximising concepts and market analysis.

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Lynne Holgate

Lynne has extensive experience in Operations, Recruitment, Training, Quality and HR. Her career has included the management of large-scale seasonal recruitment and training for the Call Centre, Warehousing and Security industry sectors.

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Jay Estrella

Jay Estrella is a Digital Marketing Expert and Former U.S. Marine, responsible for creating and maintaining brands through creative and strategic, unique marketing strategies and campaigns. He has successfully managed businesses and media strategies for a host of organisations.

All of this is preceded by Jay’s active duty in the United States Marine Corps, where he served as a project manager and was deployed to Afghanistan for 363 days for “Operation Enduring Freedom.” He was awarded a “NATO Medal” and “Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal.

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Stephen Sabo

Stephen Sabo has represented a number of people through his successful consultancy in Manhattan in the sports and entertainment industries offering services including investment management, financial counselling. insurance planning and retirement planning and distribution strategies. He has an incredible network across the US and works with an array of high profile clients.

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Kiran Mazhar

Kiran is the executive assistant to the directors of the company and has many years of experience in C-Level administration and finance, with a strong background she is able to provide excellent attention to detail and has effectively represented many of our businesses. Kiran has proven to be indispensable in organising, scheduling and managing schedules as well as managing many other events and projects. She has also managed a large team and serves as the primary contact for all finances.

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Steve Hatch

Steve is a commercially driven entrepreneur with extensive experience in the oil, gas and renewable energy sectors and has diversified into the disruptive technology markets.

Steve is now combining his experiences and mixing technology within the energy sectors, and together with his colleagues, bringing innovative solutions to the market utilising carbon neutral energy projects, carbon credits and digital currency.

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Tabraiz Ahmed

Software Engineering professional with hands-on experience of performance, functional, system and user-acceptance testing. An IT professional with a proven track record in designing websites, networking and managing databases.

He has more than 6 years of experience in developing, managing and leading teams across multiple brands.

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Troy White

Troy is a full-service lifestyle marketing specialist within the urban and multicultural marketplaces. He ran several divisions for Sony Music for 10 years, and has consulted in Music, Gaming, Sports, Brands and Politics for 30+ years. Troy has created and managed creative strategies for Michael Jackson, Sade, Jay Z, Snoop Dog, President Obama, Mayor Bloomberg NY, Coke, Nike, EA Sports, Heineken, US Navy, General Motors and many others.

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Doug Craig

Doug has worked as a Promotions Manager for Sony Music and as a Director of Marketing for Universal Music for over 20 years. Additionally he has produced large scale concerts and special events for shopping centers as well as video advertising content for both Dental and Medical facilities. Doug is committed to Integrating the world of Fine Arts with evolving technologies so that people everywhere can enjoy art from anywhere.

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Andy Rutherford

Andy is a music manager with over 15 years of experience. He was the co- founder of 24Management (Seb Fontaine, Nic Fanciulli, Paul Woolford) and the co-founder of Threesixzero (Calvin Harris, Deadmau5, Swedish House Mafia, Nero). Andy Co-found Tempo music management in 2015, bringing through artists such as Camelphat, Aevion and Kydus. He is very conscious of recognising ‘talent’ regardless of industry. Andy is acquainted with artists such as ‘The Connor Brothers’ and has worked with Jay Brown, Shawn Carter (Jay z), Beyonce, Rhianna, Calvin Harris and Alicia Keys just to name a few.