Gfinity
Board
Find out more about our CEO David Halley, Founder Neville Upton and our Non-Executive Director Hugo Drayton.
The Board
David Halley
Chief Executive Officer
David Halley was brought into Gfinity in the summer of 2023, immediately instigating considerable changes within the Company. He has over 25 years’ experience spanning banking, hedge funds and insurance, incorporating risk management and trading roles. He founded and served as the CIO of Capstone Financial (HK) Ltd, founded a crypto related insurance broker and has previously been a member of the investment management team for Man-Vector Limited, a commodity trading advisor (CTA) hedge fund that was part of the Man Group. David Halley served as the Risk Manager for the fund.
Neville Upton
Founder and Chairman
Neville founded Gfinity in 2012. A qualified Chartered Accountant, Neville spent the formative years of his career at Euromoney and The Decisions Group. In 1998 he established a call centre business, The Listening Company, which specialised in multichannel communication applications and high quality customer service solutions.
Hugo Drayton
Non-Executive Director
Hugo has spent the past 30 years in publishing and media, as a pioneer in digital media, including planning and launching the UK’s first online newspaper – Electronic Telegraph, in 1994. He led Inskin Media, as CEO, for 10 years until 2020, growing it from start-up to a global, brand advertising business. Previously, he spent 10 years at The Telegraph Group, latterly as Group Managing Director. Hugo led Advertising.com, Europe, for 2 years, and was launch CEO of behavioural marketing company, Phorm.
David Halley
Chief Executive Officer
David Halley was brought into Gfinity in the summer of 2023, immediately instigating considerable changes within the Company. He has over 25 years’ experience spanning banking, hedge funds and insurance, incorporating risk management and trading roles. He founded and served as the CIO of Capstone Financial (HK) Ltd, founded a crypto related insurance broker and has previously been a member of the investment management team for Man-Vector Limited, a commodity trading advisor (CTA) hedge fund that was part of the Man Group. David Halley served as the Risk Manager for the fund.
Neville Upton
Founder and Chairman
Neville founded Gfinity in 2012. A qualified Chartered Accountant, Neville spent the formative years of his career at Euromoney and The Decisions Group. In 1998 he established a call centre business, The Listening Company, which specialised in multichannel communication applications and high quality customer service solutions.
Hugo Drayton
Non-Executive Director
Hugo has spent the past 30 years in publishing and media, as a pioneer in digital media, including planning and launching the UK’s first online newspaper – Electronic Telegraph, in 1994. He led Inskin Media, as CEO, for 10 years until 2020, growing it from start-up to a global, brand advertising business. Previously, he spent 10 years at The Telegraph Group, latterly as Group Managing Director. Hugo led Advertising.com, Europe, for 2 years, and was launch CEO of behavioural marketing company, Phorm.
