It all started for Gi Fernando with a £6 bet

A small-stakes bet with a friend led to Gi Fernando setting up his own digital services company, and bagging the £6 wager along the way.

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Gi Fernando's path to becoming a technology entrepreneur was long and unconventional. When he graduated from university in 1992, "there really wasn't a technology industry", he says. So he initially drifted from project to project, including selling health insurance door to door and travelling the world, before joining HSBC in 1995. He spent almost five years at the bank and oversaw a number of technology projects, including the integration of HSBC's systems with other companies that it had taken over.

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Dr Matthew Partridge
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Matthew graduated from the University of Durham in 2004; he then gained an MSc, followed by a PhD at the London School of Economics.

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