Sandeep Laxman
About Sandeep Laxman
Sandeep Laxman is the Senior Director of Retail at Gemini and an investor at Everest Ventures, with a background in fintech and business development at AWS.
Senior Director at Gemini
Since 2023, Sandeep Laxman has been serving as the Senior Director - Retail at Gemini, based in Singapore. In this role, he has led key initiatives, including an inorganic campaign known as Project Peacock, which achieved a 928% return on investment and significantly boosted the platform's daily trading volume by 10% within just two months. Additionally, he launched a successful sales campaign that revitalized churned customers into active participants in Gemini's derivatives market.
Investor at Everest Ventures
In addition to his role at Gemini, Sandeep Laxman has been an Investor at Everest Ventures since 2022, operating from Singapore. His strategic insights and extensive experience in fintech and business development contribute to his investment decisions and guidance to the ventures under Everest's portfolio.
Former Head of Fintech Business Development at Amazon Web Services
Sandeep Laxman has an extensive background with Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he held several pivotal roles. From 2022 to 2023, he served as the Head of Fintech Business Development for the Asia Pacific and Japan region out of Singapore. Before this, from 2019 to 2022, he was instrumental as the Head of Fintech BD in India, and from 2016 to 2018, he led Business Development for West India. During his tenure, he championed the AWS Fintech Forum, an annual conference fostering collaboration among fintech leaders, and facilitated the migration of numerous fintech startups to AWS, enhancing capabilities like security and fraud detection.
Educational Background and Qualifications
Sandeep Laxman has a solid educational foundation in both finance and engineering. He achieved his CFA certification from the CFA Institute in the USA, where he studied Finance from 2008 to 2012. He also attended the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, earning a B. Tech in Electrical Engineering between 2002 and 2006. Furthermore, he was an exchange student at INSA Lyon, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, for the 2004-2005 academic year, where he focused on Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
Past Leadership Roles and Entrepreneurial Ventures
Sandeep Laxman has demonstrated leadership and entrepreneurial skills across various roles throughout his career. He co-founded BOOKstreet and served as its CTO from 2012 to 2016 in Mumbai. Earlier, he founded and taught at Laxman Coaching Classes from 2010 to 2012. His professional journey also includes a significant tenure at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Consultant from 2006 to 2010. Through these diverse roles, he developed a broad skill set in business development, education, and consultancy.