Wander Rutgers
Wander Rutgers is the Chief Operating Officer at Lightyear. He joined the company as an investor in the first round, advising Martin & Mihkel on compliance, operations and business development before joining the business full time as COO in May 2022. At Lightyear, Wander is focused on building out the brokerage, compliance and business functions to support growth and expansion. Before Lightyear, Wander was President of Robinhood UK leading the business in its international expansion efforts. Before that, he was a Product Lead at Plum where he spearheaded the launch of its mutual fund investing product. Wander also held various roles at Wise (now TransferWise) across operations and product, including helping the company expand into dozens of new markets. He started his career as a strategy consultant at McKinsey in the Netherlands and earned his M.A. in Economics and Politics at the University of Edinburgh.
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The Portfolio Group's event division has been shaping the professional events market for over two decades, continuously in a market-leading position. We organize 60 business conferences and nearly 10 awards ceremonies nationwide each year, setting the direction in 9 industries: economy, agriculture, real estate, healthcare, finance, automotive, energy, IT, sustainability. We reach 40,000 participants annually. The name Portfolio Events is a guarantee of high-quality professional content and outstanding B2B and B2C networking – in premium hotels, exclusive environments, with business networking and lead generation opportunities. So far, more than 7,000 speakers and nearly 50,000 companies have participated in our events: experts, top executives, decision-makers, opinion leaders, owners. Join us and level up - we provide the top community of the domestic business sphere!