About Us
The Partnership
Our Mission
apisq is a joint venture established to help banks and fund managers navigate the intersection of finance and technology with confidence. We combine deep institutional knowledge with a practical, results-driven approach to production AI and automation.
Our model is built on "clinical professionalism" — bridging the gap between high-level strategy and technical execution. We sit alongside your teams, build working systems in regulated production environments, and leave you with embedded capability, not just slide decks.
Meet the Founders
Combining strategic sales leadership and technical delivery excellence.
Eoghan
Strategic Partner
Eoghan leads the firm's strategic marketing, sales, and partnership development. With a background in institutional sales and business administration, he ensures that apisq's solutions are perfectly aligned with the commercial realities of the financial sector.
He advocates for a "Product" mindset — ensuring that every engagement is data-driven, outcome-focused, and built for long-term scalability within the client's organisation.
Charles Zhao
Technical Partner
A Cambridge-educated economist and quantitative engineer with 15+ years experience at tier-1 banks including HSBC, Barclays, and ABN AMRO. Charles specializes in production-grade AI engineering and institutional risk modelling.
He has architected global treasury systems and AI pipelines that process over £1tn in assets, focusing on delivering robust, audit-ready automation in highly regulated environments.
How We Work
The principles that guide our joint venture.
Clinical Professionalism
We maintain a rigorous, objective approach to every challenge. Our goal is to provide professional distance and clear-eyed analysis that internal teams often cannot.
Product-Led Delivery
We treat every engagement as a "product" build — prioritizing scalability, data integrity, and user adoption to ensure our work lives on after the project ends.
Pace and Pragmatism
Financial markets move fast. We prioritize delivery speed and pragmatic solutions that work in the real world, rather than chasing theoretical perfection.
Trust and Discretion
We operate with total discretion, handling sensitive commercial and regulatory data with the same rigour as the institutions we serve.
Partner with us
Whether you have a defined brief or just a complex challenge, we'd like to hear from you.
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