Sam Quawasmi is a Co-CEO and Co-Founder at Eureeca.com, a multi-regulated equity crowdfunding platform that operates in Europe, the Middle East, and SE Asia. He studied MSc in International Capital Markets at the University of Brighton and BA (Honors) in Business Administration and Management at Nottingham on Trent University. Quawasmi has nearly 20 years of experience in the financial markets and investment banking industry. He has worked as Director of MENA Equities at Arqaam Capital, Vice President of International Institutional Equities at SHUAA Capital, Senior Associate at Tokyo Mitsubishi bank, and Associate at HSBC Investment bank. He believes that 60%-70% of jobs worldwide are created by the SME sector, and SMEs fail due to a lack of access to capital. With this belief, He left his well-paying job and founded Eureeca.com to serve the small and medium-sized business sector through equity crowdfunding. He has worked with organizations like the IMF, the World Bank, Ministries of Finance, and Global Regulators to change laws and build a consistent regulatory framework that allows everyday investors to participate in funding thriving growth companies and SME’s.