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Kwesi Selassie

@kwesiselassie

Investment and product operator at Selomadio Advisory building an LLM-powered client intelligence MVP for capital matching and counterparty management.

United States

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At Selomadio Advisory, I run an investment and advisory practice connecting companies seeking capital with allocators across public and private markets. I lead diligence and write investment memos, then match companies with financing sources and provide post-funding support.

I'm building a client intelligence MVP that brings together relationship data, deal logs, diligence memos, and market data to surface allocator matches and draft memos for analyst review. In a separate founder-operator engagement, I built an LLM-powered payments orchestration platform from concept to $10K MRR; its agentic workflows reduced authorization failures by 25%.

At TD Securities, I evaluated more than 200 companies and structured strategic partnerships that generated a $68M pipeline. Earlier at Citi, I managed a global payments, liquidity, trade, and connectivity portfolio, identifying $50M in operational savings.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Founder & Principal

Current

Selomadio Advisory

Aug 2025 - Present (1 year 3 months)

Runs a two-sided investment and advisory practice serving companies seeking capital and allocators seeking opportunities across public and private markets. Sources and evaluates companies across AI infrastructure, data centers, semiconductors, and fintech, and leads diligence on opportunities.

Investment Advisory Market Structure Capital Markets Due Diligence Financial Modeling LLM Applications Python AWS SQL

Vice President, Strategic Technology Partnerships

TD Securities

Aug 2024 - Jul 2025 (11 months)

Built a decision model evaluating external data and AI infrastructure vendors, sourced and evaluated 200+ companies, and structured 15+ strategic partnerships generating a $68M pipeline. Led cross-functional teams and advised founders on financing paths.

Strategy Product Strategy Vendor Evaluation Technical Diligence LLM Applications Agentic Automation AI Infrastructure Partnership Structuring Cross functional Leadership

SVP, Product Risk and Governance

Citi Private Bank

Jun 2021 - May 2024 (2 years 11 months)

Led post-merger integration carving out Retail Bank and Private Wealth Bank, mapped regulatory controls and capital event workflows, and managed Day 1 readiness. Streamlined client onboarding, reducing execution time by 20%.

Product Risk Governance Regulatory Controls NAV Reconciliation Drawdown Waterfall Distributions Build Vs. Partner Vs. Buy Frameworks Client Onboarding

Vice President, Global Product Manager

Citi

Aug 2019 - Jun 2021 (1 year 10 months)

Owned global P&L for a payments, liquidity, trade, and connectivity portfolio across 3 business lines, driving $50M in identified operational savings. Planned and communicated release schedules across 3 engineering squads, delivering 8 major releases on time with zero critical defects.

Product Management P&L management Payments Liquidity Trades Connectivity Workflow Automation Release Management Steering Committee

Senior Associate, Product Solutions and Infrastructure Governance

Morgan Stanley

Sep 2017 - May 2019 (1 year 8 months)

Led vendor evaluations, proof-of-concepts, and integrations across endpoint, SaaS, and cloud-native environments. Created a vendor governance framework improving vendor ROI by 15% while reducing operational risk exposure by 20%.

Vendor Evaluation Proof of Concept Integration Vendor Governance Operational Risk Demand Platform Intake Framework