Sascha Ragtschaa

Sascha Ragtschaa most recently worked as the Regional CIO (Europe, Asia and Africa) for Computershare, a global market leader in transfer agency and share registration, mortgage servicing and other financial services. He is now the CEO for WeOwn, a technology company with a focus to provide new alternative financing methods to the private business sector worldwide. He started Software Engineering at the age of 16, and worked for a number of web technology start-ups during the initial stages of his career. Working in streaming and multimedia technologies initially in 2000 he branched out into data analytics and financial services, working as a Lead Engineer on multiple projects and business lines around the world: employee share plans, share registry, annual general meetings and events, shareholder communication and mortgage servicing to name a few. Over the past 17 years he has worked for the largest global share registry and transfer agency provider in the world (Computershare), and held various technology leadership roles in Europe, Australia and North America. In his most recent function he was the Chief Information Officer for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia. He's now the CEO and Co-Founder of WeOwn. WeOwn gives SMEs better access to funding, so they can focus on growing their business – not securing finance. WeOwn has built an online financial marketplace, powered by blockchain technology, to offer simpler, cheaper finance options with complete capital liquidity, including equity raises and peer-to-peer loans. Today, WeOwn is a fast-growing international game-changer, with an international network of talented developers, building products that help SMEs accelerate business growth. 

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