Paul Roy Ph.D

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Biography

Dr. Paul Roy serves as Non-Executive Chairman of Bloc Ventures. He serves as Chairman at U-Research. He served as Board Member at Qured. He also serves as a Board Member at S4 Capital. Previously, he was the Chairman and founding Partner at NewSmith. Prior to co-founding NewSmith in 2003, he was President of Global Markets and Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch. He was an Executive Vice President of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and a member of the firm's Executive Management Committee. Previously, he was Head of Merrill's Global Equity Markets division from 1998 to 2001, responsible for trading, underwriting and the sales of all equity and equity-linked securities worldwide, and Head of European Equity Markets from 1995 to 1998. He joined Merrill Lynch in 1995 when it acquired Smith New Court, where he was Chief Executive Officer. He joined Smith New Court in 1988. Over the period leading to its acquisition by Merrill Lynch, the business grew from a £50 million company into one of the leading market-making and brokerage firms on the London Stock Exchange, valued at over £500 million. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics (honors) and a Doctor of Laws from the University of Liverpool.