Our story
Our founders have built and scaled a Capital Markets business before — growing it to 100+ FTE and delivering some of Europe’s largest Capital Markets, Commodities and Treasury programmes, before selling it to a large global consultancy.
We built it once
This time, with everything we learned
“Stay close to the client, understand the real problem, and put experienced people around it.”
With 25 years of experience each in the Capital Markets, Commodities and Treasury ecosystem, our founders previously built a specialist consultancy to 100+ FTE, delivered major programmes for Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions and successfully exited the business.
Pynestone takes the lessons from that journey and deliberately keeps what mattered most: senior involvement, trusted relationships and accountability for delivery.
TodayPynestoneFounder-led. Hands-on. Built for the next chapter.
Founder-led means you know who you're working with
The people who built our previous business are the people you'll work with at Pynestone — close to the programme, the business and the decisions.
Rizvan Katchera
25 years of experience in Treasury and Capital Markets technology, leading complex transformations from strategy and architecture through implementation, go-live and support. Co-founded our previous Capital Markets consultancy and scaled it to 100+ FTE across the UK, France and India, through to its successful exit.
Christine Al Khalil
25 years of experience in Capital Markets platforms, much of it vendor-side, with a clear view of what makes implementations succeed — and where they go wrong. Co-founded and scaled our previous Capital Markets consultancy, bringing that extensive platform and delivery experience to every client.
We've sat on every side of the table
That's what shapes how we work. We're relational, not transactional: we work alongside your other partners — vendors, integrators, your own teams — and help them succeed too, not just us.
Inside a platform vendor
We've worked vendor-side, so we understand vendor priorities — and how to align them with yours.
Inside a large SI
We've delivered from within large systems integrators, and know both their strengths and their limits.
Building our own business
We've built and scaled a business of our own, so we know what real, founder-level accountability looks like.
We're passionate about what we do — sitting with your business and technology teams, understanding the real problem, and helping solve it. Even if it's just a conversation, we're always happy to share what we've learned from delivering these programmes.
Global experience. Local market understanding.
The same senior expertise in both regions, shaped around where each client starts.
Middle East
Banks and commodity houses building or scaling Treasury and Capital Markets capability, including greenfield programmes — drawing on our extensive experience to support the region.
- Technology strategy and target operating model design
- Greenfield platform selection and implementation
- Data foundations built in from day one — governance, architecture and master data
- Building local teams and capability
UK, Europe & Africa
Tier 1 and Tier 2 banks and commodity houses modernising established platforms and data, including programmes already under way and under regulatory or cost pressure.
- Platform strategy and consolidation roadmaps
- Upgrades, migration and re-platforming of established systems
- Data governance and master data management across legacy estates
- Programme recovery and senior programme leadership
Registered, and aligned to financial services requirements
Registered in the UK and UAE, with information security, data protection and third-party resilience practices aligned to financial services requirements.
Let's build what's next. Together
Helping financial institutions deliver transformation faster and with greater confidence.