New leadership structure sharpens operations, product execution and ecosystem partnerships to meet demand for trusted, governed private markets valuations
New York, NY – August 13, 2026 – 73 Strings, the AI-powered platform for private markets valuation and portfolio intelligence, on 12 August announced a series of senior leadership appointments following a period of rapid client growth and increasing adoption among the private capital community. As firms invest in the infrastructure needed to meet rising demand for trusted, transparent and defensible NAVs, 73 Strings is expanding its executive leadership team to support growing use of its platform.
The company has introduced a new president role, appointed a new chief product officer and added senior talent across AI, technology and engineering. These appointments reflect 73 Strings’ ability to attract the most experienced senior leaders globally while supporting its operations, product development and strategic partnerships.
“Private markets are entering a once-in-a-generation phase of growth, and every NAV and report now must be trusted, defensible and delivered at a pace the market has never demanded before,” said Yann Magnan, CEO and co-founder of 73 Strings. “These appointments allow us to structure the business in order to innovate even faster, execute with even higher precision and build even closer relationships with the firms defining the future of private markets.”
Eamon O’Dwyer Named President
Eamon O’Dwyer has been appointed president, reporting to Magnan. He will focus on accelerating company-wide execution and building the operational capabilities needed to support 73 Strings’ continued growth. Working closely with the executive committee, he will help the company scale with greater speed, precision and consistency.
O’Dwyer brings nearly 30 years of experience across financial services and fintech. He spent more than a decade at Barclays including executive leadership roles spanning digital strategy, product development, sales, partnerships and innovation. He subsequently co-led several fintech businesses serving clients ranging from global financial institutions and telecommunications companies to hundreds of thousands of SMBs. Following successful trade exits, he has held a range of roles across the high-growth fintech ecosystem, including senior independent director of a regulated lender, growth adviser to fintech companies and venture partner supporting VC-backed businesses.
Based in London, O’Dwyer will bring together product, engineering, data, client operations and go-to-market teams to accelerate innovation, strengthen customer delivery and enable the business to scale efficiently. His appointment will support 73 Strings’ next stage of growth as demand for valuation and intelligence across private capital continues to rise.
Matt Storey Appointed Chief Product Officer
73 Strings has appointed Matt Storey as chief product officer to lead the evolution of the company’s product organization. As chief product officer, he will scale product infrastructure and execution, drive the product roadmap in line with client needs and market opportunities, expand engagement with customers and establish the operating discipline needed to scale the product organization.
Alongside this, Storey will oversee 73 Strings’ generative AI strategy, driving the next generation of AI-powered capabilities across the platform. He will focus on translating advances in generative AI into practical tools that help clients streamline valuation workflows, enhance decision-making and deliver faster, more transparent and defensible valuations and analytics while maintaining robust governance standards.
Based in London, Storey brings extensive experience in data, analytics and regulatory technology. He most recently served as CPO and co-founder of SteelEye, where he built the company’s product function from the ground up, scaling the platform to nearly 200 clients and more than 100 employees globally. Under his leadership, SteelEye developed a market-leading RegTech platform supporting complex, multi-asset, multi-jurisdictional and multilingual requirements across financial institutions.
AI and Technology Leadership
In addition to O’Dwyer and Storey, 73 Strings recently appointed experienced senior talent across AI, product and engineering to support the continued development and scale of its valuation and portfolio intelligence platform.
Recent senior appointments include leaders with more than 20 years of experience across software, data and AI for financial services and enterprise platforms at leading start-ups and hyperscalers:
- Fedja Bosnic, Director of Software Engineering, Dubai, is responsible for scaling the engineering organization and advancing distributed systems, data and AI capabilities.
- Mathavan Chidambaresan, Product Director, London, is focused on scaling data platforms, embedding AI into real‑world workflows and driving product‑market fit for private markets clients.
- Amruta Karmarkar, Director of Software Engineering, New York, is leading the next phase of platform and engineering growth.
- Nicholas (Nick) Kolba, Agentic AI Engineering Lead, New York, is driving the next phase of 73 Strings’ agentic AI strategy, including intelligent agents that automate complex financial workflows and deepen interoperability across the private markets ecosystem.
- Roland Le Franc, Director of Software Engineering, Seattle, is expanding 73 Strings’ global engineering team while strengthening foundations across QA, SRE, automation and platform reliability.
Together, these appointments reflect 73 Strings’ ability to attract exceptional leaders and talent who have built, scaled and transformed some of the most innovative technology businesses in financial services. As demand for trusted AI-powered valuation infrastructure accelerates, the company is investing in world-class leadership to outpace the market, deepen customer partnerships and continue defining the future of private markets valuation and portfolio intelligence.