is co-founder and CEO of Qwil Messenger, the all-in-one secure client communication platform built for regulated industries. He brings over two decades of hands-on experience in financial services, having held senior leadership roles at two of the world's largest investment banks — Managing Director and Head of Financial Institutions Group Debt Capital Markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and the equivalent position at UBS Investment Bank, where he led complex capital markets transactions for institutional clients across France, Benelux, and Switzerland.

That institutional background gives Laurent a practitioner's understanding of the compliance obligations, communication risks, and regulatory scrutiny that financial services firms face daily — from FCA record-keeping requirements and MiFID II obligations to the growing enforcement risk around unmonitored channels like WhatsApp. It is this experience, rather than a purely technical perspective, that shapes Qwil's product philosophy: that compliant communication should not come at the cost of a good client experience.

At Qwil Messenger, Laurent oversees company strategy, product vision, and operations, and has led multiple rounds of investor funding. He is a regular commentator on regulatory compliance in client communication and the evolving digital obligations facing wealth managers, IFAs, and financial institutions across Europe and beyond.