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Chris Heaton-Harris

Senior Advisor

Chris Heaton- M2 Recovery

Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris is a British former politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Daventry from 2010 until 2024.

During his political career, he held several significant roles, including Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from September 2022 to July 2024 under Prime Ministers Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, where he helped negotiate the Windsor Framework between the EU and UK and also negotiated the return of devolved government in Northern Ireland. Chris was Chief Whip under Boris Johnson’s Premiership and held a number of other Ministerial roles.

Before entering the UK Parliament, Heaton-Harris was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East Midlands from 1999 to 2009, where he served as the Conservative Chief Whip from 2001 to 2004.

Before politics, he worked nights in his family’s wholesale fruit and vegetable business in New Covent Garden Market for 11 years, running the business for five of those. He has also been an active and qualified football referee for 44 years and more recently has enjoyed power-lifting!!! He has been involved in community roles such as chairing the Northampton Theatres’ Board of Trustees and is currently Chair of the stroke rehabilitation charity, Reach for Health.

James North

Head of external affairs

James North - M2 Recovery

James is a highly experienced external affairs advisor with a proven track record of navigating complex political, legal, and regulatory landscapes.

He has extensive experience advising clients in emerging and regulated sectors, having represented a broad selection of businesses in both the cryptoasset and energy sectors, helping build consensus among stakeholders and advocate for policy change.

Prior to advising clients in the private sector, James honed his skills in Parliament as an aide to a Government Minister during what was one of the most turbulent times in British politics following the 2016 Brexit Referendum.

At M2 Recovery, James is responsible for applying his expertise in public affairs, public relations and client engagement to support clients and customers from their first contact through their entire journey with us.

Gabby Peck

Social Media Manager

Gabby Peck- M2 Recovery

Gabby is an experienced communications professional with a strong background in political research, media monitoring, and strategic communications. Having gained valuable experience working across diverse sectors, Gabby has developed expertise in crafting compelling narratives and strategic messaging for clients in both the cryptoasset and energy industries.

At M2 Recovery, Gabby is responsible for crafting engaging social media content that aligns with the company’s values and goals. Her work spans across a variety of platforms, ensuring that M2 Recovery’s voice is heard.

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Neil Holloway

Founder

Neil Holloway - M2 Recovery

Neil Holloway is the Founder and Managing Director of M2 Recovery. Bringing over 45 years of expertise in the insurance industry, Neil is one of the most experienced insurance professionals in the country. Renowned for his ability to develop innovative, industry-leading insurance policies, Neil focuses on delivering genuine peace of mind to his clients.

Throughout his career, Neil has held significant roles with some of the world’s foremost insurance firms in the City of London – Alliance Insurer Broker London – before forming his own businesses and establishing one of the UK’s premier insurance brokerages. Neil sold the business to Howden in 2018 and set up M2 Recovery initially working in the commercial property sector, before developing the world’s first insurance products for legal costs relating to the costs of cryptocurrency recovery.

Beyond his business interests, Neil has been a leading voice in the industry, advocating for transparency in the rental sector and speaking out against secret commission payments. His commitment to ethical practices led him to testify before a Parliamentary Select Committee on the matter.

Neil leads the team at M2 Recovery, ensuring clients receive a smooth, seamless experience when purchasing their policies. His dedication to high service standards makes the process straightforward and stress-free for each client.

Track and Trace Team

We have a team of expert investigators, using multiple forensic tools, on hand who specialise in comprehensive blockchain investigations, to support our clients with recovering stolen cryptocurrency assets through the legal procedure.

We provide critical insights into complex criminal activities that occur within the blockchain, and provide detailed expert reports to the Court. Our investigation methodology involves a comprehensive analysis of transaction patterns, mapping of cryptocurrency flows, and tracing back illicit transactions to their original source. Our experts command intelligence operations that dismantle sophisticated fraudulent activities, with intelligence gathering, and OSINT techniques ensuring transactional security in the cryptocurrency domain.

We also have the ability to conduct undercover probes into cryptocurrency theft, offering strong investigative acumen to support legal teams in asset recovery. We trace and monitor stolen funds whether it’s a case of financial fraud, illegal trading, or any other form of cybercrime, we provide you with an end-to-end blockchain investigation service”

Federico M.A. Cincotta

CEO and Founder of a growing reputable international legal and consultancy firm. Bringing more than 20 years’ legal experience (Argentina) and more than 7 years of post-qualification experience as a practising England & Wales Solicitor by providing expert (trusted), insightful and relevant legal, business, commercial and corporate governance guidance to UK & international companies and private clients for managing different legal scenarios on behalf of a diverse client portfolio. Includes experience of leading high-performance teams (15- 30 people)

Louise Abbott

Director

Louise Abbott - M2 Recovery

LOUISE IS A DISPUTES SOLICITOR WITH 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND HAS A DISTINCT SPECIALISM IN DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL CIVIL FRAUD, CRYPTOCURRENCY,AND RECOVERINGTHE PROCEEDS OF FRAUD

Recently, Louise has taken on a number of UK based, European and global clients who have lost funds as part of the FTX collapse and is the go-to English solicitor for guidance on all aspects of crypto currency fraud.

To support the legal team Louise employs the services of various intelligence agencies to provide an all-in-one crypto recovery service, covering everything from investigating, tracing and recovering the proceeds of fraud or theft. The former Security Services and Military Intelligence professionals use the latest tracing tools and software, combining this with open-source data, technical analysis, and human source contacts to ensure we have the best chance of recovery for our clients. Recently, Louise’s advocate team obtained the first reported order for summary judgment in a crypto case, from the High Court of England and Wales.

Louise is a Director at M2Recovery Limited which is offering the world’s first before-the-event legal expenses insurance for crypto asset recovery. Prior to joining M2 Recovery Louise was Head of Commercial Litigation and Civil Fraud at Howard Kennedy.

Louise frequently contributes to articles through journalists from newspaper and media agencies on all legal aspects of crypto currency.

Louise has shared her expertise on crypto fraud and the legal process to recovery of crypto assets through TV news pieces and documentaries including BBC Panorama, CoinDesk, Sky News, Fox News and CNBC. In addition, Louise has written pieces for The Financial Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Times, Metro and legal publications such as The Verdict. Further to this, Louise has delivered training sessions for British Police Forces to detail the process of Civil Recovery of Crypto assets.

Lord (Henry) Bellingham

Chairman

Lord Bellingham - M2 Recovery HENRY IS THE CHAIRMAN OF M2 RECOVERY, HAVING PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE CONSERVATIVE MP FOR NORTH WEST NORFOLK FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS BEFORE BEING APPOINTED TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS IN 2020.

Henry started his career as a barrister after graduating with a degree in law from Magdalene College, Oxford.

He was first elected to Parliament in 1983 as the Conservative MP for NorthWest Norfolk,a position he held until being defeated at the 1997 election. He won the seat back at the 2001 election, and was re-elected to the position at the 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2017 general elections.
Henry was appointed as a Shadow Minister forTrade and Industry in 2002, before becoming an Opposition Whip in 2005. He was also a Shadow Minister for the Department of Constitutional Affairs from 2006 until the 2020 general election.

It was at this time that he was appointed as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the coalition government within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office covering Overseas Territories, Africa, United Nations, economic issues, conflict resolution and climate change.

In 2016, Henry was Knighted in the New Year Honours list for Parliamentary and Political Service and at the 2019 general election he stood down from parliament.Then in 2020 Henry was appointed to the House of Lords as a Conservative Life Peer.

Since leaving the House of Commons, Henry has joined the boards of five companies, including M2 Recovery.The other four comprise two AIM-listed entities, a property management company and a Fintech business.

Brent Williams

Advisor

Brent Williams - M2 Recovery J. Brent Williams is currently the founder, President and CEO of Euclidian Trust. He founded Euclidian Trust after boot-strapping his last entrepreneurial endeavour, Verato. Verato (originally called Araxid at founding) successfully delivered on highly precise cloud-based identity matching, linking, and their Universal MPI through a new approach to matching called Referential Matching. After having closed two rounds of venture funding (over $20M) from Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), Columbia Capital, and individual investors like Sanju Bansal (co-founder of MicroStrategy), Verato focused its matching products in the healthcare, public sector, and consumer space, and Brent sought to fulfil his entrepreneurial vision from his earliest work at Araxid while still supporting the great work that Verato does.

Brent’s entrepreneurial vision is founded upon the need for next generation business solutions powered by more accurate Big Data analysis and Artificial Intelligence/Artificial Intuition. This accuracy comes through increased assurance that the underlying data and attributes about people, companies, and events are associated with the right entity with extremely high accuracy. Current analytical efforts to offer better services and reduce fraud fall short, whether in healthcare, financial services, or public sector because traditional MDM and matching solutions leave a lot of good data on the cutting-room floor because of “false-negatives”, where we don’t link data that should be linked and therefore miss the end-to-end picture of the individual, company, or event.

With business solutions based upon this more precise and real-time analysis, we will experience quantum leaps in success in areas like precision healthcare, outcome-based medicine, identity fraud analytics, government benefits distribution, and transactional risk assessment. Historically, Brent has extensive experience in the identity integrity business including both entrepreneurial and executive leadership positions in the credit reporting arena, trust and continuous monitoring, predictive analytics, Big Data, identity authentication and proofing, telecommunications, globally-scaled high throughput systems, and as a nuclear submarine officer in the US Navy.

Todd Wade

Advisor

Todd Wade - M2 Recovery

Todd Wade is a chief information security officer. He has over 20 years’ experience working with cybersecurity and technology. He has led the information security departments for multiple financial services and technology organisations. He is passionate about championing cyber risk governance and empowering organisations to protect themselves against cyber criminals.

He is a graduate EMBA from the Trium Global programme (an alliance of HEC Paris, NYU Stern School of Business, and London School of Economics) and holds a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). He has worked with leading information security organisations like the Information Security Forum and Chartered Institute of Information Security. He is the author of Cybercrime: Protecting your business, your family and yourself.

Andrew Day

Solicitor

Andrew Day - M2 Recovery Andrew Day has been a qualified solicitor for 15 years, having trained at a city law firm and then ultimately becoming a partner and director of a boutique dispute resolution firm. He has been a key advisor to C-suite decision makers, in-house counsel and family office teams in the strategic control and direction of complex and sensitive disputes. Andrew was responsible for the creation and management of a disruptive collaboration model between the law firm and external experts. The aim was to supply asset tracking and recovery with an intelligence gathering capability, which was developed into a revenue generative service line and a spin-off consultancy. Andrew left the law firm in late 2018 and now works as a consultant to advisory businesses to bring the multi-disciplinary approach to niche areas of claims and advisory work. Andrew was engaged by M2 in early 2021 to help drive the development of client pipeline and products, and with the management of its asset recovery offerings.

Julian Rogers-Coltman

Non-Executive Director

Julian Rogers-Coltman - M2 Recovery Julian started his career at GNI Ltd in 1982 where he spent 15 years working in and eventually running their Financial Futures division. In 2001, after the sale of the company to Old Mutual, he was appointed CEO of GNI, which employed over 450 staff globally at that time. In 2002, GNI was sold to Man Financial and in 2003 Julian left to become CEO of Fleming Capital Management, a hedge fund seeding platform established by Fleming Family and Partners, the largest multi-family office in the UK. FCM built AUM to c. $500m by 2008 in 4 equity long/short funds but in 2012, a strategic change of direction led to the business being closed and Julian became a consultant to FF&P Corporate Advisory Group. In 2015, following the merger of FF&P with Stonehage, Julian left to establish his own consultancy business, focussing on aiding smaller companies with their strategic direction and capital raising. In 2019, Julian joined London and Oxford Group as Chairman.

Daniel Schielder

Director

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Hemant Patel

Director of Finance

Hemant has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) since 1988. Hemant assists in the financial control, ensuring that financial, governance, and business decisions are compliant. Hemant looks after the marketing budgets, develops financial projections and plans to ensure the prudential requirement is met.

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CiRO Global Risks

Partner

M2 Recovery has its own digital blockchain investigation tools, powered by CiRO Global Risks, to trace the flow of funds across 23 different blockchains, and 900,000+ types of crypto assets. The flow of funds, the attributed relationships and the assessment of the location of the crypto assets using proprietary methods drastically reduces investigation time. Our risk management process enables us to assess the risk of any previous suspicious activity related to a crypto asset, before engaging with a buyer or seller. Leveraging open- and closed-source blockchain attribution and machine-learning algorithms, our process assists the lawyers to de-anonymise transactions and obtain solid and admissible evidence on individuals involved in theft or money laundering, and other crimes.

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