Mateen’s career in investment banking involved him working for JP Morgan, UBS and Deutsche Bank in senior front office positions in New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong. After banking, he set up a real estate business with one of the largest private owners of mobile home parks in the USA. He raised $50,000,000 of equity capital for the business and managed the investments. He sold his stake in 2019, after he moved to Australia.
Mateen has a passion for entrepreneurship and was one of the first investors in a tech incubator in Los Angeles in 2015. Since then he has raised money for, invested in, and helped countless start-ups with oversight and operations.
He is a British national and an Oxford University graduate.