Jay Chandan currently serves as Chairman & CEO, of Gorilla Technology Group.  Headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Gorilla is a global solution provider in security intelligence, network intelligence, business intelligence and IoT technology. Gorilla develops a wide range of solutions including Smart Cities, Smart Retail, Enterprise Security, and Smart Media. In addition, Gorilla provides a complete Security Convergence Platform to government institutions, telecom companies and private enterprises with network surveillance and cyber security. 

From 2021 to 2022, Jay served as the Chairman of the Board of Global SPAC Partners Co. 

Since 2017, Jay has also been the Co-Founder and a Partner of Shackleton-Victoria, an investment firm where Jay led the firm’s investment in FinLeap, a financial technology accelerator and incubator. Since 2014, Jay has also been the Co-Founder and a Director of Mathern Ltd., an investment firm focused on investing in UK companies. 

From 2019 to 2022, Jay served as the Founder & Managing Partner of KASS Capital, an investment advisory firm that invests globally in the technology industry and provide alternative liquidity solutions to equity investors, debt holders, founders and management teams.

From 2010 to 2012, Jay was a Co-Founder and Partner at Cortis Capital LLP, a transformation and project management firm focused on global mergers & acquisitions, where he worked on the Minna Airport City, an urban regeneration project in Nigeria. From 2007 to 2008, Jay served as the CEO of Invensis (UK) Ltd., a business process outsourcing company. From 2005 to 2007, Jay served as Director of Business Development of EXLservice (UK) Ltd., a data analytics company that is now publicly traded on the Nasdaq with approximately $1 billion in revenues and approximately $3 billion in market cap. From 2004 to 2005, Jay served as Director of Sales & Strategic Accounts at Exevo (UK) Ltd., a global market research & outsourcing firm, that was later acquired by Copal Partners and is now part of Moody’s Corporation.

From 1995 to 2004, Jay served as the Co-Founder and Executive Director of NPL, an IT services business in Southeast Asia.

Jay also serves as an Advisory Board Member of ConsolFreight LLC, a Fintech FreightTech ecosystem.

He has graduated from Madras University, India, with an Engineering Degree, majoring in Computer Sciences.