The XPrime Executive Management Team
Jacob Nel
Chief Executive Officer
Jacob came to Oasis to become CEO of XPrime Markets. He joined us from MultiBank Group, a US owned global financial services group for which he was CEO from its formation in 2016. Jacob founded their new ASIC regulated derivatives brokerage based in Sydney Australia. Jacob recruited the management team, took the business through ASIC regulation, and then built it into a significant player in the Australian retail and institutional brokerage space. Before joining MultiBank Jacob was at Forex Global Pty Ltd where he spent five years in Sydney and Singapore as Executive Director of Business Development, concentrating on services to high frequency traders and fund managers. Jacob previously held senior executive positions at Vantage FX and Kinetic Securities in Sydney. Jacob is skilled in business development into emerging markets, in Australasia and through greater Asia to Europe, he understands the many challenges of dealing with different jurisdictions and regulators and adapting business structures to local laws and regulations. Jacob is a member of the Australian Securities Investment Commission and holds a BCom in Financial Economics from Massey University in Auckland with a post graduate degree in econometrics, alongside Diplomas in Managed Investments and Securities, and specialist knowledge in Derivatives and Foreign Exchange.
John Earl
Commercial Director
John has managed many complex projects during his time at Oasis Capital Group and was instrumental in setting up Tier1, our regulated spot markets brokerage. John controlled the trading systems specification, fitout, commissioning & recruitment of executive teams. He also steered several of our businesses through the financial regulatory and other approvals required to launch them, on time and budget. John is also our representative on the boards of many of the companies we are invested in. A serial entrepreneur, John has built and grown several businesses from the ground up, and then sold them profitably. John founded a document storage and electronic data business serving many of the largest City law firms and accounting practices, as well as UK Health authorities and other highly sensitive clients. John is a director and owner of Techmasters Security Services, a provider of technical security services to hedge funds and banks, UK Police, IPCC and other UK government agencies. Other clients include big oil in the form of BP and Shell, several shipping majors (including shipping protection and armed anti-piracy tasks), specialist security projects in Nigeria and the Caspian region, Formula One teams, World Cup venues and other sport related projects, together with tasks for many high profile and high net worth clients.
Martin Nicholls
Oasis Group Director
Martin is Chairman of Oasis Capital Group Ltd., a private equity and corporate finance company formed in 2008, and now based in Singapore, following a move from Dubai, United Arab Emirates in late 2019. Oasis invests directly, or through its specialist subsidiaries in UK and Europe in the finance and security sectors. Oasis also provides corporate finance and security advice to a wide range of clients, with emphasis on the resources, security and financial services sectors. Martin was Chairman and Owner of CAL Investments, a Mayfair based FCA regulated fund Management Company. His responsibilities at CAL included compliance oversight and money laundering reporting. Through Oasis Martin owned Alternative Capital Strategies a Cayman based fund manager investing in US consumer debt. Oasis founded Tier1, a Malta based and MFSA regulated online brokerage which was sold in 2017 to Advanced Markets, a company owned by Macquarie Bank and BGC Partners. Martin sits on the Skills for Security working groups for specialist security services. Skills for Security is the Standards Setting Body for the Security Sector, developing standards to be adopted throughout the UK security industry. Martin’s career has included many senior roles in public, private and regulated companies, which have seen him lead several public takeovers and offerings.
Martin Nicholls
Oasis Group Director
Martin is Chairman of Oasis Capital Group Ltd., a private equity and corporate finance company formed in 2008, and now based in Singapore, following a move from Dubai, United Arab Emirates in late 2019. Oasis invests directly, or through its specialist subsidiaries in UK and Europe in the finance and security sectors. Oasis also provides corporate finance and security advice to a wide range of clients, with emphasis on the resources, security and financial services sectors. Martin was Chairman and Owner of CAL Investments, a Mayfair based FCA regulated fund Management Company. His responsibilities at CAL included compliance oversight and money laundering reporting. Through Oasis Martin owned Alternative Capital Strategies a Cayman based fund manager investing in US consumer debt. Oasis founded Tier1, a Malta based and MFSA regulated online brokerage which was sold in 2017 to Advanced Markets, a company owned by Macquarie Bank and BGC Partners. Martin sits on the Skills for Security working groups for specialist security services. Skills for Security is the Standards Setting Body for the Security Sector, developing standards to be adopted throughout the UK security industry. Martin’s career has included many senior roles in public, private and regulated companies, which have seen him lead several public takeovers and offerings.