Andrew Duncan
CEO at Soar
Helensburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Duncan is a mission-driven founder and CEO with 12+ years building fintech and developer-focused businesses that modernise community finance. As founder of Soar he has partnered with UK credit unions, CDFIs and community lenders to digitise operations, facilitating over £150M in lending across 20+ institutions since 2021 and eliminating the manual work that consumed up to 90% of staff time. He combines hands-on product and technical experience—having authored two technical textbooks and led prior software ventures like SwarmOnline—with strategic roles on advisory boards and a recent board seat at NEFirst Credit Union. Andrew also co-founded Credit Canary to help businesses manage financial risk and is a regular speaker across Europe and the USA on democratising financial technology. Trained in business at the University of Glasgow and with executive entrepreneurship training at MIT, he blends academic rigour with practical startup execution. He’s focused on ensuring powerful, bank-grade technology is accessible to ethical lenders so financial inclusion isn’t determined by postcode.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Entrepreneurship Development Program, Entrepreneurship Development Program at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe High School of GlasgowMA (Hons), Business & Management, MA (Hons), Business & Management at University of Glasgow
English, French
Github Skills (1)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
SwarmOnline/Ext.ux.OfflineSyncStore
Jul 2013 - Jun 2016
Contributions:8 commits, 3 PRs, 3 pushes in 2 years 11 months
andrewmduncan/edge
Sep 2019 - Feb 2023
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch, 2 comments in 3 years 5 months
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