#01_introductions
Welcome to the Gildre Introductions Channel! Please feel free to introduce yourself once you join this community. We recommend sharing your name, city you're based out of, LinkedIn profile, and a fun fact about what you're currently doing/building.
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Hi Everyone and Happy Tuesday!!
I’m Gary & I’m excited to have joined the Gildre team as an advisor - where my core role is to guide the team on how we can sustainably grow our community and continue to provide value to our members.
So, first thing’s first… IF you have any feedback, thoughts &/or ideas about what we can do at Gildre to best grow our community - please drop me a DM, I’d love to hear from you!
(and thanks to those members that I’ve already had the pleasure of connecting with!)
About me:
🇬🇧 Born & raised in the UK
🇺🇸 Spent a little bit of time living in New York (Wall Street)
Live in Dubai (since 2015)
💙 Husband & Father to 2 boys (with a little girl on the way in 2026!)
⚽️ Football (Soccer) is my favorite sport & I’m a Liverpool fan
Founder journey:
Started my first business (design & marketing agency) whilst still studying at University (College) & then went on to run that for a further 7 years.
📲 In 2017 I started a HealthTech venture called ; a B2B SaaS platform that provides a corporate wellness app to organizations & its employees - currently working with over 450 organizations representing over 750,000 employees/members.
🏠 More recently, I co-founded a new venture in the PropTech space called ; a real estate tokenization platform that enables fractional ownership of investment-grade real estate, starting in Dubai.
How I can help:
🎯 Brand & Go-To-Market Strategy
💰 Fundraising
Advice on entering the Middle East market(s)
📱 Product Strategy / Feedback
What excites me about Gildre:
🤝 Connecting with a diverse set of Founders/Builders across a range of industries/geographies
🧠 Sharing knowledge & connections
🚀 Seeing the community grow in both depth & breadth
Where you can find me:
We're thrilled to have you join the team Gary! Looking forward to growing the Gildre Community and creating even more programming value for everyone here.
Welcome to Gildre, so happy you are here. 👏
Welcome to Gildre, Gary. A truly diverse experience across the world and possibly universe. If there were aliens, which there may or may not be, they'd have been some here in Gildre too. A truly abundant mix of talented, interesting and wonderful earthlings. 🎊🎉