Kent Riboe is a senior technology leader with 15+ years across regulated financial services. His CTO career spans multiple Cyprus FX brokerages — Group CTO at AFX Group across 5 international offices (2017–2019), CTO at HiWayFX (2014–2016, where he built the IT department from the ground up and delivered 99.99% uptime with sub-4ms MT4 execution), and earlier System Administrator at UWCFX (2012–2014). Currently Head of IT at a Cyprus-licensed financial entity, leading a major Laravel platform migration in a DORA / MiFID II environment.
Deep expertise in CySEC, MiFID II, DORA, and GDPR delivery; distributed low-latency infrastructure; and multi-country technical leadership at scale.
Author of Common Sense Leadership: (The Scandinavian Way) and a body of long-form writing on team leadership, culture, and operational quality.
Founded MT Proxy in 2014 (FX network optimisation) and SnappyHour (hospitality loyalty platform) as independent product ventures alongside the consulting work.
Strongest fit is fintech and regulated environments; also open to senior technical leadership in shipping, industrial, healthcare, hospitality tech, and other complex multi-country operations.