Amy Nauiokas

Amy Nauiokas is the founder and CEO of Archer Gray, a media production, finance, and investment company, and the founder and president of Anthemis Group, the digital financial services investment and advisory firm. Until 2008, she was the CEO of Barclays Stockbrokers.

Nauiokas worked at Bankers Trust and Bear Stearns before joining Cantor Fitzgerald in 2000. She was a senior managing director at Cantor in September 2001, when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, where the firm was based. The attacks claimed the lives of 658 Cantor employees, and Nauiokas, 28, was soon appointed corporate spokesperson by CEO Howard Lutnick. By the time she left in 2004 (bound for Barclays Capital), she was Cantor's senior managing director and director of global marketing, investor relations, and human resources. At Barclays Capital, Nauiokas was the head of eCommerce. She remained in that position until 2006, when she became CEO of Barclays Stockbrokers.

After leaving Barclays Stockbrokers in 2008, Nauiokas co-founded Nauiokas Park, a venture capital firm focused on disruptive financial technologies. Nauiokas Park's portfolio included companies like Zoopla and Seedcamp. The firm was sold to the Anthemis Group in fall 2010. Since then, Anthemis has developed a portfolio of financial technology investments that includes The Climate Corporation (sold to Monsanto for $930 million in 2013) and Simple Bank (sold to BBVA for $117 million in 2014), as well as an advisory business for established financial firms. In January 2015, Nauiokas returned to Anthemis as the company's president.

In 2010, Nauiokas began exploring a longstanding interest in the arts, particularly film and theatre. She joined Smuggler Films as a partner, leading its development fund and serving as a creative advisor. Soon after, Nauiokas combined her interests in venture capital and the media arts by founding Archer Gray, a media production, finance, and venture investment company.

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