Members of WBG network, by and large, to promote their main business. In the case of David Kemp, that is the Little Silver Country Hotel on the outskirts of Tenterden. But members often have interests that are wholly unrelated to their primary line of work, whether that be hobbies, volunteering or other business interests (side-hustles if you wish).
David has an interest in how financial markets are being rewired in an increasingly digital world, where physical currency is being used less and less in our day-to-day lives (only 3% of money is in the form of coins and notes now), and where financial institutions have been carrying out transactions online for many years.
The somewhat recent rise of cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin being the most well-known example, is based on a peer-to-peer network called the blockchain, which facilitates a robust, distributed transaction ledger that sits outside traditional governmental authority. Whilst the blockchain has been used to hide money gained from illegal activities, it is also being used more and more by large organisations to carry out secure transactions.
David’s particular interest is in an organisation that is facilitating fractionalised investments – opening up access to investment opportunities to those who, through having a lack of significant sums of available money, would traditionally would not have the opportunity.