Wouter Schreuders

• Founding second team member and equity stakeholder at the leading peer-to-peer NFT lending protocol. Grew the platform from a basic lending tool to a sophisticated DeFi platform facilitating millions in loans.
• Owned the complete product design lifecycle from discovery through delivery — prototyping with real APIs and live on-chain data to validate ideas before committing engineering resources.
• Built production-quality D3.js data visualisations with live contract data, surfacing edge cases early — delivered in 1–2 day rapid prototyping sprints.
• Led the platform's visual and brand evolution from early DeFi aesthetic to institutional-grade identity as the user base shifted to professional lenders.
• Evaluated and selected the MUI (Minimal) component library for the platform's front-end migration, defining the component patterns and design standards the engineering team builds against.
• Designed and built bespoke portfolio management tools for lenders and borrowers, including offer landscape visualisations and loan lifecycle dashboards.
• Contributed to smart contract feature specifications across multiple protocol versions — including collection offers with exposure limits and early repayment mechanics.

• Led the digital design function at one of South Africa's largest investment management firms.
• Managed a team of 6 UI/UX designers, establishing design standards, component libraries, style guides, and collaborative workflows.
• Led the complete redesign of allangray.co.za — a platform still in use today — serving institutional investors, direct clients, and intermediary financial advisors.
• Engaged regularly with C-suite stakeholders (COO, CMO, CIO) on design strategy, brand direction, and digital product decisions.
• Partnered with external brand agencies on the Allan Gray brand refresh, working alongside the marketing director and senior leadership.

• Early-stage fintech building South Africa's first personal finance aggregation platform.
• Core member of a small product team designing and building tools that aggregated users' financial data across banks, pensions, retail accounts, and investments into a unified dashboard.
• Contributed across the full product stack: UX design, front-end development (ActionScript 3 / Flex / RobotLegs MVC), and product decision-making.

• Oversaw the development of multiple digital projects for a heritage wine estate and a wide range of freelance projects for digital agencies.

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