About Us

Pursuing Excellence in Strategic Innovation & Venture Building

Purposely Driven

HRB GROUP® operates at the forefront of digital innovation, finance, and strategy, shaping the future of money, markets, technology, trade, and commerce.
We bridge academia with real-world execution, delivering strategic insights, pioneering ventures, and purpose-driven business solutions.

Recognised globally as a London-based, award-winning leader in venture building and strategic management, we combine expertise across non-technical and technical domains, from concept to implementation, to create lasting value.

Through strategic partnerships, top-tier industry insights, and a further focus on emerging global standards, legal, and IP value, we guide businesses to navigate complex macro and microeconomic challenges, delivering scalable, resilient, and secure outcomes.

Converging innovation with purpose-driven applications that advance industries, investments, and societies.

Our Mission

To redefine Venture Building and Strategic Management through creative techniques to deliver value-driven solutions. Our human-centric approach unlocks value across processes, products, and platforms. With expertise in finance, strategy, management, investment, technology, and advocacy. We are bridging data-lead insights with creative problem solving to tackle complex challenges for both businesses and individuals.

Our Vision

We are committed to driving meaningful, progressive growth through a proactive approach that places us at the forefront of business, technology, and global standards convergences. By working and partnering on pioneering solutions that integrates academia, and creativity with enterprise, we are actively shaping newer business modalities, innovative technologies, and sustainable growth beyond traditional TSR and market valuations, for the evolving global landscape.

Our Values

We uphold the highest ethical standards, guided by our strict code of ethics and upheld in our codes of business conduct. Our commitment to integrity, transparency, and excellence fosters lasting trust and creates value for all stakeholders. Ethical conduct is the cornerstone of our success, shaping every decision and action. We embrace entrepreneurship, diversity, and shared values, actively shaping the future through responsible, sustainable business practices that align with our mission, vision, and purpose.

HRB GROUP® Strategic Management Company of the Year 2024-2025 – Corporate Live Wire Global Awards

The CorporateLiveWire Global Awards celebrate the success and achievements of leading professionals and companies who have stood out for being results-driven, service-focused and most importantly, taken an innovative approach to demonstrate exceptional business performance.

During the awards process, we invited over 90,000 businesses and corporate professionals, magazine contributors and our subscribers to nominate companies & individuals based on factors such as quality of service, innovation, experience, sustainability and other areas.

With such a broad range of businesses being recognised, CorporateLiveWire look at each case individually and assesses how the team have harnessed more effective processes, products, or ideas to transform their industry for the better, increase profits, and/or offer a more successful service.

The CorporateLiveWire Global Awards team is committed to identifying market leaders, innovators and enterprising start-ups through in-depth research, word of mouth and first-hand experience. We also encourage external nominations via online visitors, social media followers, clients and colleagues. Additionally, our research team has put forward a selection of firms which they felt were deserving of recognition.

Nominations should champion the best in their respective fields, representing the pinnacle of business achievements. – CorporateLiveWire

HRB GROUP® Most Innovative Venture Building Strategy Firm 2024 – London

In order to determine results, the Corporate Vision judging panel and research team consider the commitment to customer service, guest experience and innovation shown by nominees through nomination information, voting information, as well as any supporting evidence supplied, along with the results from their own extensive period of fact-checking and research.

Our merit-driven approach has brought us much success and commendation throughout its use and enforces our stance that victors are not determined by the popularity of votes, but by their contributions to their industry. – Corporate Vision – Global Business Awards 2024

Strategic management is not a box of tricks or a bundle of techniques. It is analytical thinking and commitment of resources to action - Peter Drucker.

The Founder

Hamza Basyouni – Founder & Principal of HRB GROUP®

A globally recognised advocate, entrepreneur, thought leader, published author, innovator, and subject matter expert, Hamza Basyouni has built a distinguished career at the intersection of finance, innovation and technology with strategic leadership.

With a strong foundation in family businesses, Finance, Commodities, Investment Banking, and Asset Trading, to becoming an important figure shaping the future of Digital Finance, Global Ecosystems, and Purpose-Driven Innovation.

Among the earliest to anticipate the convergence of AI, Digital Assets, and Emerging Technologies.

An early innovator across AI and Machine Learning since 2017, Automation and Agency since 2016, Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies since 2018, Digital Trading and Exchanges since 2015, and FinTech since 2018, his expertise spans complex challenges for top-tier global firms and high-impact start-ups alike.

From authoring pivotal industry contributions to leading major proofs-of-concept, with early innovations in AI-powered platforms, Digital Assets, Payment Systems, and next-generation technologies.

Ranked among the top global experts across more than 25 subject areas, he has earned distinguished honours from institutions including the UK House of Lords in 2022 and Davos in 2024.

Today, as Founder of HRB GROUP®, he leads a globally recognised practice in Business Advisory, Innovation, Strategic Management, and Venture Building, partnering with industry pioneers to drive purposeful, sustainable, and impactful change.

He continues to contribute and shape national and global ecosystems, advancing the future of money, markets, trade, and commerce.

Professional Qualifications & Accreditations

Our founder brings decades of combined experience, backed by diverse accreditations, certifications & qualifications:

University of Oxford – Executive Programme (First, 14 weeks): A distinguished first(1st) grade alumnus, further contributing to research societies.
AI & Data Science (6 Subsets): Advanced proficiency across Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Chatbot, Agency developments, and Python for Data Science, applied to build intelligent, AI-powered solutions.
Behavioural Finance & Financial Markets (Yale, Honours): Deep insight into investor behaviour & market dynamics shaping global financial decision-making.
FCA Regulations & CISI Level 3 in Securities: Qualified in advising on and managing investments in securities, derivatives, and venture capital. Proficient in ETFs, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, Islamic banking, structured products, & global compliance (MIFID II, FATCA, MiCA, VARA, UK Bribery Act).
FinTech, Digital Asset & Technology Law: Expertise in navigating legal frameworks driving financial innovations, tokenisations, and digital finance within regulatory landscapes.
Private Equity & Venture Finance: Skilled in valuation, investment strategy, and venture capital in both new and fast-evolving industries.
Regulation & Ethics: Strong understanding of global financial regulations, risks, compliance, suitability standards, and ethical best practices.

These qualifications, combined with hands-on expertise and a commitment to continuous professional development, ensures we strategically deliver future-forward guidance grounded in integrity, compliance, and innovation.

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