Jean-Francis Laganière

Operator & Strategist in Real Estate, Technology, and Cross-Border Assets | Capital Structuring & Multi-Market Execution

Hong Kong SAR

About

Specialties: - Clients and Project Management, - Financial Application support (Front Office Trading Tools), - FIX protocol, - BI with Qlikview, - Deploying and supporting, Cloud infrastructure with Cloudstack, Citrix and Vmware products, - Networking with Cisco, routers, switches and security devices. - Programming with JAVA, JavaScript, Visual Basic and Python. - Project and incident management with Service NOW, JIRA, CONFLUENCE, etc.

Experience

  • Founder & Managing Director at Solara
    Oct 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

    Founded and led a full-cycle development company overseeing the design and construction of a luxury hillside villa in Thailand. Managed all phases from land acquisition and permitting to architectural coordination, construction oversight, and final delivery. Directed a multi-disciplinary team and contractor network of 50+ personnel, ensuring structural quality, compliance with Thai building regulations, and alignment with international standards. Negotiated contracts, managed suppliers across Thailand and regional markets, and oversaw material logistics, budgeting, and project governance. Led all legal, corporate, and regulatory processes with the Land Office, OrBorTor, and DBD, while coordinating architects, engineers, surveyors, and legal advisors to bring the project from concept to completion.

  • Chief Executive Officer at Softjade
    Jan 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

    Drives the company’s international scaling by establishing global operating models, expanding delivery capabilities across multiple markets, and positioning the organization for sustainable worldwide growth. Oversees the full lifecycle of client initiatives, from concept to deployment, ensuring tight alignment between technical execution, business strategy, and cross-market requirements. Leads and coordinates all stakeholders — clients, internal teams, and external experts — across local, regional, and offshore environments. Ensures programs remain on schedule, meet deliverables, and adhere to technical, operational, and regulatory specifications. Develops project timelines, governance structures, and process frameworks to standardize delivery and improve organizational efficiency.

  • Co-Founder & Managing Director at Coineka
    Jul 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Built and scaled a crypto ATM company across three countries, delivering secure buy/sell services for digital assets. Led all compliance operations, including AML/KYC standards, wallet infrastructure, and exchange liquidity. Managed company setup, banking relationships, and regulatory coordination. Drove growth, innovation, and cross-border expansion in the crypto ATM space.

  • Client Connectivity Specialist - Fixed Income at HSBC Global Banking and Markets
    Jan 2018 - Jul 2021 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    Client Connectivity Specialist Clients on-boarding and deployment operation within the region, including the management of vendor relationships for the fixed income business. - Perform pre trade risk management, fulfilling regulatory requirements on electronic trading control and enquiries, electronic trading message and credit monitoring. - Support electronic trading for clients connected to the bank fixed income desks. - Deliver electronic trading solutions to sales, traders and product managers. - Electronic trading project lifecycle involvement including analysis, design, test and implementation. Middle Office Trading Fixed Income Support Credit Derivatives Desk Support: Input new executed trades and lifecycle events into the Primary Trading Systems. Follow up with the client for sending the trades to Clearing. Investigate Pricing and accounting issues with IT. Rates Derivatives Desk Support: Support the trading for trade amendments input in the primary Trading System. Lifecycle event monitoring (Callable events, early terminations, trades sent for Clearing). Participate in projects to migrate or implement new activities. Provide assistance and control for trading on trade booking and operation issues for Interest Rates Derivatives.

  • Forex and Fixed Income Financial Application Asociate at Société Générale
    Apr 2015 - Mar 2017 · 2 yrs

    Front Office application analyst, Primarily for electronic market making platform on: • FX cash and options, • Fixed income and Commodity business lines, • FIX client’s connections applications, • Single dealer platforms, • Deal feeding systems.