# Gordon Peters

> Gordon Peters is the co-founder and CEO of Boost Capital, a Singapore-headquartered fintech company helping financial institutions onboard and validate customers digitally. His career spans Bain & Company, social advertising startup SocialCash, regional leadership at Emerging Markets Consulting and banking and microfinance transactions at Mekong Strategic Partners. With Lucinda Revell, he built Boost around familiar messaging channels and has spoken publicly about local data, human involvement in AI and the infrastructure needed for inclusive open finance.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Boost Capital
- **Organizations:** Boost Capital, Mekong Strategic Partners, Emerging Markets Consulting, SocialCash, Bain & Company, Digital Divide Data, 17 Triggers
- **Education:** BA, Economics, University of Virginia
- **Known for:** Co-founded SocialCash, which was acquired by LifeStreet Media., Expanded Emerging Markets Consulting across seven Southeast Asian markets., Co-founded Boost Capital and led it through a $2.5 million seed round announced in August 2023.

## Career timeline

- **2000-2002** — Associate consultant at Bain & Company.
- **2003-2004** — Manager, Regional Expansion at Digital Divide Data in Cambodia.
- **2007-2009** — Co-founder and general manager of SocialCash.
- **2009-2015** — Managing director at Emerging Markets Consulting; expanded its regional operations.
- **2012-2017** — Board member at 17 Triggers.
- **2016-2018** — Partner at Mekong Strategic Partners, working on banking and microfinance M&A.
- **2018** — Co-founded Boost Capital with Lucinda Revell; public reports date the company founding to 2018, while his professional experience listing starts in 2019.
- **2023** — Boost announced $2.5 million in seed funding.
- **2026** — Participated in the inclusive open finance panel at Money20/20 Asia in Bangkok.

## Achievements

- Co-founded SocialCash, which was acquired by LifeStreet Media.
- Expanded Emerging Markets Consulting across seven Southeast Asian markets.
- Co-founded Boost Capital and led it through a $2.5 million seed round announced in August 2023.
- UNCDF reported in August 2022 that Boost had registered 96,000 MSMEs, including 68,000 led by women.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Spoke at Money20/20 Asia in Bangkok about inclusive open finance and infrastructure for validating identity and company documents.
- **2025-03** — Featured with Lucinda Revell on the Investor Talk podcast.
- **2025-01** — Spoke at the Asia Financial Institutions Forum in Bangkok about AI-based identity and income validation and the importance of local training data.

## Links

- Website: https://www.boostkh.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordonpeters/

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Last updated: 2026-10-14