About
Thimoth Rajapathma ACSI
AI & Automation Consultant, Co-Founder of CacheStack, and a First-Class Finance graduate with a background across financial services and corporate governance.
Education
BA (Hons) Finance
Bournemouth University
First Class Honours · 72.4%
Starting in finance
I came to university without a traditional academic background in finance, business or economics. Finance was a new direction for me, and I graduated from Bournemouth University with First Class Honours in BA (Hons) Finance. My dissertation, “Evaluating LLMs for Corporate Governance and Remuneration Analysis: Benchmark vs IVIS reports for UK-listed firms”, was where the finance and AI sides of my work first properly overlapped.
Discovering automation
During my placement at The Investment Association as a Finance Trainee, I started improving the finance and reporting processes around me with Excel, VBA, Power BI and automation. What began as making my own work faster turned into building tools other people on the team relied on.
Moving into AI systems
That work grew from small process improvements into AI, RPA, regulatory research, governance analysis and data extraction, consulting for the Corporate Governance and Market Insights teams at The Investment Association. I moved from automating individual tasks to designing entire systems.
Building CacheStack
I co-founded CacheStack with Billy Wassell to apply that approach more broadly: building AI tools, workflow automation, data platforms and custom software around the way businesses actually work, rather than forcing businesses into generic tools that don't fit.
Current direction
I now work across discovery, product design, development, client delivery and commercial strategy through CacheStack, while retaining a particular strength in finance, governance and data-heavy environments, a direct result of where this all started.
Background
Finance and investment knowledge
This is domain knowledge that shapes how I scope and build systems for financial-services and governance clients, not a service I offer directly. I don't provide portfolio construction, wealth management, asset allocation or risk management services.
Investment Markets
Equities, fixed income, multi-asset frameworks and market structure
Regulation & Compliance
UK financial regulation, professional integrity, investor protection
Corporate Governance
AGM processes, remuneration analysis, ESG and stewardship reporting
Risk & Taxation
Risk frameworks and taxation as covered by the CISI Level 4 syllabus
Highlights
Recognition & Memberships
Bournemouth University Innovation Award
ACSI: Associate of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment
Treasurer, Bournemouth University Accounting and Finance Society
Investment20/20 participant
Certifications
Licences & Qualifications
Diploma in Investment Advice (Securities): Level 4
The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI)
Securities (IAD)
CISI
Investment, Risk and Taxation (IAD)
CISI
UK Regulation & Professional Integrity (IAD)
CISI
Digital Cloud Financial Skills (supported by ACCA)
Sage
Accounting · Sage Products · Double Entry
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