The Portrait Now was a major international overview of contemporary portraiture held in 1993-1994 at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Among many others it included portraits by Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, Chuck Close, Jim Dine, Stephen Finer, Lucian Freud, David Hockney, Jeff Koons, Leon Kossoff, Alice Neel, Julian Schnabel and Andy Warhol.
Varied subjects included self-portraits: Koons, Beltrami, Neel, Penck, less known figures and some famous names: Joseph Beuys by Warhol, Marlene Dietrich by Finer, President Mitterrand by Organ, Archbishop Desmond Tutu by Marisol, and 'The Smoking Man' a video portrait by Marty St.James.
DK Matai is an engineer turned entrepreneur, value
investor and
philanthropist with a keen interest in the well being of global
society. DK founded mi2g in 1995, the global risk specialists, in
London, UK, whilst developing simulations for his PhD at Imperial
College. DK helped found ATCA - The Asymmetric Threats Contingency
Alliance - in 2001, a philanthropic expert initiative to address
complex global challenges through Socratic dialogue and joint executive
action to build a wisdom based global economy.
Authority – DK is an authority on countering complex global threats;
strategic risk management & visualisation; contingency planning;
Information Operations (IO); electronic defence; biometric
authentication; secure payment systems and Open Source hardened kernel
solutions. He is an invited contributor to defence and global security
analysis in the UK, USA, EU, Canada, Switzerland, Japan and India. mi2g
intelligence has been cited by several government agencies including
NISCC in the UK, FBI in the US and UN agencies in New York & Geneva.
Philanthropy – DK co-founded The Philanthropia in 2005 - to include the
Trinity Club, Syndicates and Ethical Investment Funds - with 1,000
leading philanthropists, family offices, foundations, private banks,
NGOs and specialist advisors to resolve complex global challenges
through collaborative & sustained efforts. DK's other voluntary
interests are Sant Bani (Voice of Saints), a culturally diverse
fellowship dedicated to the unity of humankind; World Future Council's
Board of Advisors and Donors; The Shirley Foundation; Oxford Internet
Institute at University of Oxford; Tomorrow's Company and The Trinity
Forum, where he advises on a pro bono basis.
Philosophy – Witnessing the All-in-One and One-in-All, DK believes that
success comes from:
1. The Divine Spark;
2. Attention to Detail;
3. Teamwork;
4. Persistence; &
5. Collective Judgement.
Motto – "We divine, engineer, enterprise, innovate & excel!"
Our SuccessFormula = Ethics+Friendship+HorizonScan +
AbInitio+AttentionToDetail+Teamwork+Persistence +
CollectiveEvaluation+Forgiveness+Thanks
Helping to build a better world - Private, Public & NGO roles
New Paradigms - 21st Century Holistic Wealth Management
Asymmetric Threats with Unintended Consequences
Anytime, Anywhere, Active Computing in 21st Century
Startup's Guide to Net Security & Digital Risk Management
Role of Philanthropia in resolving Complex Global Risks
(Non-Profit; Philanthropy industry)
January 2007 — Present (3 years )
The
Holistic Quantum Relativity (HQR) Socratic dialogue seeks to integrate
Modern Science -- particularly Physics, Computing and Mathematics --
with Spirituality. HQR is an effort to present humanity with the
possibility of an indestructible and immutable spiritual dimension
underpinning all changing phenomenon, long embraced by Great Spiritual
Masters of various traditions in various Ages. As this truth is really
understood it is hoped that it will provide humanity with much sought
for certainty, eternal reality and truth.
"Vasudaiva Kutumbhakum" -- The entire world is one family! Listen,
learn and love: the One-in-All and the All-in-One.
(Privately Held; Philanthropy industry)
January 2005 — Present (5 years )
The
Philanthropia – Trinity Club, Syndicates and Ethical Investment Funds –
was founded in 2005. It brings together over 1,000 leading individual
and private philanthropists, family offices, foundations, private
banks, non-governmental organisations and specialist advisors to
address complex global challenges such as countering climate chaos,
reducing radical poverty and developing global leadership for the
younger generation through the appliance of science and technology,
leveraging acumen and finance, as well as encouraging collaboration
with a strong commitment to ethics. Philanthropia emphasises
multi-faith spiritual values: introspection, healthy living and
ecology.
Philanthropia Targets
Countering Climate chaos and carbon neutrality;
Eliminating radical poverty – through micro-credit schemes, empowerment
of women and more responsible capitalism;
Leadership for the Younger Generation; and
Corporate and social responsibility.
(Privately Held; E-Learning industry)
October 2001 — Present (8 years 3 months)
ATCA: The Asymmetric Threats Contingency Alliance is a philanthropic expert initiative founded in 2001 to resolve complex global challenges through collective Socratic dialogue and joint executive action to build a wisdom based global economy. Adhering to the doctrine of non-violence, ATCA addresses asymmetric threats and social opportunities arising from climate chaos and the environment; radical poverty and microfinance; geo-politics and energy; organised crime & extremism; advanced technologies -- bio, info, nano, robo & AI; demographic skews and resource shortages; pandemics; financial systems and systemic risk; as well as transhumanism and ethics. Membership of ATCA is by invitation only and has over 5,000 distinguished members from over 120 countries: including 1,000 Parliamentarians; 1,500 Chairmen and CEOs of corporations; 1,000 Heads of NGOs; 750 Directors at Academic Centres of Excellence; 500 Inventors & Original thinkers; as well as 250 Editors-in-Chief of major media.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
February 1996 — Present (13 years 11 months)
Innovation – DK spends about half of his time innovating with mi2g teams focused on digital banking, digital risk management and bespoke security architecture for major financial institutions, government agencies and multi-nationals in Europe, America and Asia. DK believes passionately that the next generation of private and corporate banking involves the global safe custody of valuable data and intellectual property alongside financial deposits with “guaranteed security”. D2-Banking is holistic and includes the online vaulting of genomic maps and medical records; art, photo, music and video collections; digital messages and personal files including wills, deeds and memoirs; and other intellectual property alongside traditional financial services.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
February 1996 — Present (13 years 11 months)
Honours – DK was selected to present knowledge management to The Queen in 1998 and mi2g won The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category of Innovation for Bespoke Security Architecture in 2003. This led to a visit to Buckingham Palace, as Chief Software Architect, a celebration hosted at Lloyd’s of London, and by The Lord Mayor at Mansion House, followed by a joint visit to Zurich, Switzerland.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
February 1996 — Present (13 years 11 months)
mi2g works primarily with major financial institutions & government agencies as long term partners and has set-up, managed and transferred trans-national engineering projects in excess of USD 100 million delivering significant savings globally. mi2g has worked with private, public and voluntary organisations at Chairman and CEO level with annual budgets in excess of USD 5 billion or assets under management in excess of USD 25 billion. mi2g was conferred the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category of Innovation in 2003 for Bespoke Security Architectureä (BSA). BSA is based on mi2g’s pioneering digital risk management methodology. Main products are: Digital Risk Matrix (DRM), Contingency Capability Radar (CCR), Electronic Data Fort Initiative (eDFi) or D2-Banking, Knowledge Management Object Database System (KMODS) & Security Intelligence Products and Systemsä (SIPS) digital attack database.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)
July 1994 — July 1995 (1 year 1 month)
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
September 1991 — July 1994 (2 years 11 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; STM; Semiconductors industry)
September 1990 — August 1991 (1 year )
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1988 — June 1990 (2 years 6 months)
MPhil/PhD , High Performance Computing , 1995 — 2003
Writing the thesis took eight years, having started my PhD simultaneously with founding my company mi2g in 1995.
1986 — 1990
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Liveryman of The Worshipful Company of Information
Technologists, City of London
Member, Institute of Directors, UK
Member, Institution of Electrical Engineers,
Convenor CERES "Investor Summit on Climate Risk"
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Winner of The Queen's Award for Enterprise in the
Category of Innovation for mi2g Ltd in 2003.