JCC Officers

President - Paul Ryb

Paul Ryb (Class of 1989) is an Investment Banker of 30 years standing who today specializes as a Social Impact & Sustainability Investor, Ophthalmic Venture Capitalist, and Diversity/Inclusion expert with a particular focus on accessible technology, disability employment, and Visually Impaired sports. As an expert in the Telecoms, Media, and Technology markets, Paul achieved the level of Managing Director at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Global Banking & Markets, and was awarded a host of industry peer awards, most notably from Institutional Investor. His career began at HSBC James Capel in 1993 where he established himself as a rated Telecoms equity analyst before moving to a host of other banks (including Lehman Brothers for 10 years) becoming the lead TMT investment specialist in the market.

Despite losing his useful sight to Macular Degeneration in 2007, Paul continued at the highest levels in Banking before moving in 2016 to a private family office in London where he ran a strategic investment fund. Alongside his successful investment career, Paul has 10 years of board experience across Commercial, Public, and Charity sectors including prominent organizations such as the National Health Service (NHS) and the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB).

As Vice Chair of The Macular Society UK, and member of the Fight for Sight Investment Committee, Paul has presided over substantial grant-making into the UK ophthalmic research market. Paul delivers the annual “Living & Succeeding with Sight loss” lecture at the City of London University and has recently published a series of RybTalks podcasts for the RNIB and wider Visually Impaired community. Paul was recently awarded the Freedom of the City of London for his work in ophthalmology, and plays Visually Impaired Tennis for Great Britain (GB) and has won numerous British titles, the World Championship in Dublin in 2018. He lives in North London with his two golden retrievers, and has two daughters, Olivia (23) and Alice (21).

Honorary Secretary - Dov Katz 

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Dov is a Partner and Head of Sport at Blake Morgan LLP law firm based in New Street Square in the City of London.  Dov is listed as a Leading Individual in the Legal 500 and as a leader in the field of capital markets in Chambers.  Dov specialises in corporate finance with particular expertise in AIM flotations and acts for owner-managed businesses and those in the sports industry in all aspects of their life. He has broad transactional experience having acted on MBOs and general corporate transactions for investors and corporates. He provides excellent company law advice.

As a sports lawyer, Dov advises professional sportspersons and managers, working alongside agents, accountants and advisers, on all legal aspects of their careers, investments and personal lives. From negotiating the best possible terms, to moving home and dealing with defamation cases, Dov works alongside Blake Morgan's contracts, real estate, private client and family law teams to provide round-the-clock expert and commercially sound advice when it is needed most.

Dov is a former top ten England international junior table tennis player and regularly represents Middlesex County and also Apollo in the Wembley & Harrow League.  Dov was named Jewish UK sportsman of the year in 2004, and has represented Maccabi GB for table tennis at all levels, whether as player, manager or chair, including five Maccabiah Games (known as the Jewish Olympics, the 2nd largest sporting event in the world) in Israel and seven European Maccabi Games, winning several medals along the way and being instrumental in the success of several international squads. He is influential in helping table tennis become one of the prominent sports for Maccabi in the UK and works with the umbrella Maccabi organisation worldwide.  At the 2022 Maccabiah Games, Dov sat on the executive board of Maccabi World Union in his role as Chairman of the Court of Discipline and also represented the rest of the world team in winning 3 medals for table tennis.

Dov is also a Freeman of the City of London.

Treasurer - Anthony Gee

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Anthony has more than 25 years’ experience in a wide area of industry and commerce including distribution, retail, financial, property and football. He has lived and worked throughout Europe and the U.S.

He co-founded and sold the U.K.’s first concierge and lifestyle management business, serving over 15,000 individuals, to a private equity investor.  His company worked with over 400 independent suppliers and also had its own cleaning, building and retail travel agency businesses.

Anthony is Director of a global distribution business with extensive product sales.  He worked directly with an inventor to bring to market and distribute an innovative range of kitchenware products which were sold in their hundreds of thousands across the US, Europe, MENA, APAC and Latin America.

In an Incubator to start up a U.S. LED lighting business with disruptive technology, he was responsible for three successful fund raisings and CEO of business before recruiting and handing over a team of acclaimed industry experts. The focus was on opening up global distribution channels for a range of new LED lighting products.

Anthony was formerly a FIFA registered football agent with a stable of players from South America, operating throughout Europe, and Managing Director of Oldham Athletic (2004) and AFC Limited (2014-2018).

In Q4 2023, he is launching a new multi-brand biscuit gift website called World Of Biscuits.