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Julian Sawyer is the CEO of Zodia Custody, the former CEO at Bitstamp and a co-founder of Starling Bank. He was formerly the Managing Director of the UK and Europe at Gemini and Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Starling, where he led it through periods of hyper growth, including scaling its app which has recently reached one million customers. Starling Bank is one of the largest mobile banks disrupting the retail banking sector in the United Kingdom (UK). Julian also oversaw Starling's business operations, including payment systems, card operations, and customer support. Prior to this, he started Bluerock Consulting, a financial management consultancy which he sold in 2012. Over the past 20 years, he has worked in high-growth financial services organizations, including as a management consultant at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and Ernst & Young, where he specialized in large-scale transformation in the cards and payments industry. Europe is the birthplace of modern financial markets and the UK has been a global financial capital of innovation for hundreds of years. The concept of thoughtful regulation was first developed from the lessons learned in these markets over centuries.
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Cameron Winklevoss
Cameron Winklevoss is the Co-founder and President of Gemini, a next-generation Bitcoin exchange. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Economics and earned an MBA from Oxford University. In 2008, he represented the United States at the Olympics Games in Beijing, China, where he placed 6th. Since 2003, Cameron has been an angel investor and entrepreneur in emerging technologies. He began participating in the Bitcoin economy through direct investment in 2012.
JB Graftieaux
JB Graftieaux is the CEO of Bitstamp. Before that he was an executive director at eBay. He was also previously an executive officer and chief compliance officer for the EMEA region at PayPal. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Babson College.
James Kow
James Kow is head of business development at Bitstamp. Before that he was an executive director at State Street Bank. He was also the head of foreign exchange e-commerce sales at Citibank and he worked at Bloomberg. He graduated from the National University of Singapore.
Miha Miklic
Miha Miklic is the Chief Technology Officer of Bitstamp. He has over a decade of experience in software development, strategic planning, and team leadership. Prior to her role as CTO, Miha Miklic served as Deputy CTO of Bitstamp, where she led several major technology initiatives that improved Bitstamp's operational efficiency and pioneered key fintech innovations.
Uroš Brinovec
UrošBrinovec is the head of product legal at Bitstamp. He graduated from the Law School of the University of Ljubljana.
Margaret Gabriel
Margaret Gabriel is the Head of Talent at CoinFund. Presively She worked at Gemini and Google.
Geoffrey Dedye
Geoffrey Dedye is chief compliance officer for Europe at Bitstamp and previously was chief compliance officer at eBay. He was also previously PayPal's EU compliance manager. Geoffrey Dedye is a seasoned Chief Compliance Officer and anti-money laundering and CTF professional with over 20 years of experience in the global finance sector.
Hervé Francois
Hervé Francois is the Partner at Investcorp. He also is the Board Member at Bit2Me and Zodia Custody.
Shane Molidor
Shane Molidor was CEO of Business Development at AscendEX, former Global Head of FBG One, which is the client-facing trading division of FBG Capital. FBG One operates an over-the-counter (“OTC”) desk to service clients seeking to trade large quantities of crypto assets, as well as a designated market making program to support token projects following issuance. FBG One trades upwards of $1B per month, and the team consists of over 20 professionals across trading, IT, and business development. Prior to joining FBG One, Mr. Molidor worked in business development at Gemini Trust Company, LLC: a fully regulated New York-based cryptocurrency exchange and custodian founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Mr. Molidor has worked alongside premiere trading institutions, token projects, and regulators in the cryptocurrency ecosystem since 2015. His experience has equipped him with an intimate understanding of exchange infrastructure, custody solutions, evolving regulation, and marketplace dynamics. Mr. Molidor holds a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and also attended The London School of Economics where he studied Economics.
Kevin Nassery
Kevin Nassery is the VP of Security at RISC Zero.He also is the Founder & CEO at RTXSecurity. Presively he was Chief Information Security Officer at Gemini.