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Keld Van Schreven is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of KR1 plc. Prior to his involvement in blockchain, he co-founded SimplyPayMe (formerly known as SmartTrade App), a pioneering payments and paperwork app for mobile workers and small business owners. Keld's entrepreneurial journey also includes the co-founding of Diary.com, a web and mobile platform that garnered over 2 million users. With a background in graphic design, he holds a BA from the University of the Arts London.
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George McDonaugh
George McDonaugh is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of KR1 plc. With a deep understanding of the industry, George became involved with Bitcoin in 2011 and subsequently played a key role in educating others about the technology through conferences and meetups.
Janos Berghorn
Janos Berghorn is the Head of Research at KR1. With a background in Finance and Economics from Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi and Maastricht University. His work in the blockchain industry started in 2013 and is now involved in advising early-stage projects in the blockchain space.
Mona El Isa
Mona El Isa is the Co-founder and CEO of Melonport AG, Zug, and President of the Multichain Asset Managers Association (MAMA). In 2018, she was nominated as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum and was named a Digital Shaper in Bilanz magazine. Mona is a former star-trader at Goldman Sachs, where she was promoted to Vice President at the age of 26 and made the "Top 30 under 30" list in Trader Magazine in 2008 and Forbes Magazine in 2011 after profitably trading the 2008 and 2011 crashes. She moved to the Geneva-based macro fund Jabre Capital in 2011, before deciding in 2014 that the future of finance lay in blockchain technology. Mona studied Economics & Statistics at University College London.
Jenna Zenk
Jenna Zenk is currently the co-founder of Kindi Capital and was previously the co-founder and CTO of Avantgarde Finance and the CTO of Enzyme, with a background in financial markets and asset management experience. Previously, she worked in the hedge fund industry in Paris and New York.