MEET THE CRYPTO RISK OFFICE TEAM

Co-Founder 

Geoff is a Senior Risk & Compliance Executive with Strategy, Leadership and Management experience, across Crypto, DeFi, Commodities & Financial Markets in emerging and developed markets including New York, London, Sydney, UAE and across Asia, with Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, NBAD / FAB, PSVB & Hex Trust.

Over 25 years of experience in roles covering Crypto, Treasury Front Office, Risk & Compliance, Capital Markets, Institutional Banking & Finance across all asset classes provide Geoff with extensive knowledge of Asset & Liability Management, Capital Market Risks, Digital Asset & DeFi Risks, Systems, and the Governance Frameworks required for the successful management of Financial Institutions, for both TradFi & Crypto Markets.

Geoff is currently Managing Director & Head of Risk at Hex Trust.

 Co-Founder & Head of Community

Alessia is a Marketing, Event Specialist and licensed Journalist with more than 10 years experience across Asia and Europe. 

She has been working extensively for Chambers of Commerce where she focused on supporting & expanding the Network/Community through events, business matching activities and stakeholders' social media engagement. 

She is really passionate about Crypto & building networks!

Talks about #RiskManagement   #Regulation 

 Mitchell is a senior risk leader with three decades of experience in banking, fintech, payment technologies and more recently digital assets, both in the UK and emerging markets.

Expertise in enterprise risk management, governance, delivering strategic programs, driving risk culture and delivering first class customer experiences to drive scale and business optimisation.

Adept at collaborating with all stakeholder groups to drive success in the achievement of organisational objectives. Proven in executing enterprise risk management programs, building productivity, and implementing technology solutions.

Mitchell was part of the leadership team to successfully launch the first regulated fintech in the UAE, Beehive, and has held senior risk roles at PayTabs, and more recently Binance, UAE. 

Talks about #CryptoMarkets  #Web3 #Defi

Anton is a Strategic Advisor of Pazar, a decentralized OTC marketplace. Anton founded & served as CEO of flovtec, Swiss market-maker providing liquidity solutions to digital asset exchanges, token issuers & protocols and offering investment products for professional & institutional investors. 

Anton is also a co-founder of Trust Square AG, a pre-eminent blockchain technology hub located in Zurich's financial district. 

Anton co-founded Lykke Corp, a blockchain-powered exchange to trade all assets with zero fees, where he served as a Chief Science Officer. Prior to Lykke, he worked as a quantitative researcher at Olsen Ltd (successor to Olsen & Associates, founded in 1985), a hedge fund that pioneered the field of high-frequency trading. As a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Alliance Manchester Business School, Anton worked on high-frequency trading, market microstructure and flash crashes. 

Anton has also been involved in several research projects backed by the European Union (EU) and was on the Supervisory Board for the BigDataFinance project funded through Horizon 2020.

 Talks about #RiskManagement  #Compliance

Rajesh is a seasoned finance professional with over two decades of experience in Traditional Finance (TradFi) primarily in risk management, treasury, and global markets. He has a strong track record of delivering value and enabling adoption of a strong risk culture within the firms he has worked in. He has garnered significant experience in HSBC and has helped regional banks to enhance their risk management roles and responsibilities in Market Risk, Liquidity risk and Operational risk.  

Rajesh has also worked as a consultant and has helped to rollout risk management frameworks covering Treasury & Liquidity risk management, Regulatory risk, and Operational risk (including Business Continuity plans). 

Rajesh is a recent Cryptocurrency and DeFi enthusiast. He is looking to bridge the transition from TradFi to DeFi and help in mentoring and coaching young professionals by sharing his knowledge and experience, which he views as his way of giving back to the community. 

 Talks about #CryptoMarkets #RiskManagement  

Omer is a capital markets veteran with experience in quantitative trading and portfolio management across macro markets.

Omer is Co-founder and CPO of Haruko.io, a company which offers unified CeFi and DeFi portfolio management for institutional investors, as well as proprietary data analytics and risk management tools.

Within his extensive experience, Omer covered relevant roles for top financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs as Head of European Portfolio of Vanilla and Exotic FX Derivatives and Citigroup as Senior FX Options trader. In this last role he also led a revamp of technology and quantitative trading models, tripling the trading revenues over two years.

Omer holds a MSc in Applied Mathematics and DPhil in Physics of Complex Systems issued from the University of Oxford.

Talks about #Legal #Compliance 

Errol has worked as Global Head of Compliance & Legal Counsel, APAC Head of Compliance & Legal and Legal Director at top tier investment banks, securities brokers, fund managers and listed blue chip corporates in Hong Kong. He is currently the Managing Director and Head of North Asia at D2 Legal & Regulatory Technology, a boutique legal and regulatory consulting firm with offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. 

Prior to working at financial institutions, Errol worked at magic circle law firms in London and Sydney. Errol has managed Compliance teams, partnered with Chief Operating Officers to successfully execute MIFIDII & Brexit Compliance programs, addressed MAS & ASIC inspections, conducted internal anti-bribery investigations, established KYC, AML & anti-bribery policies and delivered IT solutions to implement AML & KYC programs. He has also organised the media strategy for responding to bribery allegations. He is a leading speaker at conferences organised by Asia Risk & International Financial Law Review and asked for his views in GC Magazine - The Legal 500. 

Errol is a qualified lawyer who is licensed to practice in Hong Kong, Australia, England and New York 

Talks about #RiskManagement  #Compliance 

Marc is the Global Development Director at Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions, spearheading their business development efforts and further expansion into the Crypto space. He brings over 15 years’ experience within the Risk & Compliance space, and was previously at global AML data provider Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, and RegTechs - Quantexa and RiskNarrative (now part of Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions). 

He also sits on the board of a US-based Web 3 incubator as a regulatory compliance advisor, as well as being an active member and investor in the Crypto community. 

He is passionate about helping Crypto firms mitigate the risks associated with financial crime and fraud, helping to ensure the path forward toward mass adoption.

Talks about #RiskManagement   #Web 3  #Cyber Security 

Gal is a Co-Founder and CEO of Hypernative, a security and risk prevention startup in the Web3/Crypto space which stops zero day cyber attacks, economic risks and protects digital assets, protocols and Web3 applications from significant losses.

Has an extensive previous experience in the security and infrastructure space, previous co-founded and worked as CTO of Cloudigo, which was acquired by IBM and then as IBM Cloud CTO in addition to various previous technical and product roles at Google, VMware, Huawei and Windriver.

Eager to help the community understand the different kinds of risks and how to mitigate them.

Talks about #Blockchain #Crypto #Web3 #FinTech

George is the founder of Block Zero Consulting.

With an impressive 25-year track record and a bachelor's degree in Finance and Banking, George stands as a true authority in blockchain and cryptocurrency. 

His mastery of this dynamic field enables him to skillfully navigate its complexities. 

Notably, George holds esteemed certifications, including Chartered Portfolio Manager (CPM), Master Financial Professional (MFP), Certified Cryptocurrency Auditor (CCA), and Certified DAO Expert (CDE).