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Vincent Guéneau
Principal
SFO
Mr. Gueneau is a Free Spirited Artist of Life and Adventure Capitalist, devoted husband and father of two.....
Born a French Citizen, he was trained as an Engineer and started his career as Project Manager in the French group Alstom but quickly turned Entrepreneur. He gradually self-taught Investment Banking and became an avid Private Equity Investor in the Energy Sector across Sub-Saharan Africa, coining the term Adventure Capital.
His extensive and deep experience in the African Energy Sector spanning over 30 years led him to serve on the board of multiple companies, private and public, as well as ancillary not-for-profit institutions.
Finally, after a complete inner transmutation process, he has become a published Author, self-appointed Mentor and devoted Life-guide to keen spirited entrepreneurs seeking alignment with their YoUniversal Truth.

Francesca Agostinelli
Entrepreneur Philanthropist
Francesca Agostinelli is an Italian business woman, entrepreneur and philanthropist....
Resident in London, Rome, Paris and Palm Beach, Francesca is married to Robert Agostinelli and they have three children. A passionate advocate not just of the dignity of women but relentless advocate and supporter of greater opportunity for women in the workplace and commerce at large.
As a commercial and residential real estate advisor both in Europe and America while also active as Founder and Director of ERA international, a global luxury real estate brokerage firm, she has led by example. Her primary business caters to high net worth families and assists and advises in a comprehensive manner consistent with client objectives; from identifying properties through to the ultimate closing. Of course confidentiality is of the highest consideration. She is also the President and Co-Founder of NetworkHER, an organization that seeks to connect professional women around the world. Through the NetworkHER community, women are supporting women. Through her unique background and contacts, she is connecting women across all interests and fields - business, politics, media, philanthropy, academia, science and art. This organisation is a dynamic combination of bringing women together in a spirit of collaboration rather than competition and supporting and guiding each other not just to build businesses but also creating a rare incubator where women can lean on each other’s experiences to support and guide each other to be more effective leaders in the workplace. On the NetworkHer team there are multiple corporate leaders, successful entrepreneurs, social media experts and business consultants. This growing global community of professional women provides a tangible platform where each of them can be a point of reassurance and a “real booster”, so to speak, for their respective professional goals. She is the former President and Co-Founder of ILA (Influential Ladies Alliance), a multinational non-profit organization of successful entrepreneurial women. Francesca Agostinelli is the former co-host of the TV show Bold Women of the new media start-up Bold, a digital news network committed to bipartisan dialogue and innovation for people, business and communities. Her weekly interviews gave voice to dynamic and accomplished conservatives women with inspiring and empowering stories. Francesca Agostinelli is a benefactor of the Kirsten Haglund Foundation, which provides hope, networking and financial aid to those seeking treatment and freedom from eating disorders; and an active board member and supporter of other numerous charities and non-profit activities that support women and children such as; Techo, a non-profit organization that mobilizes volunteers to fight extremely poverty in Latin America, by contracting transitional housing and implementing social inclusion programs; Lady Garden Foundation that promotes Cancer Research UK and the Gynaecological Cancer Fund. Francesca Agostinelli is the MC of The American Italian Cancer Foundation, a New York based non-profit organisation that supports cancer research, education and control, emphasising the outstanding resources of Italy and the United States, recognising world-class scientific excellence in medicine, and serving economically disadvantaged, medically under-served New York City women through breast cancer screening, outreach and education. She is a trustee of Fundación Amigos Museo del Prado, a private, non-profit cultural institution whose purpose is to support the Prado Museum and the promotion and encouragement of all cultural actions related to its mission and activity. Francesca Agostinelli also sits on the advisory board of the Robert F. Agostinelli Foundation, which provides support for American war veterans and broad based freedom agenda. She has become increasingly active over the years in the organisations that the Foundation supports including the Warrior 100 veteran support effort of the Bush Institute as well as the National Memorial Day parade chaired by her husband.
Reema Khan
Founder
Green Sands Equity
Reema founded Green Sands Equity in June 2016 as a multi family office investment firm that later grew to become a private equity firm that focuses on co-investment with Family Offices......
GSE Invests in Technology and Healthcare and was ranked in top 5 investors by Fortune Magazine in 2022. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Green Sands has offices in Zurich, Doha, and Singapore. Reema also specializes in strategic advisory for governments in their branding for Foreign Direct Investment.
GSE's vast political and diplomatic network makes GSE one of the top strategy advisors to governments. Since 2018, Reema has been a Managing Member of the United Nations Women in Science & Technology Platform on behalf of Royal Academy of Science International.
In 2017, Reema was awarded the 21st Century Icon Award in Finance by CNBC. In philanthropic endeavors, in 2019, Reema started the "Green Sands Prize" which honors an individual or organization with the potential for profound impact. Reema is a trustee of the SETI Institute and seeded their Endowment Fund. SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) was previously a division of NASA, later privatized.

Nitin Shakdher
Founder & CEO
Green Capital Single Family Office
Nitin Shakdher is a professional institutional investor as the Founder & CEO at the Green Capital Single Family Office with the core focus on PIPE (private investment public equity)....
....debt, private equity, venture capital, real estate, asset management, value investing & investment research. He is part of the 3rd generation of the Shakdher Family.
The Green Capital Single Family Office is a buy side only SFO and has proprietary assets under management of 300 million usd spread across India, UK, USA, France, Germany, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore & Dubai.
The Green Capital network deal flow extends across London, New York, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo & India. His investing relationships are across multi asset classes: private equity, venture capital, primary & secondary placements, real estate, hedge funds, private debt, pension funds, family offices, insurance companies & sovereign wealth funds.
Nitin Shakdher is a thought leader, panelist, moderator, speaker on numerous investing forums, events, industry meets and is a contributor to editorial syndicates for his views on multi asset class investments, asset allocations, trends, capital markets and early stage growth businesses in emerging markets.
In his diverse experience of 22 years, he has worked across various industries. His experience has encompassed business p&l, consumer marketing & sales, corporate marketing & branding, brand management & strategy, entrepreneurship and growth strategies.
Green Capital SFO has been an investor in many large listed/unlisted ventures & companies: Zoom, Clorox, Procter Gamble India, Nestle India, Unilever, Bayer Corp, Gillette India, Abbott Labs, Linde, HDFC, Britannia, Reliance Industries, BASF, Whirlpool, Pidilite, Akzo Nobel, Wish Context Logic, Coupang, Palantir, Snowflake.
Media Profiles:
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/nitin-shakdher-56372b2
https://www.facebook.com/nitinshakdher
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Links:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/289787
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/287367
https://etailingindiaexpo.com/speakers/nitin-shakdher/
https://sheroes.in/event/sheroes-hello-breakfast-delhi-2017/NjY2
http://www.iamai.in/events/11IDS/current-year-speakers.html
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/business-wire/world-leadership-federation-announces-its-winners-for-india-leadership-awards-2016/article9409065.ece
https://www.nextbigwhat.com/investing-tech-trends-2015-297/
http://www.iamwire.com/2014/07/nitin-shakdher-launches-private-capital-investments-firm-green-capital/79415
http://www.slideshare.net/NitinShakdher/green-capital-india-stock-pics-2017
http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/financial-services/20170404510739.htm
http://www.webnewswire.com/2017/04/04/private-capital-investments-firm-green-capital-to-expand-operations/
http://starup.in/2018-01-19/
https://familyoffices.com/dealslondon_aff/
http://pif.events/v-pifw/
https://www.iamai.in/events/ids2019
https://dealflowsummit.in/
https://familyoffices.com/london/
https://www.carmocompanies.com/the-global-real-estate-web-meeting
https://exchange.latoken.com/events/Fundraising-in-the-Era-of-a-Pandemic-5edfd4a1be5a3a001ca76410
https://go.latoken.com/BEF24July
https://momentagroup.com/insight/industry-leader-interview-nitin-shakdher-founder-ceo-green-capital/
https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/www.outlookindia.com/outlookmoney/amp/investment/sebi-guidelines-for-rights-issue-from-unlisted-invits-have-little-use-for-retail-investors-5460
https://www.outlookindia.com/outlookmoney/investment/sebi-guidelines-for-rights-issue-from-unlisted-invits-have-little-use-for-retail-investors-5460
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/build-your-diversified-and-secured-rs-1-crore-portfolio-in-samvat-2077-by-investing-in-these-13-stocks-6121881.html
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https://m.economictimes.com/markets/stocks/news/rich-indians-join-the-global-party-in-vaccine-company-stocks/articleshow/79312904.cms
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/top-10-stocks-that-mfs-bought-sold-in-november-each-from-large-mid-smallcap-space-6228031.html
https://www.forbesindia.com/news/business/markets/year-ender-2020-fund-managers-raised-stake-in-over-100-stocks-in-4-quarters-what-should-investors-do-6258761.html
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/follow-these-6-mantras-in-2021-based-on-investment-learnings-from-2020-6192701.html
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/daily-voice-we-expect-consumer-internet-businesses-to-start-listing-and-unlocking-value-in-2021-nitin-shakdher-of-green-capital-single-family-office-6567841.html
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/rakesh-jhunjhunwala-not-alone-in-avoiding-bitcoin-party-d-street-experts-feel-the-same-6565671.html
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Recent event appearances, discussions, panel moderations, speaking slots, speaking opportunities:
Private Wealth Management APAC Summit: Panel Discussion Moderator 'The Crypto Fever: Revolutionizing the investment landscape in this digital world', Singapore: June 2022
Private Wealth Management APAC Summit: Panel Discussion 'The Asset Universe: Stewarding capital towards new horizons and building stronger portfolios', Singapore: June 2022
Market Currents & Private Wealth Intelligence: Panel Discussion 'Outlook on US Real Estate', New York (Virtual): October, 2021.
Private Wealth APAC Summit: Panel Discussion 'Diversifying Revenues: The growing universe of digital assets, Kuala Lumpur (Virtual): October, 2021.
SuperInvestor 2021: Attendee, Investor & Speaker: London, September, 2021.
Ipem 2021: Attendee, Investor & Speaker: Paris, September, 2021.
Superinvestor 2020: Panel Discussion 'Managing co-investments in a crisis', Amsterdam, November, 2020.
Latoken Investor VCTV: Panel Discussion 'Investment and Pivots on CleanTech and Environmental Tech' Singapore, November, 2020.
Latoken Investor VCTV: Panel Discussion 'Investments and Pivots on Mobile Payment, E-commerce, Retail, Consumer' Singapore, November, 2020.
Latoken Investor VCTV: Panel Discussion 'The Laws of Investments: last quarter of the year of the pandemic', Singapore, November, 2020.
Latoken Investor VCTV: Panel Discussion 'Impact Investments', Singapore, November 2020.
Latoken Online Roadshow Panel Discussion: "Venture Capital in Asia", Moscow, July 2020.
Latoken Online Roadshow Panel Discussion: "Investments & Pivots during a Pandemic", Moscow, July 2020.
Family Office Investor Virtual Series by Family Office Club: "Investor Allocations & Mandates in Private Equity", Miami, May 2020.
Global Real Estate Web Conference by Carmo Capital: Family Office Panel "Global Real Estate Investing Strategies during & after Covid 19", New York, April 2020
4th Global Investment Leaders Club – Virtual Panel Discussion: 'Investments in a global lockdown', Dubai, UAE, April 2020.
Private Investment Forum Worldwide – Round Table VIP Guest: "Global Asset Allocations: Strategies and Asset allocators in times of instability", Burj Al Arab, Dubai, September, 2019.
Family Office Club – Panel Discussion Guest: "Real Estate Focus: A Discussion of Ultra-Wealthy Investor Real Estate Allocation Strategies", Piccadily, London, UK, April 2019.
Family Office Deal Flow Summit 2019 – Speaker & Panel Discussion guest 'Families who co-invest: half the risk=half the profit' Taj Lands End, Mumbai, April, 2019.
IE CON 2019 – Keynote speaker, guest & judge 'Think Big': Lovely Professional University (LPU) Jalandhar, February, 2019.
India Digital Summit 2019 – Guest on the Investor Panel: For the new business growth showcase, Delhi, January 2019.
MOQSH 2018 – Speaker Keynote Series: "How technology changed my business", Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, November 2018.
45th Annual Convention – Panel Discussion Guest: "India in 2020: A developing nation", FMS, Delhi, October 2018.
Private Investment Forum Worldwide – Round Table VIP Guest: "Investment Trends 2019", Burj Al Arab, Dubai, September, 2018.
Family Office Club – Panel Discussion Guest: "Equity Portfolio Strategies Emerging Markets", Piccadily, London, UK, July 2018.
Esummit – Panel Discussion Guest: "Entrepreneurship & Nation Building", FMS, Delhi, February, 2018.
Star Up 2018 – Panel Discussion Guest: "Healthcare – Challenges for the next decade". New Delhi, January, 2018.
Investor & Founders Meet: Korea – India for Sunbo Angel Partners, Korea. December 2017.
Leadership Talk: Lecture & Talk on the 'Importance of Value Investing', FMS, Delhi University, July 2017
Featured Investor & Mentor: Entrepreneur India Summit, July 2017
Keynote Speaker: 'Risk & Investing' Annual Entrepreneurship Summit, Department of Business Economics, Delhi University, March 2017
Featured editorial: 'Can Impatient Indian Entrepreneurs find patient capital in Family Offices?', Entrepreneur Magazine, Feb 2017
Speaker & Panelist: Etailing India Expo, 'Funding: Fall of Capital in ecommerce' Mumbai, Feb 2017
Speaker & Panelist: Hello Meets, Investors Breakfast, Delhi, Feb 2017
Mentor & Speaker: India Digital Summit, (Adtech & Fintech start up demos), Delhi, Feb 2017
Featured as an investor in the Entrepreneur Magazine India, Jan 2017
Jury Award Member: World Leadership Federation, Mumbai Dec 2016
Key Marquee investor & speaker: World Start Up Expo, Bengaluru, Nov 2016
Key Marquee investor & speaker: Web Summit, Lisbon, Portugal Nov 2016
For more information:
Nitin Shakdher
Founder & CEO
Green Capital
www.thegreencapital.net
nitin@thegreencapital.net
+91 9810666400

Jeroen Kemperman
Product Lead Account Security
Google
Jeroen leads Workspace’s account security efforts keeping all Google customers and their end users safe from account takeover, a.k.a hijacking. ....
His team creates security measures and features for admins to create the most secure environment for millions of people to do their jobs every day. Because the consequences of account hijacking can be so harmful to people, Jeroen’s motto is: “saving one is worth it”.
Jeroen joined Google in 2016 as Product manager in Google’s Identity team working on keeping personal user accounts safe from being taken over by abusers and became product lead for Workspace Account Security in November 2021.
Prior to Google, Jeroen built his own B2B startup and spent several years in corporate strategy. Jeroen holds an MBA from IESE business school in Spain and an Msc Business information systems from the University of Amsterdam (UvA).
In his free-time, Jeroen is on a quest to understand how people define success for their lives. Jeroen blogs at www.jeroenkemperman.com

Thomas F. Wiese
President of Institutional Solutions
Crown Global Insurance Group LLC
Tom is the President of Institutional Solutions at Crown Global Insurance Group LLC......
He is responsible for expanding the domestic and international markets for institutional products providing innovative solutions that combine insurance and investments to address the needs of a global audience of Institutional Investors, Family Offices and Ultra-High Net Worth Individuals. The Company offers custom solutions that enable investment managers and investors to enhance their returns on investments in alternative assets and managed accounts. For non-U.S. Institutions, Crown Global provides efficient and effective solutions to block ECI, FIRPTA and Branch Profits Tax on their U.S. investments. The Company operates globally and maintains offices in North America, Switzerland and the Cayman Islands. Since its founding in 1998, Crown Global has established a solid track record of issuing U.S. and non-U.S. compliant private placement life insurance and annuity policies for Institutional and Ultra-High Net Worth Clients.
Tom has over 30 years of extensive experience in the insurance, asset management and financial services industries. Prior to joining Crown in 2021, he was the Executive Managing Director, Institutional Solutions and Head of the Institutional Business at Lombard International where he achieved a dramatic compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) in assets under management from 2016 to 2021. Tom was formerly a Managing Director and Client Executive at BNY Mellon responsible for the overall client management and strategic business development for a number of the bank’s largest global insurance clients. His previous experience also includes positions as the EVP for Business Development in Hartford Life’s Institutional Solutions Group, COO for Marsh’s Benefits Business, CAO for Nationwide’s Asset Management subsidiary Gartmore Global Investments and VP of Operations and Systems at Prudential Investments. Tom started his career in financial services working as an Originator for Merrill Lynch Capital Markets followed by several business development and management roles at the Bankers Trust Company.
Tom holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Series 7 and 66 Registered Representative, a Series 24 Registered Principal and is Life Insurance Licensed.

Hon. Claudine Schneider
Congresswoman,
businesswoman and
consultant
The Honorable Claudine Schneider (R.-RI) Congresswoman, businesswoman and consultant...............
Author of the first and only revenue neutral Global Warming Prevention Act (A Roadmap); Co-Founder of Energia Global (Costa Rica) and consultant - enlisted 50 Fortune 500 Corporations to reduce their greenhouse gases; ESG Advisor to utilities & others.

Francesca Spoerry
Head of Trainings and Outreach
University of Zurich
Francesca Spoerry is the Head of Trainings and Outreach at the Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth (CSP) at University of Zurich. ...
CSP is a university centre dedicated to the movement of private capital to solve the world’s challenges, through research and education on Sustainable Investment. Francesca is responsible for all of CSP’s training programmes, alumni engagement and partnership management.
Before CSP, Francesca was the Head of Knowledge Development at the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, where she was responsible for Knowledge creation and knowledge development activities across a global community of impact investors.
She previously worked at SystemIQ, Big Society Capital and Morgan Stanley. She is a board member at North Kensington Community Energy, a cooperative creating community owned solar energy projects in London.

Dr. Stephan E. Knobloch
Principal
Single Family Office
Dr. Stephan E. Knobloch is a Strategic Advisor to IOME, a private investment partnership of women principals from the Gulf with its head office in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
Additionally he is a member of b-to-v’s Investor Circle, heads his own family’s investment office since three decades, and is an advisor to several other single and multi family offices. Stephan is a serial entrepreneur in IT & Telecommunications, Automotive, Cleantech and Technology with several exits. He has over 30 years of experience in the start-up and turn-around business and played a major role at o.tel.o and Toll Collect. He has an education in computer science, law and economics.

Vianney Mathonnet
Director
Kappafrik Group
Vianney Mathonnet is the Director of Family of Kappafrik Group an Africa-focused Single Family Office.................
He worked widely across Sub-Saharan Africa in the energy, hospitality, and infrastructure sectors with a proven experience in management, private equity, and venture capital. In Central and Southern Africa, Mr. Mathonnet was in charge of internal auditing and cost optimization for multinational companies and managed various African profit centers with up to +400 employees. In West Africa, he spearheaded the expansion of the Kappafrik Group Family Office and lead several M&A and RTO.
He is a Director at the Board of multiple public and private companies all involved in private direct investments on the African continent such as the Impact Investment Cooperative, Kapower, and Reservoir Capital Corp. (REO.CN) investing in baseload clean power assets. Mr. Mathonnet is an advisor to Adalabs, a pan-African incubator specialized in Blockchain, AI, and smart technologies and has undertaken various investments in real estate, tourism, digital marketing, and micro-finance as an angel investor.
Mr. Mathonnet holds a BSc in Management and is a Certified Financial and Modelling Analyst.

Dr. André Gorius
Licensing Executive
Society International (LESI)
André Gorius graduated from the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris, 1985), where he obtained the titles of « Docteur de Troisième Cycle » and « Professeur Agrégé » in Physics.....
In 1988, he obtained his PhD (“Doctorat d’Etat ès Sciences”) in Chemical Engineering.
During his career in the Solvay Group since more than 30 years, he occupied the positions of R&D Director and Industrial Director in France, USA and Italy. Since 2006, he has been involved in the economic aspects of technology transfers, was Licensing Director, and created the position of Intellectual Assets Valorization Director he occupied until June 2019.
He specializes in valuation of intangible and IP assets and start-ups, in the general frames of Technology Transfers, Merge & Acquisitions, and Transfer Pricing, Litigations, etc., always leveraging his scientific and technology background to assess the underlying technology strengths and weaknesses, and the way enterprises manage these assets. He also ins involved in numerous valuations of companies. The spectrum of his activities ranges from start-ups in creation to SMEs and large multinational enterprises (>$20 Billion sales).
Dr. Gorius teaches the general concepts of economy to engineers, teaches IP Valuation, and teaches “Valuation of Intangible Assets” in several universities around the world. He tries to develop novel approaches of intangible assets valuation by analogy with the known theories of classical and quantum physics.

Brian Thompson
Director
Ducere Advisory & 5th Gen Family Member
Brian is a highly experienced, certified Family Business Coach and Mediator, and is the founder of Ducere Advisory.........
Ducere Advisory is a family busines consultancy which develops programmes to maintain family cohesion, family governance structures and smooths the path of succession.
Brian focuses on the human side of family business, in line with his belief that external success is impossible without internal family harmony. Brian also believes that another key to long term success is in training business advisors to be more aware of their client’s human needs.
As well as the unique perspectives gained from his own position in a family enterprise, Brian is an experienced advisor to other business families and their advisors globally.
In working with families Brian has helped in conflict resolution, dispute management, governance development, education, mediation and family event development.
Brian has developed programs to create more enlightened family and wealth advisors. To make them more aware of their client’s human needs. He has worked with single and multi-family offices to develop an offering which focuses on more than just the financial needs of their clients.
Brian has long recognised the need for people with first-hand experience to assist others in their family’s development alongside their business. Since establishing Ducere Advisory Brian has been developing a firm to help other families in business, ultimately leading to greater harmony and strengthening family bonds for generations to come.
He is a 5th generation member of his nearly 150-year-old family business and sits on the family council. As chairman of the Education Committee within the family business he is responsible for developing a program for nurturing family members both young and old, helping the transition to future generations.
He is based in the UK and works internationally.

Amjad Ali Khan (Amjad)
Director
Fabindia
Longer-version Amjad Ali Khan (Amjad) is a Director and Group Head of ESG & Sustainability at Fabindia....
Over six decades, the company has successfully created a sustainable, inclusive, ethical and profitable platform for the upliftment and sustenance of India’s artisans as well as the preservation of traditional crafts.
Amjad has 15 years of experience in fields of development, diplomacy and digitalization as an institution-builder, strategist and public policy practitioner. In this time, he has worked and collaborated at the highest of levels with some of the most reputed corporations, organizations, universities and governmental agencies, both in India and overseas.
He has been instrumental in setting up the Esya Centre which has, in short period of time, been recognized as one of India’s leading technology & innovation policy think tanks, providing insights to Central & State Governments as well as some of the most prominent Fortune 500 companies.
Amjad established the International Summer School, a higher educational initiative that runs in collaboration with the Government of India through its Ministries of External Affairs & Tourism; multilateral agencies such as the ASEAN Secretariat; international organizations such as the Worldwide Fund for Nature; and some of the top-ranked institutions, globally, including the Universities of California, Oxford and Tokyo as well as the National University of Singapore, among others.
Previously, he was handpicked as the first Chief Executive of the Centre for Escalation of Peace operating out of New Delhi and Thimphu. Apart from various public diplomacy initiatives, his main responsibility was to convene Track 1.5 diplomacy roundtables between Indian and Bhutanese delegations to discuss topics of mutual interest including security, trade, culture, and sustainable development. He was also an integral part of the team that set up the research and professional development systems at The Royal Academy in Bhutan, a personal initiative of His Majesty the King.
His professional journey began as one of the youngest ever Consultants directly engaged by the Government of India back in 2008.
Amjad holds a Master’s degree in Finance & Development from the School of Oriental & African Studies at the University of London and a Bachelor’s degree from Warwick Business School. He resides in New Delhi with his wife, Girija, and their one-year old daughter, Aliza.

Viktoriya Tigipko
Founding & Managing Partner
TA Ventures
Viktoriya Tigipko is the Founding and Managing Partner of a global early-stage VC fund TA Ventures with 200+ investments, 65 exits, 3 unicorns, 6 IPOs in US/EU since 2010....
Viktoriya is the Founder and the President of ICLUB Global, the global network of angel investors.
She is also the founder of WTECH, an international network of women tech founders and entrepreneurs with 5k+ members. She is the Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Startup Fund and a Member of the Committee for Innovative development of the Ukraine economy.
Viktoriya is the Founder and the President of the Odesa International Film Festival; and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Ukrainian Film Academy.
In 2022 Viktoriya co-founded OneUkraine, a charitable platform to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine and to set the foundation for Ukraine’s recovery.

Sina Meier
MD & Head of Strategic Relations
21Shares
Sina Meier is the Managing Director and Head of Strategic Relations....
In her role, she is overseeing the rapid expansion of 21Shares and has become a prominent voice advocating for a broader adoption of blockchain and crypto. Sina looks back on almost three decades in asset and wealth management at leading financial institutions.
She also serves on the Board of Advisors at BFG Blockchain Founders Group and of the Swiss finance summit MONEY.
Bridging her 28 years financial experience with passion, she is spearheading the investment process with the new disruptive digital industry.

Dr Daniela Marino
Co-Founder, CEO
CUTISS AG
Daniela co-founded CUTISS in 2017, where denovoSkin™ is being developed towards commercialization......
She studied Biotechnology in Milan (Italy) and during her PhD from ETHZ, she focused her research on vascular biology and stem cells. She then joined a research group at the University of Zurich as post doc and before starting CUTISS, she was the co-leader and business developer for the project denovoSkin™ at the Wyss Zurich.
Worldwide, millions of people suffer from skin defects requiring surgical interventions to restore skin function. Current standard of care to treat large, deep skin defects is often not available in sufficient quantities, and it frequently leaves these patients with permanent, painful, disfiguring, and debilitating scars. denovoSkin™ is a personalized human skin graft that can be bio-engineered in large quantities. It promises to grow with the patient, limit scarring, and drastically reduce the number of follow up corrective surgeries required, particularly in children.
It is currently in the last stage of clinical trials and could be of amazing benefit for patients with burns, traumas, that undergo reconstructive or plastic procedures. CUTISS won the Top 100 Swiss Start-up Award and has raised more than CHF 67 million from private investors, family offices and public bodies. Round C is now open to pave the way towards commercialization.

Eran Habets
CEO
Scotch Whisky International
Mr. Habets assumed the role of CEO at Scotch Whisky International on May 1, 2023. Leveraging his robust background in the banking sector.....
....encompassing Wealth Management and Investments, he has previously occupied prominent executive leadership positions at ABNAMRO. Notably, he served as the Global Head of Wealth Solutions and Head of Investments, showcasing his profound industry expertise. His distinguished career also encompasses his tenure as the CEO of MeesPierson in the Netherlands, along with his role as a Member of the Executive Board at Van Lanschot Bank Belgium.
Throughout his professional journey, Mr. Habets has contributed his insights and guidance to various boards, including his involvement with ABNAMRO Investment Solutions in France. His advisory role extends to InvestSuite's Board, where he currently provides valuable counsel. Furthermore, he serves as the Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Victim Support, underscoring his commitment to making a positive impact beyond the financial realm.
Mr. Habets holds a master's degree in business economics, complemented by a distinguished Board Director certificate. His multifaceted career trajectory, characterized by diverse leadership experiences, positions him as a driving force poised to propel SWI into a promising future.

Adrian Fritz
Research Associate
21Shares
Adrian Fritz is a Research Associate at 21Shares and Amun, creating data-driven analysis of the cryptoasset industry.....
In addition, he’s a lecturer for the CCFE (Certified Crypto Finance Expert) and other crypto-related courses in Switzerland. Adrian began his career as a stockbroker on Wall Street - further career stations led him to investment banking and many years in management consulting.

Octavian Graf Pilati
Family Member
Sub Umbra
Octavian grew up in a family focused on the forestry and tourism industries...............
Went to school in the UK and studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University Vienna.
In November 2014 the Family was hit by crisis due to a failed investment. In August 2015 it was decided that Octavian takes on the management of the crisis to try and navigate it.
Since then the crisis was passed and Octavian now manages his own small family office in Vienna focused on disstressed assets and venture capital.
"To turn adversity into business opportunity.”

Dr Susi Dattenberg-Doyle
Queen of Gbi Kpoeta, Ghana
Dr Dattenberg-Doyle is founder and CEO of Right for Education, R:Ed Africa’s largest independent social media platform with a weekly reach of 10 million people in 45 countries....
The platform is based on and incorporates my previous experience
As a psychologist I learned the need to listen, communicate and involve. Social change for good can only be achieved if arguments are succinct, relate and are accessible to all.
As a management consultant I learned the need to set goals and standards; review values and organise information in a structured easy to reach and understand format.
Building and running schools in Ghana, a very challenging task. The easy part is to build the school but creating a school, a social environment and a culture which embraces learning in a community where parents are illiterate and very poor takes time. Last year the school won again best community school in the Hohoe district and I am very pleased the value set has been internalised by the people of Kpoeta
As queen of Kpoeta, it is a great honour and I hope is not just based on my commitment but more on the integrity and respect I have for the people of Kpoeta. So far, I have made one decree, forbidding marriage under 18 years of age. I am aware that this is also country law, but social change and implementation of law is executed by the kings and queens, through the help of the elders. The Ewe kings have now added their influence and made this an Ewe standard.
Right for Education R:Ed, Social media is ideal for scaling up, reaching out and encourage two way communication across the African continent. My professional training but also role in African society is essential and guides our activities and regular review. Currently we reach 10m people weekly in 45 African countries in English and French, original texts only.

Dr. George Gaitanos
Chief Operating Officer
Chenot Group
As Chief Operating and Scientific Officer of Chenot Group, George’s role is fundamental to the continued development of the brand within the health wellness sector....
An expert in energy metabolism and recovery, George has vast experience in the field of sports performance at an elite international level (NBA & Olympic athletes) and more than 35 year’s experience in the promotion of optimum health.
With medical and technological advances, people are living longer than ever before. It is George’s belief that old age should not signify functional decline. Through his development of award winning programmes delivered at Chenot health wellness retreats worldwide, George helps people achieve and maintain optimal health, and lead fully active and fulfilling lives at any age.
George received his MSc and PhD at Loughborough University (U.K) and, carried out substantial post-doctorate research at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. His research work has been published in numerous medical journals.

Prof. Dr. Anabel Ternès von Hattburg
Family Office 360grad AG
Prof. Dr. Anabel Ternès von Hattburg gilt als eine der führenden Köpfe für Nachhaltigkeit und Digitalisierung......
Die geschäftsführende Direktorin des Berliner SRH Instituts für Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement hat sich auch einen Namen als Zukunftsforscherin gemacht. Sie ist mehrfache Gründerin nachhaltiger Startups, u. a. von GetYourWings, dem Lernraum für Zukunftsgestalter, CoCarrier, einer Logistikplattform und HealthMedo, einem Anbieter im Bereich eHealth. Die Keynote Speakerin ist Autorin von mehr als 50 Büchern, darunter dem Band Future Skills zusammen mit dem WeQ Institut. Sie hat eine langjährige Führungserfahrung im Business Development internationaler Groß- und Familienunternehmen, darunter für Samsonite und Fielmann. Anabel Ternès engagiert sich in mehreren Gremien und Boards, darunter als Vorstandsvorsitzende des Zukunftsrats Circular Economy Konsumgüterwirtschaft, als Verwaltungsrätin der Britischen Handelskammer und als Bitkom Ak Leiterin für den Bereich Arbeit 4.0. Privat setzt sie sich vor allem für Chancengerechtigkeit und Umweltschutz ein, u. a. in ihrer Rolle als Think-Tank- und Jurymitglied von Impact of Diversity (IOD), als Aufsichtsrätin der Peter-Ustinov-Stiftung und als Beirätin im Expertenbeirat von Plant for the Planet. Anabel Ternès ist Germanistin, Diplomkauffrau und Diplom-Pädagogin.
Sie hat mehrere Auszeichnungen für ihr unternehmerisches und ehrenamtliches Engagement bekommen, darunter den Award als CEO eLearning 2022, als Botschafterin von Frauen Unternehmen, einer Plattform des Bundeswirtschaftsministeriums, und für ihr Online Lernspiel Code and Safe the Planet den Google Impact Challenge Award. Die Rheinländerin lebt mit ihrer Familie in Berlin.

Thomas A. Zenner
Geschäftsführer
Family Office 360grad AG
Nach der Ausbildung zum Bankkaufmann bei der Volksbank Baden-Baden*Rastatt eG und anschliessender Fortbildung zum Bankfachwirt war Herr Zenner 13 Jahre für die genossenschaftliche Bankengruppe tätig, zuletzt als Bereichsleiter Anlageberatung und Privatkunden in Karlsruhe................
Zusätzlich war er in dieser Zeit Dozent der genossenschaftlichen Bankenakademie sowie an der staatlichen Berufsakademie in Karlsruhe. Im Anschluss und nach Abschluss seiner Ausbildung als Certified EFFAS Financial Analyst war er als Head of Research & Asset Management und Investor Relations bei einer Wertpapierhandelsbank in Frankfurt tätig.
Im August 2001 übernahm er den Aufbau und die Leitung des Family Office einer Privatbank in Berlin. Von Oktober 2010 bis September 2016 leitete er als Geschäftsführer das Family Office der Sparkassenfinanzgruppe Nötzli, Mai & Partner AG in Zürich. Seit 1. Oktober 2016 ist Herr Zenner geschäftsführender Gesellschafter der Family Office 360grad AG in Stans/Nidwalden.

Carsten Schmeding
CEO Managing Partner
SENCO Hydrogen Capital
Carsten looks back on more than 20 years C-level experience in the investment and asset management industry.....
Before setting up SENCO he acted as CEO and CIO of NORD/LB Asset Management AG and of Warburg Invest AG.
During this time he was also Member of the Executive Board of the German Fund Association (BVI). Prior to that he was a partner of WP Global Partners, a US private equity firm. Before joining WP Global Carsten established Equity Partners, a successful German based small-mid cap private equity firm as CEO and CIO. He started his career in various roles in banking. Carsten has deep industry knowledge and sits on various boards.
He earned a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Muenster.

David P Dietz
Director Impact Initiatives
NEXUS
David is a community builder, storyteller, and social entrepreneur. He is also an impact investor in the climate space, focusing on nature-based solutions, plastics, and carbon technologies....
David serves as the Global Director of Impact for NEXUS, a worldwide thought community that brings together leading next-gen wealth holders, impact investors and social innovators from the world’s most influential families to catalyze new leadership and accelerate solutions to our world’s most critical problems.
At NEXUS David has overseen the launch of The NEXUS Impact Accelerator and led the development of the Impact Society, The NEXUS Forums program and The SUPR Initiative to eliminate single-use plastic in major sports stadiums across the country.
Prior to NEXUS, David was the founder of Modavanti, the world’s largest online sustainable fashion retailer. Modavanti was named best in Ethical Fashion by Instyle Magazine, and Honoree for 'Best Startup' for NYC by the New York City government.
David serves as a board member of Georgetown University’s Entrepreneurship Alliance working to expand Georgetown’s entrepreneurial community. David has also spoken at the White House, The UN, The Web Summit in Dublin and SXSW.
David lives in London and holds his degree from Georgetown University with a major in Arabic Studies and a double minor in Economics and Government.

Phil Blows
Founder & CEO
AQRU
AQRU Plc, is a business that specialises in helping institutional and retail customers earn high interest rates on their cryptocurrency...
Phil has more than 15 years of leadership experience in the Fintech and asset management sectors having spearheaded the scaling-up of online trading platforms at several leading companies.
As an expert in financial planning and wealth management, Phil spent 4 years, during his time at UK robo-adviser, Wealth Wizards, speaking with over 10,000 retail investors about how they manage their money and then designed a simple online tool to help give advice and guidance to help everyday people improve their financial health.
Phil also work as a senior foreign exchange adviser at Continental Capital Markets S.A where he built a global client base of investment banks and advised on derivative investment strategies.
Phil also created the Asset Management arm of global foreign exchange business, Moneycorp, helping retail customers create investment strategies in the stock and derivative markets.
Phil is passionate about improving the financial health of all those he meets and is the author of a personal finance book, The Money Triangle, proceeds of which support various financial education charities.

Dott. Ing. Maurizio Totta
Impact Investor
Maurizio Totta was born in Torino, and graduated in mechanical engineering at the Technical University there.............
He was the CEO of the SCS Holding AG from 1995 until May 2008, when the company was sold to Unibail-Rodamco. Since 2010, while still involved in some commercial real estate projects, he has been focussing his activities on impact investments in biotech, renewable energy, sustainable forestry and land development in Europe and South America.
He is fluent in Italian, German, French, English, Spanish, and is currently perfecting his Portuguese. He also has a CHPL (Commercial Helicopter Pilot License). While he was finishing his studies, he started working for the family real estate company in Austria. Through a series of buyouts, the group became the main owner of Europe’s largest Shopping Mall, the SCS, Shopping City Süd near Vienna.

William P. Deuchler
Chief Investment Officer
Summerland Capital Holdings, LLC
Bill is the Chief Investment Officer and senior executive for Summerland Capital Holdings, LLC a Central Florida based single family office....
He is responsible for all aspects of the investment activity and oversees the administration of the family office.
Previiously, Bill was Chief Investment Officer for JMS Holdings, also a Florida based single family office. His start in the asset management business was as President and Chief Operating Officer of Vantage Consulting Group, a Virginia-based investment consulting firm focused on bespoke investment advice to institutions and an early pioneer in hedge funds, private equity, and resilient portfolio construction.
Bill has held senior positions with a number hedge funds, private equity and traditional asset management firms. Additinally, he currently serves as the independent Trustee of the Winter Park (FL) Police Pension Board; a member of the board, finance and investment committes for the Orlando Museum of Art, and is a former member of the investment committee for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, International.

Toby Ruckert
Investor
With his wife he co-founded Wellness-Shop - an exclusive, invite-only, holistically integrated wellness platform and together with the Baleno Foundation in New Zealand is fostering physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing........
In Asia he co-founded and invested in multiple software and technology companies for which he also developed and co-authored the entire IP (Intellectual Property) portfolio, including 19 patent families around AI (Artificial Intelligence), IoT (Internet of Things) and Security.
He has been in strategic advisory roles for multiple Fortune 500 CEO's, Heads of State and Private Families, and provides different points of view, especially in times of great turmoil.
His latest projects are research focused and bring together the forefront of science today with the ancient history of the world and cover areas of medicine (e.g. telomere research), technology (e.g. power, electricity) and the preservation of nature (climate, ecology, food, water, plants, etc.).
As a well traveled Polymath and global citizen, he considers himself home in many countries and cultures, never ceases to learn and always strives for the ideal of realizing the "universal human" in himself.

Digby Try
Chief Commercial Office
AQRU
Digby has a track record of over 20 years in senior management roles in the currency, payments and fintech sectors in both the UK and US,...
....with specific responsibility for revenue and business development. Before joining Dispersion Holdings, he was Head of Global Sales at OpenPayd, a technology-led banking and payments platform for businesses, where he specialised in delivering fiat banking rails to the crypto industry and worked alongside many of the world’s leading exchanges.
His previous experience includes seven years as Vice President of Sales EMEA at Currencycloud, which was subsequently acquired by Visa for £700m; three years as business development manager at Moneycorp and five years at HiFX (now XE.com), including as head of dealing in the US. Digby is a graduate of the University of East Anglia.

Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Zagos
Management Partner
InTraCoM GmbH
Andreas Zagos, studied chemical engineering at the University of Stuttgart and started his career at the Fraunhofer Group in Stuttgart at the innovation management & patent space...
He was a founding member of the InTraCoM GmbH in year 2000 providing services and software for patent research- and analysis.
His substantial input led to the development of the indicator based patent valuation method, which uses AI/ML/NLP technologies. In 2006, he was appointed as guest professor for patent management at the Technical University Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In year 2013, he became founder and board member of IP-Business Information B.V. in the Netherlands establishing Moodys as an exclusive vendor of the patent valuation data globally.
In the year 2015 he became advisory board member at IPR Strategies Ltd., Ireland, managing the issueing of the globally first investible patent value based index (Ticker: QQQS).
He has over 27 years of experience in the patent space with a strong focus on valuation and is internationally recognized as a speaker in many conferences and round talks.

J. Christian Stadermann
Founder
Logos Patrimon
As founder of Logos Patrimon in 2012, the first virtual family office services provider in the DACH region, Christian Stadermann was trend-setting...
With over 25 years of experience in the field of asset consulting for UHNWI clients and single family offices, he is an expert in investment organization (Strategic Asset Allocation, Tactical Asset Allocation, Manager Selection, Risk Management), Wealth Compliance (financial accounting, performance reporting, wealth controlling) and strategic advice (family office organization, outsourcing, governance including Nextgen, philanthropy including impact, and other topics).
Christian Stadermann was previously appointed BaFin-licensed managing director at HQ Trust, the Multi Family Office of the Harald Quandt family, and also expanding their single family office reach. Before that, he held management positions at Sal. Oppenheim & Cie. based in Cologne and with Credit Suisse, based in Zurich.
He began his career in Institutional Equity Sales and Private Wealth Management, including a role as head of the International Private Banking Center of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, looking after clients from EMEA, Asia and the Americas. He is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and has extensive experience in the philanthropy segment, serving as head of a foundation council for many years himself.
Christian Stadermann received academic education in Munich (Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität), Pisa (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa) and London (The London School of Economics), while already working also at European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel. He holds a German M.A., a British M.Sc. (Econ) and a degree as ‘Finanzökonom’ for financial planning. Besides in German he is fluent in English, Spanish, Italian and able to manage some French.
Born 1965 in Frankfurt, living in Berlin, married, two daughters.

Tharald Nustad
Founder
Katapult/Nordic Impact
Tharald Nustad is a Norwegian serial entrepreneur and impact tech investor...
He has been part of starting more than 10 different tech and communication businesses.
He is the founder of Katapult Accelerator - a leading accelerator for impact tech startups, Katapult Ocean – a fund and accelerator focused on Ocean impact tech startups, Katapult Climate and Katapult Africa focusing on climate and food/ag startups. Through these vehicles he has invested in more than 200 impact tech startups including 4 unicorns. Tharald has also set up the Katapult Foundation as a nonprofit to help build the ecosystem and educate around impact investing and tech for good, and founded Katapult Future Fest - an event focusing on technology, impact investing and the future society.
Tharalds main goal is mobilizing capital, tech and people towards a better and more sustainable society for all . He is engaged in building the impact investing ecosystem in the Nordics, and is an active player in the startup scene.
He works with Ashoka helping social entrepreneurs, is an active member of the Toniic 100% network, a global impact investor network, and is co-chair for the impact investing group in Nexus.

Tim Schumacher
Serial Entrepreneur & Private Investor
Tim Schumacher is a German Investor and Entrepreneur, with a focus on Impact and Climate Investments.....
For over ten years, he was the CEO of publicly traded Sedo.com, which he co-founded. Since 2012, he has founded and/or invested in multiple start-ups like Eyeo (makers of Adblock Plus), SaaS.group, Zolar, CarbonCloud, Sirplus, Pachama and Ecosia.
Ecosia is especially notable. Ten years after its foundation, it's now the largest independent European search engine. It uses all its profits to plant trees, and it has until 2020 planted over 100 million trees. Under the roof of Ecosia, Tim Schumacher also very recently co-founded the Ecosia World Fund (see Worldfund.vc) with a focus on Climate Investments, which invites LP participation.

Thomas A. Zenner
Geschäftsführer
Family Office 360grad AG
Nach der Ausbildung zum Bankkaufmann bei der Volksbank Baden-Baden*Rastatt eG und anschliessender Fortbildung zum Bankfachwirt war Herr Zenner 13 Jahre für die genossenschaftliche Bankengruppe tätig, zuletzt als Bereichsleiter Anlageberatung und Privatkunden in Karlsruhe................
Zusätzlich war er in dieser Zeit Dozent der genossenschaftlichen Bankenakademie sowie an der staatlichen Berufsakademie in Karlsruhe. Im Anschluss und nach Abschluss seiner Ausbildung als Certified EFFAS Financial Analyst war er als Head of Research & Asset Management und Investor Relations bei einer Wertpapierhandelsbank in Frankfurt tätig.
Im August 2001 übernahm er den Aufbau und die Leitung des Family Office einer Privatbank in Berlin. Von Oktober 2010 bis September 2016 leitete er als Geschäftsführer das Family Office der Sparkassenfinanzgruppe Nötzli, Mai & Partner AG in Zürich. Seit 1. Oktober 2016 ist Herr Zenner geschäftsführender Gesellschafter der Family Office 360grad AG in Stans/Nidwalden.

Alison Davis
Chairman
Blockchain Coinvestors
Alison Davis is Chairman and Managing Partner of Blockchain Coinvestors, the leading blockchain venture fund of funds with investments in 400+ blockchain companies and projects....
She is an experienced corporate executive, public company board director, an active investor in growth companies, and a best-selling author on the topics of technology and innovation. She is currently serving as a Managing Partner of Blockchain Coinvestors Acquisition Corp. 1 (SPAC).
Alison is currently a non-executive director of Silicon Valley Bank, Fiserv, Janus Henderson Group, Collibra, and Pacaso. She is the Chairman of the Advisory Board for Blockchain Capital, and an advisor to Bitwise.
She is a former director of RBS, City National Bank, Diamond Foods, First Data Corporation, Ooma, Unisys, Xoom, and many private companies and was the Chairman of LECG until its sale in 2011. Alison is a frequent speaker on corporate governance.
Alison was previously the Managing Partner of Belvedere Capital, a regulated bank holding company and private equity firm focused on investing in US banks and financial services firms where she worked closely with multiple federal and state banking regulators. Prior to this, Alison was the Chief Financial Officer of Barclays Global Investors (now BlackRock), the world’s largest institutional investment firm with more than $1.5 trillion of assets under management. Earlier in her career, Alison spent 14 years as a strategy consultant and advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs, boards, and executive teams with McKinsey & Company, and as a practice leader with A.T. Kearney where she built and led the global Financial Services Practice.
Alison is active in the community, supporting non-profits and social enterprises as a board director, fundraiser, and volunteer. She has been frequently named a “Most Influential Women in Business” by the San Francisco Business Times. She received a B.A. Honors and a Master’s in Economics from Cambridge University in England, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business after completing the first-year at Harvard. She was born in Sheffield, England, is now a dual US/UK citizen and has lived for the last 25 years in the San Francisco Bay Area where she raised her family with her husband, Matthew C. Le Merle.

Matthew Le Merle
Managing Partner
Blockchain Coinvestor
Launched in 2014, Blockchain Coinvestors’ goal is to provide broad coverage of the emerging unicorns and fastest growth blockchain companies and crypto projects.....
he strategy is now in its 9th year and has to date invested in more than 40 pure play blockchain venture funds in the Americas, Asia and Europe; and in a combined portfolio of 400+ blockchain and crypto projects including approximately 50% of all blockchain unicorns. Our funds rank in the top decile amongst all funds in their respective categories on both Pitchbook and Preqin. Headquartered in San Francisco with a presence in Grand Cayman, London, New York, Zug and Zurich, the alternative investment management firm, was co-founded by Alison Davis and Matthew Le Merle who, with Lou Kerner, also comprise the Managing Directors of Blockchain Coinvestors Acquisition Corporation 1. Matthew is also Managing Partner of Keiretsu - the most active early-stage venture investors backing over 300 companies a year.
Matthew’s career has spanned being a global strategy advisor, professional services firm leader, corporate operating executive, private equity and venture capital investor, and board director. His board work has included Chairman or Non-Executive Director roles in 15 public and private companies and active Advisory Board roles in fast growth companies. Matthew’s board experience includes a broad range of industries including Digital Content/videogames, eCommerce, Fintech/Blockchain, Business Services, Consumer and Retail.
Matthew has advised sovereign and regional economic entities on issues of innovation, entrepreneurialism and cluster growth. Clients have covered the globe from China, the EU, and the UK to the US including in his home state of California and the Bay Area/Silicon Valley.
Earlier in his career, Matthew spent 21 years as a strategy, operations and corporate finance advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs, boards and executive teams with McKinsey & Company, and as a practice leader with A.T. Kearney and Monitor Group where he led both firms’ West Coast practices and at Booz & Company. He was also a corporate executive at Gap Inc. where he was SVP strategy and corporate development and SVP global marketing.
Matthew is bestselling author (The Intelligent Investor – Silicon Valley, Blockchain Competitive Advantage, Corporate Innovation in the Fifth Era, Build your Fortune in the Fifth Era, The Ministry of Bitcoin and Second Chance) and keynote speaker. He received a B.A. (Double First) and Master’s from Christ Church, Oxford, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was born in London, UK, and is now a dual US/UK citizen and lives in San Francisco and London with his wife, Alison Davis.

Alon Shklarek
Serial entrepreneur
Impact investor
Alon Shklarek is a serial entrepreneur and impact investor, based in Boston, Vienna, and Tel Aviv Alon has founded, co-founded, and invested in over 25 businesses globally....
He’s passionate about co-creating impact at the intersection of leadership, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Whether it is his ventures in the digital health space that are improving health outcomes for thousands of patients every day, or his sustainability focused ventures such as his leading plastics recycling company that gives over 100.000 tons of plastic waste a second life every year, all his companies are focused around leading with purpose and impact.
Alon‘s mission is to inspire and enable entrepreneurs and leaders to turn their passion into businesses that improve the world. He also directly supports, and mentors selected social entrepreneurs and is an Ashoka Support Network member, the world’s leading social entrepreneurship organisation. Alon is an alum of MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MBA) and Harvard Business School (OPM). He teaches Leadership and Entrepreneurship as Guest Lecturer at MIT and is a Visiting Fellow at the MIT Innovation Initiative.

Marie Ringler
Member of Global
Leadership Group
Ashoka Europe
Marie Ringler is a member of Ashoka's Global Leadership Group, the world’s leading social entrepreneurship organization that is building an Everyone A Changemaker movement.....
Marie Ringler is leading Ashoka's work in Europe and is a member of Ashoka's Global Leadership Group. She founded Ashoka's Austrian office in 2011 and soon took over Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe. In 2015 she became one of Ashoka's Europe Directors, in 2018 she was appointed European Leader of Ashoka and a member of the Global Leadership Group in 2019.
She was born in Vienna, studied at the University of Vienna, and holds a degree from ESADE Business School, Spain and an MBA from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
In the late 90`s she helped build Public Netbase, an art institution dedicated to exploring the social implications of the internet and new technologies through the lens of art, and later became its managing director. She was elected to office as a Member of the Regional Parliament and City Council of Vienna in 2001, making her the youngest member. During her time in office, she focused on developing policy to drive innovations in society. She served on the Vienna Department of Commerce Advisory Board, initiated the city’s Open Source Software Strategy, and developed a federal policy program for Innovation. After two successful terms in office, she decided against a life-long career in politics and established Ashoka`s Austrian office in Vienna.
In her role as Director of Ashoka in Central and Eastern Europe she led Ashoka’s relaunch efforts in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Israel. As Europe Leader Ringler is advancing Ashoka’s work in over 26 country offices who support more than 700 Social Entrepreneurs (“Ashoka Fellows”). In addition, Ringler has led Ashoka’s Global Fellow Selection process in countries such as Indonesia, Nigeria, Mexico, Colombia, and the US. She is a frequent speaker focusing on Social Entrepreneurship, and building an Everyone A Changemaker world.
Ashoka is the world`s largest network of 3.600 Social Entrepreneurs, spanning across more than 90 countries, who are solving some of the world`s toughest social problems.

Neil Patel
CEO & Founder
Kabuni Venture
An experienced technology entrepreneur with a background in property and technology...
Neil has over 20 years’ experience as a founding CEO for innovative companies as well as board member of various public and private companies in the UK, Canada and Australia. He was the founder of Webidiotz, a digital marketing agency (2008-2016), the founder and CEO of One Move Technologies (2005-2008) and the founder of Madisons Estate Agents (2000-2005).
Neil completed two public listings raising over $40m for multiple projects. Currently, Kabuni is a privately held company in the UK building a vision to unlock the design potential of every human being and elevate life.
After living 11 years in Canada with his four kids and wife of 15 years, Nina Jane Patel, Neil and his family returned to the UK. A family of entrepreneurs, with a deep passion for leaving a legacy - their four kids run a charitable project - Give A Free Lunch addressing solutions to solve world hunger.

Vincent Corver
Steinway Artist,
Pianist, Composer
& Producer
Vincent Corver is an official Steinway Artist and award-winning pianist, composer & producer.....
His recordings and performances, received global, five-star acclaim from The Gramophone Magazine, BBC Music Magazine, The Guardian, The Independent, American Record Guide & others.
He has devoted much of his artistic efforts in creating a Sound Logos for luxury brands, scoring for: Qatar Airways, Vodafone, IBQ, FIFA World Cup, Rolls Royce, Ultima Collection Hotel Group, and most recently: Formula One – Sauber Racing, where he positioned a Concert Grand Piano on the Formula One Racing Circuit, meticulously recording the sounds of the Formula One car, and transforming them into a musical instrument.

Philip Meschke
Investment Director
Moonfare
Philip spent his career selecting and investing in a range of private market funds on behalf of some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated institutional investors....
Most recently, Philip was an investment professional at StepStone Group, one of the leading private markets firms, focusing on fund investments, secondaries and co-investments.
Philip started his career at Hamilton Lane, where he covered European private equity investments.

Margareta McConnell
Senior Partnerships Manager
Moonfare
Mararet works closely with Family Offices across the DACH region to build portfolios and provide access to top-quality private market investments opportunities....
Before Moonfare she worked as a senior private equity product specialist for UHNW and Family Offices at Credit Suisse and worked closely with the Young Investor Organisation, spearheading the Global Next Generation Report.
Molly has an MBA from INSEAD and started her career in development finance.

Alex Brown
Head of Corporate Development
Vita Inclinata Technologies, Inc.
Prior to joining Vita Inclinata as the Head of Corporate Development, Alex worked across several industries including Commercial Logistics, Government Contracting, Telecom, Aerospace, and the US Military......
Before entering the private sector Alex was an Army Officer serving as an Apache Helicopter Pilot and a Special Forces (Green Beret) Commander. He had several deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Africa, earning decorations for valor and combat service.
Entering the private sector Alex joined Zayo Group, serving in leadership roles over four Telecom products, sales, and talent development organizations. He led operations for a $100M Colocation Product Group, managed $20M+ infrastructure deals, created a sales team for a growing San Francisco market, and managed integrations during and after Zayo’s IPO. Alex moved to aerospace, joining Boom Supersonic as their Head of Business and People Operations. He led the Series B Startup recruiting effort, growing from 30 to 130 employees; he conducted site selection, planning, overhaul, and the company move to a new hangar headquarters in where Boom would manufacture the first fully commercial supersonic experimental jet aircraft.
Alex was drawn back into the Defense sector, joining FRDA as a Vice President, and ultimately the Chief Operating Officer focusing on supporting the International Intelligence Community through classified programs. Alex then co-founded Minturn Group to continue supporting Government and sensitive commercial clients with international logistics and operational support for critical missions. After admiring their progress for a year, he joined Vita Inclinata in 2022 to help accelerate their mission, using innovative technology to prevent all unnecessary deaths during search and rescue operations, and on industrial work-sites.
Alex graduated from The Johns Hopkins University with a BA in Political Science and earned his MBA at Georgetown University. He lives in Vail, Colorado with his wife and two very busy toddler boys.

Lilia Wernli
Co-founder, CEO
Maxwer Group AG
Lilia Wernli is a Co-founder and CEO of Maxwer Group AG which provides alternative tailor-made trade financing solutions for sustainable commodity supply chains by attracting private and institutional investors to allocate their capital at good margins with low risks.....
Together with creating commercial value for all the stakeholders, Maxwer Group is also focused on Impact Values by supporting commodity SMEs on the way to the smooth transition to green energy.
Before establishing Maxwer Group she spent almost 20 years in the commodity trading business, out of which last 8 years on executive positions, where she was responsible for setting up Swiss-based export sales and operations business for commodity production companies and held seats in the management committees and Boards of Directors.
She is a Founder of the Charity Fund “In Bono Veritas” which provides medical and educational support to disabled children and children without parents.
Lilia holds a Master of Arts degree in Philology and is currently studying Executive Management (Technology and Leadership) at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and University of Sankt Gallen (HSG).
She is an active speaker and panelist at the commodity and trade finance conferences all over the world. Her motto: “Do not tell me that it is impossible. Let us think and discuss how to make it possible”.

Thijs Jochems
KeyQ Advisors BV
Thijs Jochems is a highly innovative thinker with respect to investments and economics.....
He is well known for his out of the box insights in these areas. Thijs also invests privately in activities such as economic modelling, renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and gamification.
Thijs has served, and still serves, as a member of many institutional Investor and family office Advisory / Investment Boards. Over the last decade alone he has advised on well over Euro 150 bn in assets. Thijs previously worked in Investment Banking, amongst others as CEO of Credit Suisse Group Benelux.
Prior to this he held CIO positions at Credit Lyonnais and Achmea Asset Management where he managed well over Euro 50 bn across all assets globally. Thijs is also an Executive Lecturer in Asset Management, Non-traditional Risk Management, ESG and Strategy, and a columnist for a Dutch Financial magazine.
He is a regular speaker at investment-related events. Thijs holds an MSc in economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam and is fluent in English, German, French and Dutch”

Dr.med. Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo
Leiterin der wissenschaftlichen Abteilung
Buchinger Wilhelmi Klinik
Die 1953 in Genf geborene Dr. med. Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo leitet die wissenschaftliche Abteilung von Buchinger Wilhelmi.....
Sie ist verantwortlich für das medizinische Konzept der beiden Kliniken in Überlingen und Marbella und Vorsitzende der Maria Buchinger Foundation.
Ihr Medizinstudium absolviert sie in Genf. 1990 promoviert sie in Basel über „Methodische Probleme bei der Beurteilung des Vitaminhaushaltes im Fasten“.
1982 heiratet sie Raimund Wilhelmi, den sie bei einem Fastenaufenthalt in der Überlinger Klinik kennenlernt.
1986 gründet sie mit Kolleginnen und Kollegen die Ärztegesellschaft Heilfasten und Ernährung e. V., deren erste Vorsitzende sie heute ist (aerztegesellschaft-heilfasten.de).
In langjähriger Arbeit setzt sich Dr. Wilhelmi de Toledo für die Weiterentwicklung und wissenschaftliche Dokumentation der Fastentherapie und der integrativen Medizin ein und koordiniert die Verfassung von Leitlinien zum Fasten. Auf verschiedenen Feldern der Fastenforschung entwickelt sie internationale Kooperationen mit anderen Kliniken und Universitäten (beispielsweise mit der Charité in Berlin und dem CNRS in Straßburg) sowie dem Longevity Institute der University of Southern California (USC).
Dr. Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo hat zahlreiche Publikationen veröffentlicht u. a. das in vier Sprachen erschienene Buch „Die Kunst des Fastens“, und gilt als eine der angesehensten Fastenexpertinnen weltweit. Das Fasten entdeckt sie bereits als Achtzehnjährige für sich, seitdem fastet sie jährlich.
Seit 1996 begleitet sie regelmäßig die Exerzitien in der Christlichen Communauté de Grandchamp in der Schweiz.

Leonard Wilhelmi
Geschäftsführer
Buchinger Wilhelmi Klinik
Als jüngerer der beiden Söhne von Dr. Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo und Raimund Wilhelmi wird Leonard Wilhelmi 1987 in Scherzingen im Kanton Thurgau/Schweiz geboren. .....
Nach dem Abitur an der Internatsschule Schloss Salem absolviert er sein Masterstudium in International Business Management an der Universität St. Gallen (HSG) und schließt es nach einem Auslandssemester an der University of Southern California in San Diego erfolgreich ab.
An der Universität St. Gallen ist Leonard Wilhelmi Gründungspräsident des Family Business Clubs, der sich zum Ziel gesetzt hat, einen Austausch zwischen Studierenden der Universität St. Gallen und Familienunternehmen zu fördern. 2013 gewinnt er zusammen mit einem Kommilitonen für das gemeinsame Startup „Gartengold“ einen Award des Innovationsforums Startfeld im Bereich „Social Enterprise“. Gartengold produziert bis heute in Zusammenarbeit mit benachteiligten Menschen und Menschen mit Behinderung Apfelsaft aus Äpfeln von unbewirtschafteten Bäumen in der Ostschweiz.
Nach verschiedenen Praktika, u. a. in einer internationalen Unternehmensberatung, arbeitet er ab 2015 in einem börsennotierten Telekommunikationsunternehmen.
2017 beginnt Leonard Wilhelmi im Management der elterlichen Klinik Buchinger Wilhelmi Bodensee zu arbeiten.
Zum 1. März 2019 übernimmt Leonard Wilhelmi die Aufgaben als Geschäftsführer der Klinik Buchinger Wilhelmi am Bodensee. Die Leitung der renommierten Fastenklinik am Bodensee geht damit auch in die vierte Familiengeneration über.
Im Juli 2020 kommt die Tochter von Leonard Wilhelmi und Lebensgefährtin Maureen – Josephine Wilhelmi – zur Welt.

Yassir Benjelloun Touimi
Co-Founder, CEO
ARTEX
Yassir brings 20+ years of investment banking experience. He has held prominent roles in London powerhouses such as BNP Paribas, BAML, and UBS. .....
Prior to founding ARTEX, Yassir successfully set up two similar ventures: ITRAXX at BNP Paribas, the first liquid credit index family and the most traded product in credit in 2020. The UBS PIN CDS platform took UBS to top ranks in CDS houses within a short timeframe.

Neil Brown
Head of Equities
GIB Asset Management
Neil is the Head of Equities at GIB Asset Management and has overall responsibility for GIB’s equity capabilities.....
Neil joined GIB Asset Management from Liontrust, where he was a Partner and Lead Fund Manager on the highly successful Sustainable Future team.
Neil has pioneered the integration of sustainability into investment for more than 18 years, including as Head of Responsible Investment at Threadneedle Asset Management and as Fund Manager at Alliance Trust and Aviva Investors.
Neil graduated with an MSc in Development Economics from SOAS University of London and a BA degree in Economics from the University of Manchester.

Piet Jansen
Managing Director
Yes We Can Healthcare Group
Yes We Can Youth Clinics is recognised as the world-leading treatment centre for 13-25 year olds suffering from a wide array of mental health issues...
...addictions and related behavioural disorders. With a global reputation for excellence and the highest staff to client ratio in Europe (400+ staff vs 170 beds) over 8,000 young people have been through the Yes We Can Programme and gone on to rebuild their lives.
Piet Jansen is the Managing Director at Yes We Can Youth Clinics. As a Keynote speaker at many events, he enjoys grasping the attention of any audience, addressing universal issues that often resonate long after the event has passed.
Of Dutch origin, yet a true internationalist having studied International Affairs and having lived in Salamanca, London and Bordeaux, he now travels the world on behalf of Yes We Can to build a network of like-minded professionals to help as many families in need as possible. His mission is to create a world- leading environment where every young person can feel safe and be given a reason to change. “Young people getting their lives back on track motivates me to carry this message around the globe. Seeing hope and joy return in the lives of others is my raison d’être. There is nothing more powerful than seeing these apparently broken flowers reach for the sun and stand straight again in all their beauty.”

Dominik von Eynern
Family Member Partner
Blu Family Office
Dominik has more than 18 years of experience in financial derivatives, principal investment and business development............
He comes from a business family now in the 5th generation. Dominik began his career as a structured derivatives marketer for Merrill Lynch and Nomura. He has since held senior positions at a volatility strategy hedge fund and a Swiss based asset manager. Dominik became a Partner of Blu Family Office in 2013 and manages many of our strategic and business development functions.
Dominik holds a BA in Economics from the University of Augsburg (1997) and a Masters in Financial Engineering from the Goethe University in Frankfurt (2000).

Ankit Bengani
Principal & Director
Marwar Capital
Ankit is the Principal & Director at Marwar Capital, where he leads the global investment efforts for the family.....
Marwar Capital is the single-family investment office of the Bengani Group and as a family office it’s been investing into Indian alternatives markets since 1998 and since 2009 have been gradually investing in funds selectively in US & Asian markets.
The family owned business conglomerate has a continued history of over a century in conducting businesses across various sectors worldwide, while adhering to the highest standards of trust, ethics & integrity.
Prior to Marwar, Ankit spent over 14 years gaining knowledge in the financial & capital markets by working with firms like Samena Capital as head of global fund raising, Motilal Oswal as head of international business and Kotak Investment Banking.
Ankit holds a Finance degree from H. R. College of Commerce, Mumbai and post-graduate degree in Business Management from University of Mumbai.
Ankit is been active in various social & philanthropic interests of the family, while also assisting in the education and healthcare focussed welfare activities in rural Rajasthan and Maharashtra.

Manuel Nordeste
Business Development
Fidelity Digital Assets
Manuel Nordeste joined Fidelity Digital AssetsSM in 2020 as a Director and leads Business Development activity outside of the United States.....
He is responsible for ensuring that commercial, client acquisition, and product strategies continue to support a rapidly growing international client base.
Before joining Fidelity, Manuel served as an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs, where he ran the Market Solutions group in Europe, managing infrastructure and FinTech partnerships.
Manuel earned his Master of Engineering degree in Software Engineering from the University of Southampton.

Angela de Giacomo
Board Member
Family Officer (Asia)
Angela is Chief Investment Officer at eValue AG, the Single-Family Office of the serial tech entrepreneur Thomas Falk.....
Prior to that Angela was the Head of an American Indian Family Office (2013 to 2021). The family she worked for is the Bissell Family, the promoter family of Fabindia, one of India’s most ethical retail chains.
Before joining the Family Office world and serving as Board Member, Angela spent seven years working with KPMG as a certified German tax advisor (Steuerberater, M&A Tax).
Angela was selected as Top 40 under 40 by Capital in 2019 and was selected as Top 100 women in Germany by Focus in 2020.”

Dr. Rob Konrad Maciejewski
Co-Founder and CEO
Biolytica
As a health enthusiast and lifelong tech geek, Dr. Rob Konrad Maciejewski believes that the more you know about your body, the more you can improve your health and wellbeing.....
With his company Biolytica, he is currently developing solutions and programs to help others do exactly that.
Since starting his own company at the age of 15, he has accumulated over 20 years’ worth of experience in the fields of entrepreneurship, strategic consulting, and international management. After consulting for some of the leading health and pharmaceutical companies during his time with one of the BIG4 professional services firms, he co-founded a software development company and was CEO of two renowned enterprises in the international health insurance and health management fields.
He believes that it is time to rethink health, and that’s what Biolytica is focusing on.
Biolytica NEXUS, the revolutionary health data platform, allows insights into the unique health of every person – using the power of data and advanced analytics.
Using modern deep learning techniques, Biolytica has created a novel way to leverage health data to unlock the potential to human longevity... One precise and personalised journey at a time, because every health journey is unique.
As a fully integrated dashboard it allows clinics, doctors and other healthcare professionals as well as their clients and patients to decode and address the complexities of human ageing, allowing for truly personalised preventive health optimization. The Biolytica platform combines and contextualises genomics, pharmacogenomics, epigenetics, biomarkers, wearable device data, together with phenotypic data including lifestyle and diet monitoring to allow new insights into human health from a holistic perspective; integrating contextual data, relationships and mind – changing how we look at health data, and allowing for truly personalised health optimization strategies.
Rob holds a doctorate in Public Healthcare Management with focus on wearable device data.

Peter Oszkó, Dr.
Managing Partner
OXO Holdings
Peter Oszkó is a former Big4 Managing Partner and technocrat Finance Minister of Hungary, currently managing listed European tech investor group, based in Rotterdam and Budapest.....
Peter joined Deloitte as partner in 2004, nominated as country Managing Partner in 2007, at the same time also took the leadership of Deloitte advisory business units in the former Yugoslav countries. In the same year nominated and selected for the title of Young Manager of the Year in Hungary.
Partly as a result of various public activities, was invited into the technocrat government of Hungary for a one-year crisis management job in 2009. As a Finance Minister involved in a fiscal adjustment of about 4% of the GDP in one year, including pension reform, the financing of local municipalities and the restructuring of the tax system as well. Managed to bring back Hungary to market based financing and not to use the inherited IMF/EU financed loan facility. Also represented the government on specific projects and acquisitions in the energy sector.
From the second half of 2010 started new professional activity in the emerging Hungarian venture capital industry. Took the leadership of the VC subsidiary of OTP group. In two years, involved other LPs besides OTP, launched two new VC funds and increased the size of managed assets to EUR 100 million, while managed to exit from the first investments at spectacular valuations.
Left OTP group in 2014 to launch independent regional VC firm with various LPs from the tech and financial sector under its own brand, OXO. Formed OXO Technologies Holding as a tech investor group active in the early and growth stage while executing buyout deals as well. OXO group also includes a property investment and an advisory business line and is also active in the creative and cultural industries as well as tourism and leisure besides the tech investments. In the core tech segment, the group currently manages an asset value of EUR 150 million and is listed on the Budapest Stock Exchange.

Richard Illes
Investment Director
OXO Holdings
Richard started working with startups as an investment manager, analyzed more than 50 seed stage companies and has worked with up to fifteen startups as a board member....
He is a really communal person, strong to build his community and relationships. He has a personal interest in fintech and greentech fields.
As Investment Director he is building a pan-european network for OXO Group and investing in innovative technological startups in the field of cleantech agritech."

Ashley Senior
VP institutional Sales
Genesis Global Trading, Inc
Ashley is a Vice President of Sales for EMEA based in London.....
He is responsible for accelerating Genesis’ client acquisition and revenue expansion strategy within the region.
Prior to Genesis, Ashley was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs within Global Markets. He worked on the Listed Derivatives desk within FICC, covering primarily hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds and the MENA region.
Prior to his time in Global Markets, Ashley worked within the Asset Management business of Goldman Sachs, focusing primarily on Emerging Markets Fixed Income.

Matthias Real
Leiter Privatkunden und Single Family Offices
SEBA Bank AG
Matthias Real verbrachte den Grossteil seiner inzwischen über 20 Jahre in der Finanzindustrie im traditionellen Private Banking bei der Bank Julius Bär....
....davon deren zwei in Los Angeles und sieben in Singapur. In seinen leitenden Funktionen im Privat- wie auch im Firmenkundengeschäft schärfte er seine Sicht auf sowohl lokal wie auch global dominierenden Themen in der Finanzwelt; seit 2016 auch die sich rasant schnell Entwicklungen am Krypto-Markt. Im Juni 2021 stiess er zur SEBA Bank als Senior Product Sales im Bereich Investment Solutions, wo er die hauseigenen Finanzprodukte mit Kryptowährungen als Basisreferenz emittiert und verkauft hat. Per März 2022 wurde er zum neuen Leiter des Privatkundengeschäfts befördert, welches er nun aus dem Firmenhauptsitz in Zug leitet. Dabei gilt der Fokus von Matthias und seinem Team auf Kunden, welche in Europa, der Karibik oder in Lateinamerika domiziliert sind.