Team
Our Team
Dr. Sreejith Das Ph.D
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Sreejith Das Ph.D
Chief Executive Officer
Sreejith is a financial specialist with decades of experience in the wholesale capital markets. Part of a small team that successfully obtained a new UK banking license, one of the first to be granted in over a hundred years, he is skilled at building and developing multi-billion dollar investment corporations. He holds a Ph.D in applied mathematics, and has a keen interest in technology and the changes it can bring to society.
Jim McDonald
Chief Technology Officer
Jim McDonald
Chief Technology Officer
Jim has worked on internet infrastructure for over 30 years, including running one of the first public access internet services. He has worked on hardware and software, in startups and multinationals, in technical, management and leadership roles. His current focus is on Ethereum staking, decentralized infrastructure, and advanced validator strategies.
Robert Olsen
Chief Commercial Officer
Robert Olsen
Chief Commercial Officer
Robert has over 30 years of sales and marketing experience in a wide variety of roles. Since 2012 Robert has focussed his attention on the digital asset space, and was an early pioneer in Ethereum. Through his extensive network of friends and colleagues he has helped a large number of startups to establish connections that have greatly assisted their growth.
Gary Rowe
Chief Development Officer
Gary Rowe
Chief Development Officer
With over 30 years developing software Gary has worked in many fields and on lots of projects. He has been active in the crypto ecosystem since early 2011 with the development of the popular MultiBit Bitcoin wallet and several open source libraries. He has advised large financial organizations on their blockchain strategies and guided their implementation and operations.
Dr. Steve Berryman Ph.D
Chief Business Officer
Dr. Steve Berryman Ph.D
Chief Business Officer
A highly motivated professional with over 25 years' software engineering experience within the financial industry, Steve has a degree and a Ph.D in Computer Science. He has worked for tier one investment banks across the globe, where his main focus has been on cutting edge derivatives and software to price and manage their risk. Steve is responsible for running one of the largest Ethereum validating infrastructures in the world, and is working with institutional financial firms to make Ethereum staking more accessible to everyone.
Dr. Numaan Ahmed Ph.D
Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
Dr. Numaan Ahmed Ph.D
Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
Numaan has worked in the Risk and Compliance space for over 10 years, including a role as a Chief Risk and Compliance Officer (SMF16/17) at a hedge fund. He has a Ph.D in Computational Chemistry obtained from University College London. Numaan has primarily worked in asset management and private banking covering all asset classes from equities to alternatives. His focus has been investment, operational and regulatory risk. In addition to this he has developed automated performance reporting and strategic business analysis for senior management oversight of all financial products.
Gary Russell
Chief Operating Officer
Gary Russell
Chief Operating Officer
Gary's career in finance has spanned over 30 years. During this time he has headed up the operations of a multi-billion dollar investment manager dealing in both funded and synthetic securities. More recently within Treasury he managed the financing and hedging requirements of a number of funds. His experience of both front and back offices has given him a rare insight into end-to-end processing, the benefits/challenges of automation and the changing regulatory environment.
Ian Chapman
IT Infrastructure Engineer
Ian Chapman
IT Infrastructure Engineer
Ian has over 30 years experience as a Unix/Linux Systems Administrator and Database Administrator. His previous role was as the Global SA/DBA lead of a key Risk management system for a Tier 1 Investment bank. His focus is on performance management and tuning, security and resilience within distributed systems.
Dr. Colin Lewis Ph.D
IT Infrastructure Architect
Dr. Colin Lewis Ph.D
IT Infrastructure Architect
Colin has been involved with the IT industry for many years. He has gained a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a PhD in Software Engineering. Over his long career he has specialised in designing, developing and ultimately managing large scale software financial infrastructures for tier one investment banks.
Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Ph.D
Software Engineer
Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Ph.D
Software Engineer
Ahmed has over 10 years of experience in data science and software development. He obtained a PhD in Bioinformatics from Kyoto University. Ahmed worked as a biomedical researcher focusing on deriving insights from large genomics data. With his interest in Blockchain technologies since 2017, he is keen to apply his skills in the field.
Henry Price
Quantitative Researcher and Digital Asset Risk
Henry Price
Quantitative Researcher and Digital Asset Risk
Henry is currently a research postgraduate associated with the Theoretical Physics group at Imperial College London. He has been researching cryptocurrency since 2015 while spotting parallels in Quantum Gravity. Henry has obtained degrees in Physics with Theoretical Physics also Mathematics and Financial modelling.
Dr. Sreejith Das Ph.D
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Sreejith Das Ph.D
Chief Executive Officer
Sreejith is a financial specialist with decades of experience in the wholesale capital markets. Part of a small team that successfully obtained a new UK banking license, one of the first to be granted in over a hundred years, he is skilled at building and developing multi-billion dollar investment corporations. He holds a Ph.D in applied mathematics, and has a keen interest in technology and the changes it can bring to society.
Robert Olsen
Chief Commercial Officer
Robert Olsen
Chief Commercial Officer
Robert has over 30 years of sales and marketing experience in a wide variety of roles. Since 2012 Robert has focussed his attention on the digital asset space, and was an early pioneer in Ethereum. Through his extensive network of friends and colleagues he has helped a large number of startups to establish connections that have greatly assisted their growth.
Dr. Steve Berryman Ph.D
Chief Business Officer
Dr. Steve Berryman Ph.D
Chief Business Officer
A highly motivated professional with over 25 years' software engineering experience within the financial industry, Steve has a degree and a Ph.D in Computer Science. He has worked for tier one investment banks across the globe, where his main focus has been on cutting edge derivatives and software to price and manage their risk. Steve is responsible for running one of the largest Ethereum validating infrastructures in the world, and is working with institutional financial firms to make Ethereum staking more accessible to everyone.
Gary Russell
Chief Operating Officer
Gary Russell
Chief Operating Officer
Gary's career in finance has spanned over 30 years. During this time he has headed up the operations of a multi-billion dollar investment manager dealing in both funded and synthetic securities. More recently within Treasury he managed the financing and hedging requirements of a number of funds. His experience of both front and back offices has given him a rare insight into end-to-end processing, the benefits/challenges of automation and the changing regulatory environment.
Dr. Colin Lewis Ph.D
IT Infrastructure Architect
Dr. Colin Lewis Ph.D
IT Infrastructure Architect
Colin has been involved with the IT industry for many years. He has gained a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a PhD in Software Engineering. Over his long career he has specialised in designing, developing and ultimately managing large scale software financial infrastructures for tier one investment banks.
Henry Price
Quantitative Researcher and Digital Asset Risk
Henry Price
Quantitative Researcher and Digital Asset Risk
Henry is currently a research postgraduate associated with the Theoretical Physics group at Imperial College London. He has been researching cryptocurrency since 2015 while spotting parallels in Quantum Gravity. Henry has obtained degrees in Physics with Theoretical Physics also Mathematics and Financial modelling.
Jim McDonald
Chief Technology Officer
Jim McDonald
Chief Technology Officer
Jim has worked on internet infrastructure for over 30 years, including running one of the first public access internet services. He has worked on hardware and software, in startups and multinationals, in technical, management and leadership roles. His current focus is on Ethereum staking, decentralized infrastructure, and advanced validator strategies.
Gary Rowe
Chief Development Officer
Gary Rowe
Chief Development Officer
With over 30 years developing software Gary has worked in many fields and on lots of projects. He has been active in the crypto ecosystem since early 2011 with the development of the popular MultiBit Bitcoin wallet and several open source libraries. He has advised large financial organizations on their blockchain strategies and guided their implementation and operations.
Dr. Numaan Ahmed Ph.D
Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
Dr. Numaan Ahmed Ph.D
Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
Numaan has worked in the Risk and Compliance space for over 10 years, including a role as a Chief Risk and Compliance Officer (SMF16/17) at a hedge fund. He has a Ph.D in Computational Chemistry obtained from University College London. Numaan has primarily worked in asset management and private banking covering all asset classes from equities to alternatives. His focus has been investment, operational and regulatory risk. In addition to this he has developed automated performance reporting and strategic business analysis for senior management oversight of all financial products.
Ian Chapman
IT Infrastructure Engineer
Ian Chapman
IT Infrastructure Engineer
Ian has over 30 years experience as a Unix/Linux Systems Administrator and Database Administrator. His previous role was as the Global SA/DBA lead of a key Risk management system for a Tier 1 Investment bank. His focus is on performance management and tuning, security and resilience within distributed systems.
Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Ph.D
Software Engineer
Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Ph.D
Software Engineer
Ahmed has over 10 years of experience in data science and software development. He obtained a PhD in Bioinformatics from Kyoto University. Ahmed worked as a biomedical researcher focusing on deriving insights from large genomics data. With his interest in Blockchain technologies since 2017, he is keen to apply his skills in the field.
Our Advisors
James Burnie
Legal Advisor
James Burnie
Legal Advisor
James is a regulatory specialist partner at law firm gunnercooke advising blockchain, digital asset and FinTech enterprises. He lectures on FinTech, is co-author of both the RegTech and PayTech books, and has published articles on blockchain with the Journal of International Banking and Financial Law. A recognised expert in the field, James has given evidence to the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain and Cryptoassets, and is a named contributor to the UKJT legal statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts.
Tim Lowe
Strategic Advisor
Tim Lowe
Strategic Advisor
Tim is a senior technology manager with 20 years experience building front office trading systems for leading financial institutions including JPMorgan, State Street and Royal Bank of Scotland. For the last 7 years he has been working with leading digital asset companies building enterprise and institutional products, primarily on the Ethereum and Filecoin blockchains.
Dr. Tyler Smith Ph.D
Strategic Advisor
Dr. Tyler Smith Ph.D
Strategic Advisor
Tyler is a globally recognized expert in the application of blockchain technology. His involvement in the crypto-space dates back to 2012, and in 2014 the Ethereum announcement by Vitalik at the Miami Bitcoin Conference convinced Tyler to devote the rest of his career to building the decentralized ecosystem. Before crypto, his early career was spent finding oil and gas all around the world as an exploration geophysicist for BHP.
Ben Whitby
Strategic Advisor
Ben Whitby
Strategic Advisor
Ben is a wholesale finance compliance specialist with over 20 years of industry experience. He has been focused on adoption of cryptoassets into both consumer and wholesale finance since 2013. Ben works closely with major regulators, has spent time with HSBC, PwC and Accenture, and built the world's first Interest Rate Swap Trading Platform: Swapstream.
James Burnie
Legal Advisor
James Burnie
Legal Advisor
James is a regulatory specialist partner at law firm gunnercooke advising blockchain, digital asset and FinTech enterprises. He lectures on FinTech, is co-author of both the RegTech and PayTech books, and has published articles on blockchain with the Journal of International Banking and Financial Law. A recognised expert in the field, James has given evidence to the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain and Cryptoassets, and is a named contributor to the UKJT legal statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts.
Dr. Tyler Smith Ph.D
Strategic Advisor
Dr. Tyler Smith Ph.D
Strategic Advisor
Tyler is a globally recognized expert in the application of blockchain technology. His involvement in the crypto-space dates back to 2012, and in 2014 the Ethereum announcement by Vitalik at the Miami Bitcoin Conference convinced Tyler to devote the rest of his career to building the decentralized ecosystem. Before crypto, his early career was spent finding oil and gas all around the world as an exploration geophysicist for BHP.
Tim Lowe
Strategic Advisor
Tim Lowe
Strategic Advisor
Tim is a senior technology manager with 20 years experience building front office trading systems for leading financial institutions including JPMorgan, State Street and Royal Bank of Scotland. For the last 7 years he has been working with leading digital asset companies building enterprise and institutional products, primarily on the Ethereum and Filecoin blockchains.
Ben Whitby
Strategic Advisor
Ben Whitby
Strategic Advisor
Ben is a wholesale finance compliance specialist with over 20 years of industry experience. He has been focused on adoption of cryptoassets into both consumer and wholesale finance since 2013. Ben works closely with major regulators, has spent time with HSBC, PwC and Accenture, and built the world's first Interest Rate Swap Trading Platform: Swapstream.