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Lorny Pfeifer is the Grants Lead at Safe and was previously the community Manager for NEAR Protocol.
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Simon Wu
Simon Wu is the co-founder of Meex and formerly served as the chief security officer of Huobi.
Vanessa Grellet
Vanessa Grellet is a managing partner at Aglaé Ventures and was previously head of portfolio growth at CoinFund and executive director at ConsenSys. Prior to joining ConsenSys, she was the CEO of IIH, an innovative Wealth Management firm, a key member of PwC's global wealth management team, and a Corporate Strategy Executive for the NYSE, focusing on M&A.
Adam Karren
Adam Karren is the co-founder and CPO of Exchange Art and previously worked at Pricewaterhousecoopers. He graduated from Indiana University.
Zirui Zhang
Rui co-founded gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC) at the beginning of 2018. Through gCC, he invested in the early rounds of companies and protocols, such as OpenSea, Qredo, YGG, 1Inch, Agoric, and Celsius. Recently, he launched the $110 million gCC Fund II, continuously investing in the early-stage blockchain and crypto sector. Before gCC, Rui led the global investment of gumi Group, investing in gaming, social media, VR&AR markets. His successful investments include inXile (acquired by Microsoft), Beat Games (via VR Fund, acquired by Facebook), and Theta Network. Rui also had a successful entrepreneurial experience before entering the VC industry. After around seven years of banking and consulting firm experience in his early career, he co-founded Zenith Group Holdings, which successfully exited via acquisition.
John Ennis
John Ennis is the Ecosystem at Safe. Presively he was Business Development Lead at Gnosis.
Christoph Simmchen
Christoph Simmchen is the Co-Founder at Safe. Presively he was Legal Counsel / Syndikusrechtsanwalt at Gnosis. He graduated from Universität Heidelberg.
André Geest
Andre Geest is the director of governance at Safe and was previously a co-founder of Bubbles. He graduated from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Busselius Law School.
Robert Materazzi
Robert Materazzi is the CEO of Lukka, the leading provider of enterprise software and data for crypto middle and back office solutions. Robert has extensive experience leading product, customer, risk, marketing, and other teams. Prior to Lukka, he spent six years at PricewaterhouseCoopers leading large-scale risk, cybersecurity, and technology transformations. Before joining PwC, Robert was a Marine AH-1W Super Cobra pilot for nine years.
Lily Zhang
Lily Zhang is the CFO of Xinhuo Technology and the co-founder of D11 Labs. She was previously the CFO of Huobi. She was responsible for the US stock listing of Canaan Technology (CAN.US), worked for Guotai Junan Securities and PricewaterhouseCoopers, and has more than 10 years of experience in corporate financing, auditing, and mergers and acquisitions. Zhang Li graduated from Tsinghua University.
Shane McCann
Shane McCann is the CFO of Ortege and is a Chartered Accountant in Ireland. He was previously CFO of the Pangolin Exchange. He graduated from the University of Ulster and the University of Liverpool.