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Simon Doherty is vice president of brand at Animoca. Simon officially started at Animoca Brands in late 2021 / early 2022 as a Vice President, assisting the company and its growing ecosystem of projects in executing their vision for an open and composable meta-universe. Prior to joining Animoca Brands, Simon worked in equity capital markets and M&A advisory at Taylor Collison and Pricewaterhousecoopers, specializing in ipos, placements, reverse mergers, underwriting and more for companies across a wide range of industries. He graduated from the University of Western Australia.
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Stephan Lutz
As the Group CEO and CFO of BitMEX, Stephan Lutz lead one of the world's most innovative and trusted cryptocurrency derivatives trading platforms.
Josh Du
Josh Du is the head of Digital Asset Portfolio at Animoca, having previously served as a portfolio manager at Horizon Asset and a partner at Symphony Digital.
Jared Shaw
Jared Shaw is the chief financial officer of Animoca Brands. He was previously head of finance at emini and also served as a vice president and portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He is a graduate of New York University's Stern School of Business.
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.
Lorny Pfeifer
Lorny Pfeifer is the Grants Lead at Safe and was previously the community Manager for NEAR Protocol.
Arnoldo Concepción
Arnoldo Concepci¨®n is the CEO of Gryfyn and the COO of Animoca Brands. He graduated from The University of Chicago
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.
Gilbert Verdian
As the founder and CEO of Quant, Gilbert is focused on unlocking the power of blockchain for everyone, so as to create an empowered and interconnected world.