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Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies. Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skype acquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry. Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics.
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Cameron Winklevoss
Cameron Winklevoss is the Co-founder and President of Gemini, a next-generation Bitcoin exchange. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Economics and earned an MBA from Oxford University. In 2008, he represented the United States at the Olympics Games in Beijing, China, where he placed 6th. Since 2003, Cameron has been an angel investor and entrepreneur in emerging technologies. He began participating in the Bitcoin economy through direct investment in 2012.
Adam Dossa
Head of Technology at Polymath, Founder of Enclaves DEX, Smart Contract Auditor and FinTech / Machine Learning Hacker. Passionate about blockchain technologies and deeply involved in the blockchain community and technology. 13 years experience in technology within the financial sector as a developer, manager and leader. In-depth knowledge of Fixed Income products, including interest rate swaps, path-dependent options, hybrid derivatives, emerging market products and structured notes. Experience across many functional areas of Fixed Income, including risk, pricing, regulatory change, operational processing, settlement, clearing, compression and trade lifecycle. Experience across a wide range of languages and technologies including Solidity, node.js, A+ (APL derivative), C++, Java, Scala, Objective-C / iOS, Python, Perl, Matlab, R, OCAML, SQL, Weka and MQ. Recent masters in Machine Learning from Columbia University (4.0 GPA). Worked at a senior leadership level whilst maintaining a very hands-on approach. Successfully managed a large global development team coordinating across multiple projects and clients. Widely recognised as being a team leader who is reliable, able to drive innovative solutions, deliver individually and within a team, and very focused on execution.
Edward Laws
Edward Laws is the Chief Operating Officer at Valence and AliceNet.He graduated from the University of Birmingham and Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
Tony Cheng
Tony Cheng, formerly General Partner at Foresight Ventures, covers investments in Web3 for the firm. Tony is convinced that blockchain will bring about a paradigm shift in innovation. Previously an investor at Sequoia Capital China and 3G Capital, Tony is also experienced in assessing traditional business models such as fintech, SaaS, and consumer internet. Tony has also worked as a consultant at Oliver Wyman after obtaining his Master's degree from Sa?d Business School, University of Oxford.
William Xu
William Xu is the Co-founder and CEO at Dmaster Labs.It's core product is BTCDomain.Previously, he worked at Bitmain and CICC.William Xu graduated from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Peking University, Oxford University.
Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato
Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato is the COO of Zama. He is a graduate of the University of Phoenix, Lincoln University, Harvard University and Said Business School, Oxford University.
Jiahao Sun
Jiahao Sun is CEO of FLock.io and was previously a researcher at Imperial College London and Director of Artificial Intelligence at Royal Bank of Canada. He graduated from the University of Liverpool and the University of Oxford.
Mihee Park
Mihee Park has over 30 years of work experience. Mihee began their career in 1991 as an Officer at Kyongnam Bank. In 1998, they became a Consultant at Korea M&A Corporation, where their main responsibilities included M&A Advisory. Mihee then moved on to Arthur Andersen in 1999 as a Senior Consultant. In 2002, they joined C&P Consulting as a Manager. From 2005 to 2018, they worked at Sibelco Group, where they held the roles of Chief Financial Officer - Asia, Vice President Corporate - Asia, Senior Corporate Finance Manager - Asia, Interim General Manager - Korea, and Integration Manager. In 2018, they joined Zilliqa as the Chief Financial Officer, where they worked on a high-performance, high-security blockchain platform for enterprises and next-generation applications. In 2022, they joined Big Time Studios as the Chief Financial Officer. Mihee Park attended the University of Washington from 1994 to 1997, where they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management. Mihee then attended the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford from 2017 to 2018, where they obtained a Certificate in Fintech. In March 2018, they also obtained the Oxford Fintech Programme certification from the University of Oxford Saïd Business School.
Michael Bentley
Michael Bentley is the CEO of Euler XYZ. He was previously a Postdoctoral Research Associate at UCL and a Post-Doc in Mathematical Biology at the University of Oxford.
Max Chamberlin
Max Chamberlin is co-founder and CEO of Bitfinity Network and previously was Chief Technology Officer at Chi Pay and a data scientist at Credit Suisse. He has a master's degree in machine learning from Cambridge University.