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Miha Miklic is the Chief Technology Officer of Bitstamp. He has over a decade of experience in software development, strategic planning, and team leadership. Prior to her role as CTO, Miha Miklic served as Deputy CTO of Bitstamp, where she led several major technology initiatives that improved Bitstamp's operational efficiency and pioneered key fintech innovations.
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JB Graftieaux
JB Graftieaux is the CEO of Bitstamp. Before that he was an executive director at eBay. He was also previously an executive officer and chief compliance officer for the EMEA region at PayPal. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Babson College.
James Kow
James Kow is head of business development at Bitstamp. Before that he was an executive director at State Street Bank. He was also the head of foreign exchange e-commerce sales at Citibank and he worked at Bloomberg. He graduated from the National University of Singapore.
Uroš Brinovec
UrošBrinovec is the head of product legal at Bitstamp. He graduated from the Law School of the University of Ljubljana.
Geoffrey Dedye
Geoffrey Dedye is chief compliance officer for Europe at Bitstamp and previously was chief compliance officer at eBay. He was also previously PayPal's EU compliance manager. Geoffrey Dedye is a seasoned Chief Compliance Officer and anti-money laundering and CTF professional with over 20 years of experience in the global finance sector.
Dan Morehead
Dan Morehead is the CEO of Pantera Capital, an investment firm focused exclusively on digital currency and blockchain technology. He also sits on the Board of Directors at Bitstamp, one of the world's largest Bitcoin exchanges. Previously, Morehead held senior roles at Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and Tiger Management.
Nejc Kodric
Nejc Kodrič is the co-founder and CEO of Bitstamp, an online cryptocurrency exchange. Bitstamp was the first fully licensed cryptocurrency exchange in the EU and has been growing rapidly since its founding in 2011. Kodrič has been involved with Bitcoin since 2011 and speaks at cryptocurrency conferences worldwide.
Julian Sawyer
Julian Sawyer is the CEO of Zodia Custody, the former CEO at Bitstamp and a co-founder of Starling Bank. He was formerly the Managing Director of the UK and Europe at Gemini and Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Starling, where he led it through periods of hyper growth, including scaling its app which has recently reached one million customers. Starling Bank is one of the largest mobile banks disrupting the retail banking sector in the United Kingdom (UK). Julian also oversaw Starling's business operations, including payment systems, card operations, and customer support. Prior to this, he started Bluerock Consulting, a financial management consultancy which he sold in 2012. Over the past 20 years, he has worked in high-growth financial services organizations, including as a management consultant at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and Ernst & Young, where he specialized in large-scale transformation in the cards and payments industry. Europe is the birthplace of modern financial markets and the UK has been a global financial capital of innovation for hundreds of years. The concept of thoughtful regulation was first developed from the lessons learned in these markets over centuries.
Damijan Merlak
Damijan Merlak is the co-founder and CTO of Bitstamp.
Hunter Merghart
Hunter Merghart is the COO at Millennium Digital Assets, Venture Partner at Castle Island Ventures. Previously Head of US at Bitstamp, Head Of Trading at Coinbase, US Equity Trading Director at Barclays, Cash Equity Trader at CreditSuisse.
Nejc Bizjak
Nejc Bizjak is the head of strategy and business operations at Bitstamp. He also previously worked at Deloitte. He graduated from the University of Ljubljana and holds a Master's degree in Law from the University.