Marc P. Bernegger
Serial Web Entrepreneur & Fintech Investor, Senior Advisor & Ambassador Switzerland Finleap
Aged 20, Marc co-founded the party platform usgang.ch (trade sale to Axel Springer) and he is a founder of amiando (awarded by the World Economic Forum as 'Global Technology Pioneer' in 2010 - trade sale to XING). He is Ambassador Switzerland at Finleap, was partner at the listed investment company Next Generation Finance Invest (today Ayondo Holding) and venture partner of Orange Growth Capital and co-founder of Finance 2.0. Marc was awarded '100 most successful people under 40 in Switzerland' by BILANZ in 2015.
Sam Chadwick
Director of Strategy and Innovation, Thomson Reuters
Sam Chadwick is Director of Strategy and Innovation at Thomson Reuters specializing in evolving the company’s businesses in blockchain, digital identity and alternative finance. Prior to that, he was responsible for the Asia product strategy for Corporate Services based in Hong Kong and later went on to become Global Head of Business Intelligence, a $100m product line for Corporate Treasurers and Corporate Business Development professionals. Sam joined Thomson Reuters in 2006 in New York within the product marketing and strategy team for Investment Management and Investment Banking products. He holds a Masters in Financial Strategy from Oxford University, Said Business School, he is a Certified Associate Member of Corporate Treasury and he holds a Masters in Civil Engineering from University of Bristol.
Crispin De Courcey-Bayley
Blockchain Expert, Six Swiss Exchange
Crispin has been in the specifications team of SIX Swiss Exchange since 2008, where he has mainly been active in the off-book and post-trade area. Prior to that he produced a formalized set of modelled interlocking requirements for the European railways for a project run by the International Union of Railways in Paris. Originally from England, he is a graduate of Durham and Essex and also holds a doctorate in medieval Italian history from York University.
Mona El Isa
CEO, Melonport: Blockchain Software for Asset Management
Mona is a former star-trader at Goldman Sachs, promoted to Vice President by the age of 26 and made the “top 30 under 30” list in Trader Magazine in 2008 and Forbes Magazine in 2011 after profitably trading the 2008 and 2011 crashes. Moved to Geneva-based macro fund Jabre Capital in 2011, before deciding in 2014 that the future of finance lay in blockchain. Since 2016, partnered with Reto Trinkler to create Melonport, a Swiss asset management startup which is based on blockchain technology.
Lizanne Atherly
Founder, Minds2Capital
Over the last decade, Lizanne Atherly has worked in financial markets both allocating capital to alternatives for family offices, and building out marketing + business development platforms for these financial boutiques. Along that journey, Lizanne has found her passion in helping them develop growth strategies and creating long-term partnerships for direct investing. Lizanne helps connect niche, high growth entrepreneurs to smart capital and allow smart capital to access great ideas. It is a unique and humbling position for Lizanne to be able to give entrepreneurs and family investors perspective from ‘both sides of the table’. There is daily inspiration in helping businesses that have a disruptive and positive impact on the world tell their story and achieve long-term growth. Lizanne believes that value creation is driven by attracting both the expertise and capital that can help companies scale.
