Emma Joyce, Senior Managing Director and Head of EMEA, Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)

Emma is the Senior Managing Director and Head of EMEA at the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the largest industry association for the blockchain technology and digital assets community. She has over 15 years of experience in the financial services sector, working with regulators, policymakers, members, and partners to advocate and accelerate the adoption of best practices for digital assets. At GBBC, Emma leads the financial services-related activities and oversees the strategic direction and growth of the association in the EMEA region. She also serves as a board director for GBBC USA and GBBC Giving. Previously, she was the Chief Executive Officer of GBBC Digital Finance (GDF). Emma is a recognized thought leader and speaker on policy and regulatory issues related to blockchain and digital assets, and was named one of the top 20 most influential women in crypto by Financial News in 2023.

Lawrence Wintermeyer, Executive Co-Chair, Global Digital Finance (GDF)

Lawrence is the Executive Co-Chair of Global Digital Finance (GDF), a global not for-profit promoting fair and transparent markets for crypto and digital assets and has held several member association roles including CEO of Innovate Finance UK, board member of the UK personal investment management trade association PIMFA, and a member of the OECD Blockchain Expert Policy Advisory Board.

He is the Principal of Elipses, a digital investment management firm and has held roles chairing and managing alternative investment funds following a career in advisory services with PwC, Deloitte, and EY.

Lawrence has an MBA, is a regular Forbes, Global Leaders Today, and Fintech.TV contributor, and promotes ethical and sustainable finance policies for a transparent, secure, and quality digital future for everyone.

Jürgen Hofbauer, Global head of Strategic Partnerships, Taurus

Jürgen leads Strategic Partnerships at Taurus, an enterprise-grade digital asset custody and tokenization technology provider. In this role he sets and oversees Taurus’ global partner strategy across the entire ecosystem to drive growth and innovation.

Jürgen started his career at Bank of America, where he spent 15 years in a variety of roles such as running Financial Institutional Sales across EMEA for Global Transaction Banking and being a member of the extended senior leadership team, working on key strategic business initiatives.

Prior to joining Taurus, Jürgen held key roles in multiple startups. Blending extensive experience in TradFi with deep experience in FinTech and digital assets, enables Jürgen to identify partner opportunities that leverage the strength of each sector and cater to evolving customer needs.

Jürgen holds a master’s degree in business and finance at the University of Graz, Austria where he is originally from.

Anthony Woolley, Head of Business Development and Marketing, Ownera

Ownera is a technology company delivering interoperability solutions to the world of tokenized assets. The company led the creation of the open peer-to-peer protocol called FinP2P and delivers FinP2P based network routers and digital securities solutions to the regulated financial services industry. Ownera’s FinP2P routers enable global distribution and liquidity by connecting tokenized assets distributed by sell-side institutions to buy-side demand. The routers facilitate the negotiation and settlement of transactions between the counterparties and their various regulated service providers including custodians, brokers, transfer agents, digital cash providers and lenders.

Ownera completed its Series A investment round in 2022 and its strategic investors include J.P. Morgan, U.S. Bancorp, LRC Group, Draper Goren Holm, tokentus Investment AG, Accomplice Blockchain, Polymorphic Capital, The Ropart Group and Archax

John Patrick Mullin, CEO & Co-Founder, MANTRA

John Patrick Mullin is a Hong Kong-based entrepreneur and builder, focused on DeFi, tokenization, digital assets, and Web3. John has been investing/building in the crypto and digital assets space for over 10 years, having worked in decentralized finance and exchange/brokerage businesses.

John helped found MANTRA, a Layer 1 blockchain for RWA tokenization and has raised tens of millions of dollars for various ventures while working with a dedicated team of 75+ builders worldwide.

Sabih Behzad, Head of Digital Assets and Currencies Transformation, Deutsche Bank

Sabih Behzad serves as the Head of Digital Assets & Currencies Transformation for the Corporate and Investment Bank. In this role, he oversees strategy and execution and seeks to develop and accelerate use cases within the bank. Key areas of focus include tokenisation of assets and money, DeFi and Metaverse.

He represents the bank in various industry bodies and forums. He is a member of the board of Taurus AG, a leading Swiss based digital assets company.

Mathew McDermott, Global Head of Digital Assets, Goldman Sachs

Mathew is global head of Digital Assets. He serves as a member of the Goldman Sachs International Asset and Liability Committee and the Goldman Sachs International Bank Management Committee. Previously, Mathew was global head of Cross Asset Financing. He joined the firm as a vice president in 2005 in the European Special Situations Group in London and was named managing director in 2010.

Prior to joining the firm, Mathew worked at Morgan Stanley in the Securitized Products Group, focusing on structuring, financing and risk management.