Benjamin Arunda Founder & Lead Consultant ChainAdvise Blockchain Advisory

Founder & Lead Consultant, ChainAdvise Blockchain Advisory

 

I am a Certified Blockchain Expert, Consultant and Author of the BBC World News-featured book ‘Understanding the Blockchain’. My second book is titled ‘Blockchain: An Enterprise Perspective’ and guides corporate executives in implementing Blockchain. I am the Founder and Lead Blockchain Consultant at ChainAdvise Blockchain Advisory headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.

 

I am an international Blockchain speaker who have spoken in Nairobi, Marina Bay Singapore, New Delhi – India, Dubai – UAE and in Réunion Island – France among others. Some of the key conferences I have graced include: Smart Cities Summit 2020, Blockchain Investors Summit 2019, Swift Robotics Blockchain and AI Conference 2018, Africa Bank 4.0 Summit 2020, Kubitx Investors Summit 2018, T.H’s Blockchain & AI Hackathon 2020, and Africa Banking Summit among others.

 

I am the immediate former Head the Education and Training Strategy of the
Blockchain Association of Kenya (BAK), and former East Africa Ambassador and Coordinator for Dash Digital Cash.

 

Alex Nascimento Managing Director 7CC Blockchain Investments

Managing Director, 7CC Blockchain Investments

 

Alex Nascimento, MA, MBA is a best-selling author and Blockchain faculty at UCLA where he lectures on Blockchain Business Applications and Security Tokens. In addition to his role of Managing Director of 7CC – Blockchain Investments, a company focused on supporting & fostering the Blockchain industry, Mr. Nascimento wrote the book; The STO FINANCIAL REVOLUTION uncovering regulated & compliant fundraising via Blockchain. Alex got his MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management and has developed training, marketing & blockchain strategies for companies in the United States, EU, Latin America, and Asia. Alex can be found lecturing at UCLA and speaking at main Global Blockchain conferences and Corporate events demystifying securities issuance, business applications and investments in blockchain for corporate leaders, students and entrepreneurs.

Mohamed Roushdy MBA, CIO & CDO FinTech & Digital, Transformation Advisor

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
Chief Digital Officer | FinTech & Digital Transformation Advisor

 

With more than 25 years of experience in Technology of which more than 12 years as a CIO/COO in Financial Services industry (Conventional and Islamic). Mohamed Roushdy had been working for major financial services, conglomerate, Management Consulting (PWC, Booz & Co), Real-estate asset management and software services companies in the region. He had the distinction of being an executive team member on establishing four Islamic Finance startups in MENA as well he led the IT team on the first ever transformation of conventional to Islamic Bank back in 2001.
Mohamed has a strong expertise in Digital strategy, Governance, Applications Services, Networking, Information security and Infrastructure management / Cloud computing models. Mohamed had been focusing on recent years on technology disruptions in financial services such as Blockchain, Big Data, artificial intelligence/ Machine learning and IOT and he had many keynote speeches in these disruptive Technologies , Fintech , as well consider as one of the main Fintech and Digital Banking contributors in the Middle East in different channels including TV and news portal interviews about recent market developments.
Mohamed hold MBA from Manchester Business School (MBS) and received the award of Distinguished Ambassador of Manchester Business School – Middle East, as well studied Blockchain strategy at Saïd Business School – University of Oxford.
Mohamed has been rated amongst the top 50 Digital leaders (CXO50) in Middle East by CXO Insights Middle East Magazine in 2020 and had been considers on the best 50 CIOs in the Middle East 2012 by CNME magazine, and had been nominated as one of the technology leaders in Middle East by FT Summit in many years and had been speaking and chairing major regional and international Technology and Finance conferences.

Cal Evans Managing Associate Gresham International

Cal is the Managing Associate of Gresham International, a UK & Ukrainian lawyer and US Securities Consultant with experience working in top law firms in both California and London. Cal undertook advanced IT at a junior college and received the top AVCE recognition award before then undertaking his undergraduate in Law. Cal passed law school in England specializing in business and corporate law. In 2015 Cal undertook his certificate in financial markets with Yale. Cal is considered one of the leading individuals on Cryptocurrency and Crypto Raise Compliance. Few people have the technological, legal, and financial expertise needed to tackle the cryptocurrency market and Cal certainly is one of them. He has experience working with companies across the globe including some of the largest tech companies during his time working in California.

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