Executive Board
MONA EL Isa
Founder
Co-founder and CEO of Avantgarde Finance Ltd. Mona was formerly the co-founder and CEO of Melonport AG which developed Enzyme, the on-chain asset management protocol. 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.
Hansjoerg Hettich
executive director
Hansjoerg co-founded MAMA and is managing the association since 2018. He has 12 years’ experience in the alternative investment space. He worked for Man Investments in London and Switzerland and as a hedge fund structurer at LGT Capital Partners. He is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and is passionate about the potential of blockchain technology.
Andreas Glarner
president
Andreas is a partner at the innovative law firm MME in Zurich, Switzerland. He works with international companies in the technology, industrial and internet sectors. He specialises in the fields of intellectual property, unfair competition, advertising law, licensing and distribution, as well as information technology and data protection.
IOANA SURPATEANU
Ioana is a Web3 and DeFi investor and entrepreneur. She is the founder of Strategy W, a crypto and emerging tech consultancy designed to accelerate specific verticals within the Metaverse and the DeFi 2.0 ecosystems. She is Chief Strategy Officer for Domin Network, a DePin rollup and decentralised commerce platform and holds advisory board positions for a variety of Web+ and DeFi projects.
RAPHAEL HALDNER
As Head of Funds and Capital Markets at Bank Frick in Liechtenstein, Raphael is responsible for product development, funds and issuing services and works on innovative blockchain banking solutions like crypto structuring.
CHRIS DONOVAN
Chris is Chief Commercial Officer at the NEAR Foundation, a Swiss-based non-profit supporting the ongoing growth and development of the NEAR Protocol. Prior to joining the NEAR Foundation, Chris was a partner at Web3 accelerator Outlier Ventures. Chris is a qualified solicitor (England & Wales) and has been advising and working with Web3 and other technology projects for several years.
Working Committee
Alisher Tashpulatov
APAC Ambassador
Alisher is an experienced executive and investor in the crypto space. From its inception, he assisted in leading one of Switzerland’s most successful crypto startups, Crypto Finance AG, to an exit. He was also recently CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of Anchored Coins AG in Zug, and was formerly involved in multiple projects as an investor and advisor. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Northeastern University in Boston.
Alexander Lindgren
US Law & regulation
Alexander works as a partner at boutique law firm Lindgren, Lindgren, Oehm & You LLP advising hedge funds, issuers, and developers in the blockchain sector.
Advisory Board
Mathias Maurer
Advisor
Mathias Maurer was the CEO and CRO of Crypto Fund AG within the Crypto Finance Group. In previous roles he worked at Credit Suisse, Swisscanto and RBR Capital Advisors AG. Meanwhile he’s Co-Owner and CEO of torck capital management AG. He is specialised in the areas of business and process implementation and organisational structuring.
Prof. Dr. Fabian Schär
Advisor
Fabian Schär is a Professor for DLT (Blockchain) and FinTech at the University of Basel and the Managing Director of the Center for Innovative Finance. His research focus is on Blockchain applications and Decentralised Finance.