Who We Are

The Board

Andrew Whitworth

Chair of the Board (Ripple)

Steven McWhirter

Board Member (Binance)

Katie Harries

Board Member (Coinbase)

Lee Schneider

Board Member (Ava Labs)

Manmeet Singh

Board Member (Blockseed)

The Secretariat

Robert Kopitsch

Secretary General

Tommaso Astazi

Head of EU Regulatory Affairs

Thomas Thaler

Head of Institutional Engagement

Stefan Kromolicki

Legal Officer

Luca Negro

Head of Communications

Bartolomeo Poggi

Policy Officer

Georgios Papatzikas

Policy Officer

Advisory Council

Michal Boni

Former Polish Minister for Digitization and former Member of the European Parliament

Georg Brameshuber

University of Vienna

Oriol Caudevilla Parellada

Asian Institute of International Financial Law –  The University of Hong Kong

Thomas Dünser

Principality of Liechtenstein – Office for Financial Market Innovation and Digitalisation

Miguel Fernández Ordóñez

Former Governor of Banco de España

Agata Ferreira

Warsaw University of Technology

Geoffrey Goodell

University College London

Pehr Granfalk

Member of the European Committee of the Regions

Antonio Lanotte

Unitelma Sapienza – University of Rome

Maria Minaricova

Former Chair of Blockchain for Europe

Philipp Sandner

Frankfurt School of Finance – Blockchain Center

Fabian Schär

Center for Innovative Finance – University of Basel

Kevin Werbach

Wharton School – University of Pennsylvania

Marwan Al Zarouni

Dubai Blockchain Center

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Speaking with one voice

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Engaging in constructive dialogue

Ensuring future-proof policy outcomes