Crypto Asia Summit

Pēteris Zilgalvis

European Commission – Head of Unit, Digital Innovation and Blockchain

Pēteris Zilgalvis is the Head of Unit for Digital Innovation and Blockchain in the Digital Single Market Directorate in DG CONNECT and is the Co-Chair of the European Commission FinTech Task Force. He was the Visiting EU Fellow at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford for 2013-14, where was an Associate of the Political Economy of Financial Markets Programme. From 1997 to 2005, he was Deputy Head of the Bioethics Department of the Council of Europe, in its Directorate General of Legal Affairs. In addition, he has held various positions in the Latvian civil service (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Environment). He was Senior Environmental Law Advisor to the World Bank/Russian Federation Environmental Management Project and was Regional Environmental Specialist for the Baltic Countries at the World Bank. He has been a member of the California State Bar since 1991, completed his J.D. at the University of Southern California, his B.A. in Political Science Cum Laude at UCLA, the High Potentials Leadership Program at Harvard Business School, and Computer Science for Lawyers at Harvard Law School. A recent publication of his is “The Need for an Innovation Principle in Regulatory Impact Assessment: The Case of Finance and Innovation in Europe” in Policy & Internet. An upcoming publication is “The Law and Political Economy of Decentralised Digital Ecosystems”.

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Daniele Marinelli

DTCircle – Founder

Daniele Marinelli, from Italy, twenty-three years of freelance as an accountant and business consultant in the Prati district of Rome. In 2010 he took on the position of corporate advisor and was among the first in Italy to buy Bitcoin, sensing the potential of the emerging blockchain technology. In 2016 he dedicated himself to the analysis of cryptocurrencies built on economic systems, taking the path that led to the creation of DTCircle and DTCOIN.

Sean Lee

Algorand Foundation – CEO

Sean is an accomplished leader with extensive go-to-market experience working with start-ups and global technology companies in North America and Asia. He is an inspiring conference speaker focusing on digital innovation, cloud strategy and FinTech. Prior to the Algorand Foundation, Sean held leadership roles within Dell Technologies, Pivotal and EMC, working with clients and partners across 20+ countries. Sean holds an Executive MBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Double Major in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Waterloo in Canada.

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Thor Chan

AAX – CEO

Thor was among the first to join AAX and is the mastermind behind the company’s product development strategy. His expertise reaches across all operations and is a driving force behind the team’s success. His experience includes building global order management systems, global settlement systems, and low-latency trading platforms for professional traders. He was previously licensed in Hong Kong to manage equities and derivatives brokerage and trading operations. He’s held various roles, including Deputy COO at FDT Group, and product management roles at App Annie, Microsoft, Publicis, and HSBC.