GBBC is proud to announce the appointment of our 2022 Ambassadors, officially expanding the GBBC’s global reach to 96 jurisdictions and disciplines. GBBC’s 2022 Ambassadors represent an exceptional group of innovators and changemakers with an emphasis on technology, governance, law, finance, civil society, and academia.
The 180 Ambassadors span 6 continents, 86 jurisdictions, and include subject matter experts in: Arts, Media & Entertainment; Buy-Side; Decentralized Finance (DeFi); Education; Environment & Sustainability; Global Standards Mapping Initiative (GSMI); Healthcare; Media; Science & Technology; Security & Resilience.
Since its inception, the GBBC has relied on its global Ambassador network to expand our global community, presence, and impact.
GBBC Ambassadors act as trusted advisors to GBBC’s leadership and members, providing invaluable guidance and assistance on how to engage with diverse global communities to carry out GBBC’s mission to the highest standards.
GBBC is dedicated to furthering adoption of blockchain through engaging regulators, business leaders, and global changemakers on how to harness blockchain technology to create more secure, equitable, and functional societies.
GBBC 2022 Ambassadors by Jurisdiction and Discipline:
- Afghanistan: Roya Mahboob, Co-Founder and CEO, Digital Citizen Fund
- Argentina: Andrew Augustus Piscione, Investment Associate, Chiltern Street Capital
- Argentina: Matias N. Plano, Co-Founder and CTO, Chronos Network
- Armenia: Lia Kizilián, Founding Partner, Protocol Investments
- Arts, Music & Entertainment: Travis Cloyd, CEO, Worldwide XR; Futurist in Residence and the Director of iSTAR (Immersive Studio for Altered Reality), Florida International University
- Arts, Music & Entertainment: Ryoma Ito, Co-Founder and CMO, MakersPlace
- Arts, Music & Entertainment: Matt Sorum, Co-Founder, STHORM; Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Grammy Award Winning Musician; Former Drummer, Guns N’ Roses
- Australia: Michael Casey, Chief Content Officer, CoinDesk; Senior Advisor, MIT Media Lab on the Digital Currency Initiative; Co-Founder and Chair, Streambed Media
- Australia: Dr. Jemma Green, Co-Founder and Executive Chair, Powerledger
- Australia: Leanne Kemp, Founder and CEO, Everledger
- Australia: Paula Taylor, Co-Founder and Executive Director, West Tech Fest
- Austria: Astrid Schober, Chief Information Officer, Wien Energie GmbH
- Bahamas: Michael Clare, Economist, The Ministry of Finance of The Bahamas; Chief Strategy Officer, ADAMoracle
- Bahrain: Sheikh Mohamed Al-Khalifa, Chief Digital Growth Officer, Batelco
- Balkans: Maya Vujinovic, Managing Director, OGroupLLC
- Bangladesh: Brigadier General Md Nasim Parvez, Director General of System & Services Division of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)
- Bangladesh: Sylvana Q. Sinha, Esq, Founder, Chair, and CEO, Praava Health
- Barbados: H.E. Gabriel Abed, Ambassador of Barbados to the United Arab Emirates; Founder, Abed Group; Founder, Bitt
- Belgium: Sebastian F. A. Vos, Partner and Chair of Global Public Policy, Covington & Burling LLP
- Bermuda: Premier David Burt, JP, MP, The Government of Bermuda
- Bermuda: Denis E. Pitcher, Chief Fintech Advisor to the Premier of Bermuda
- Bolivia: Karen Korponai, Founder, Korponai Consulting
- Brazil: Fernando Carvalho, CEO, QR Capital
- Brazil: Paula Guedes, Founder and CEO, Jobzi; Founding Board Member, Instituto de Formação de Líderes Rio de Janeiro
- Brazil: Veronica Allende Serra, Founding Partner, Innova Capital; Founding Partner, Pacific Investments
- Bulgaria: Talimka Yordanova, CEO, Global Citizen Forum
- Buy-Side: Nisa Amoils, Managing Partner, A100X Ventures; Advisor, Dragonfly Capital
- Buy-Side: Cyrus Hodes, Partner, FoundersX Ventures; Member, OECD Network of Experts on AI (ONE AI)
- Buy-Side: Anthony Scaramucci, Founder and Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital; Author, The Sweet Life with Bitcoin
- Buy-Side: Sue Xu Zhang, CEO and Co-Founder, Expleo and Experientia, Inc
- Cameroon: Viola A. Llewellyn, Co-Founder and President, Ovamba Solutions, Inc
- Canada: Advit Nath, Director and Controller, Financial Controller’s Division (FCD), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations
- Canada: Tanya Stephens, Senior Innovation and Technology Leader, Procter & Gamble (P&G)
- Canada: Emma Todd, Founder and CEO, MMH Technology Group; Board Member, Tokens.com; Chair, Girls in Tech – Toronto
- Canada: Tanya Woods, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Executive Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Hut 8 Mining Corp
- China: Yifan He, Founder and CEO, Red Date Technology; Executive Director, BSN Development Association
- China: Dr. Michael Sung, Chair, CarbonBlue Innovations; Founder and Co-Director, Fudan Fanhai Fintech Research Center (FFFRC)
- Colombia: Mario Castaño Gonzalez, Technical Director, Center for Research and Development in Information and Communication Technologies (CINTEL)
- Costa Rica: Josue Mora, Founder and CEO, Codistry
- Cyprus: Antonis Polemitis, CEO, University of Nicosia
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi): Aishwary Gupta, Blockchain Growth Specialist & Research, Polygon Technology; Co-Founder, Blockchain Byte
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi): Robert Inoma, Founder, CoinMass
- Denmark: Michel Avital, Professor, Copenhagen Business School
- Ecuador: Ernesto Kruger, Founder and CEO, Kruger Corporation
- Education: Dr. Aisha Bushager, Executive Senior Manager of Information Technology, Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBT)
- Education: Dr. Mohd Hwaidi, Lecturer in Law, Assistant Professor of Teaching and Research, University of Birmingham; Honorary Research Associate, University College London (UCL)
- Education: Locknie Hsu, Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
- Education: Dr. Sanjeev Khagram, CEO, Director General and Dean, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University
- Education: Robert Sicina, Professor and Co-Director, Kogod’s Blockchain Hub, American University
- Environment & Sustainability: Gigi Brisson, Founder and CEO, Ocean Elders; Co-Founder and Partner, Attractor Ventures
- Environment & Sustainability: Neil Cohn, Global Head, Markets and Sustainability, Chia Network
- Environment & Sustainability: Captain Don Walsh, Ocean Elder; Founder and President, International Maritime Incorporated
- Estonia: Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Former President of Estonia
- Estonia: Kalle Palling, Co-Founder and COO, Cachet; Former MP and Chair of European Union Affairs Committee, The Parliament of Estonia
- France: Mariana Dahan, Founder and CEO, World Identity Network (WIN)
- France: Vanessa Grellet, President, blockchain for social impact coalition (BSIC); Head of Portfolio Growth, Coinfund
- Georgia: George Kikvadze, Executive Vice Chair, The Bitfury Group
- Germany: Sagar Barvaliya, Investment Manager, Blockrocket
- Germany: Bernhard Kowatsch, Head of Innovation Accelerator, United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP)
- Germany: Emine Gökce Phillips, PhD, Co-Founder and CEO, Crypto Index Series; Co-Founder, Projesium
- Germany: Romain Vidal, Founder and Hub Leader, Munich Blockchain Stampede; Senior Account Executive, IPRally Technologies Oy
- Ghana: Seth Akumani, Head of Exploration, Ghana Accelerator Lab, United Nations Development Programme; Non-Executive Director, GenKey Africa
- Gibraltar: Minister Albert Isola, Digital and Financial Services, HM Government of Gibraltar
- Greece: MEP Eva Kaili, Vice President, European Parliament; Chair, Centre for Artificial Intelligence; Chair, Science & Technology (STOA)
- Global Standards Mapping Initiative (GSMI): Peter T. Golder, Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Board Member, SIX Digital Exchange (SDX); Founder, CEO and Chairman, Addaura
- Haiti: Jean Philippe Innocent, Former Conseiller Spécial Blockchain for Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI); COO, Califari; Chief Development Officer, Who’s Holding Co
- Healthcare: Darryl Burton, Policy and Product Lead, Affordable Care Act at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Senior Advisor, Med2Lab Inc; Senior Advisor Strategic Partnerships, OhmniLabs
- Healthcare: John Greaves, Vice President, Global Standards, Equideum Health; Secretary, IEEE P2418.6 and Principal, IEEE Vision 22 Program
- Healthcare: Dr. Cindy Hou, Infection Control Officer, Jefferson Health New Jersey; Board Member, Sepsis Alliance
- Healthcare: Dr. Esper G. Kallas, Infectious Diseases Specialist and Full Professor of Medicine, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Mabloc Inc
- Healthcare: Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia on Public Health
- Healthcare: Subroto Mukherjee, Head Digital Innovation and Emerging Technology, Americas, Glaxo SmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare
- Healthcare: Dr. Jamie Wells, Director, Research Science Institute (RSI) at MIT; Founder and President, Yale Alumni Health Network (YAHN)
- Hong Kong: Etelka Bogardi, Financial Services Regulatory Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
- Hong Kong: Nydia Zhang, Co-Founder and Chair, Social Alpha Foundation; Asia Lead, FTW Ventures; Chair, Advisory Council, The Good Food Institute APAC
- India: Sumiran Agarwal, Director, Node Operations, Indicio.tech
- India: Keerthi Lal Kala, Vice President, New Technologies, SUN Group Global; Senior Advisor, The Global Education & Leadership Foundation (tGELF); Chief Evangelist, Molaka Foundation
- India: Santosh Misra, Commissioner, Transport and State Transport Authority, Government of Tamil Nadu
- India: Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary of the Industries & Commerce (I&C) and Information Technology (IT) Departments, Government of Telangana
- Ireland: Dr. Piyush Verma, Chair, Joint Task Force on Digitalization in Energy, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; Teaching Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
- Ireland: Beatrice O’Carroll, Managing Director OTC, Radkl; Advisor of Strategic Partnerships, Makara
- Israel: Netta Korin, Co-Founder, Orbs; Founder, Hexa Foundation
- Italy: Nicolas Bertrand, former Head, Derivatives Markets and Commodities, Borsa Italiana, Euronext Group
- Italy: Gladys H. Morales, Senior Innovation Adviser, Innovation Unit (CDI), Office of the President and the Vice President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- Ivory Coast: Fancho Hermann Traore, Director, Studies, Strategy and Development Department, Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) – UEOMA
- Jamaica: Alexandra Chong, Founder and CEO, Jacana
- Japan: Ted Katagi, Founder and CEO, Kenja KK; former Head, Private Equity Asia, Fidelity Investments; former CMO, Vodafone Japan
- Japan: Makoto Takemiya, CEO, Soramitsu
- Kazakhstan: Governor Kairat Kelimbetov, Astana International Financial Centre; Former Governor, National Bank of Kazakhstan
- Kenya: Josephine Kamantha Ndambuki, Chief Manager: Policy, Research and Strategy, Konza Technopolis Development Authority
- Kenya: Kefa Michael Ngoiri, Senior Finance Officer, Capital Markets Authority, Kenya
- Latvia: Valery Vavilov, Co-Founder and CEO, The Bitfury Group
- Lebanon: Suleiman Barada, Senior Advisor, Union of Arab Banks (UAB); Head, UABdigital; Member, General Union of Arab Experts, League of Arab States
- Luxembourg: Ambre Soubiran, CEO, Kaiko
- Mauritius: Tony Lee Luen Len, Senior Partner, Ecosis; Expert, United for Smart Sustainable Cities Collaborative (U4SSC), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
- Media: Jacqueline Cooper: Founder, Producer and Host, CryptoMom2 Talk Show
- Media: Jane King, Co-Founder and CEO, LilaMax Media; Host, New to the Street, NewsMaxTV
- Media: Angie Lau, Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Forkast.News
- Mexico: Daniel Uribe, Co-Founder and CEO, GenoBank.io
- Mongolia: Saruul Ganbaatar, CEO and board Director, Bogd Bank
- Mongolia: Hannes A. Takacs, Head of Mongolia, European Bank for Reconstruction Development (EBRD)
- Morocco: Ridouane Azagrouze, Chief Information Officer, MAROCLEAR
- Morocco: Youssef Benzekri, Commercial Account Manager, Salconst Family Office; Counsellor, ICC Arbitration
- Netherlands: Ton van’t Noordende, Founder, PHX
- Netherlands: Rachel Pipan, Managing Director and Co-Founder, Maneuvre; former Senior Communications Manager, Bitfury
- Netherlands: Dennis Post, Partner Advanced Technology Tax Lab (ATTL) Blockchain, EY; Expert Panel, EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum
- Netherlands: Peter Verkoulen, Program Manager, Gaia-X NL Hub, TNO; Manager, Dutch Blockchain Coalition
- New Zealand: Chris O’Neill, Sales Manager, Creative HQ
- Niger: Minister Ibrahima Guimba-Saïdou, Special Advisor to the President of the Republic of Niger; CEO, National Agency of Information Society (ANSI)
- Nigeria: Imeobong Ekong, Legal Advisor, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigeria
- Nigeria: Patience I. Iwelomen, Deputy Manager, Legal Division, Investment Management Department, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigeria
- Nigeria: Pat Nwobodo, Executive Director, Savannah Bank Plc; Chair, Rowet Group; Founder and CEO, Rowet Capital Management
- Nigeria: Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode, Founder and CEO, Murtala Muhammed Foundation; CEO, Asset Management Group (AMG) Nigeria
- North Macedonia: Sasha Grujevski, State Counselor, Cabinet of the Prime Minister, Government of the Republic of North Macedonia
- Norway: Liv Freihow, Chief Communications Officer and Public Affairs Officer, Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX)
- Pakistan: Dr. Shakil Muhammad, CEO and Chair, RNS Solutions; Founder and CEO, Antlia; Editor, IEEE Internet Future Directions
- Palau: Jennifer Koskelin, Co-Founder, The Palau Legacy Project, Palau Pledge
- Papua New Guinea: David Davies, Founder and CEO, AgUnity; Creator, AgriUT
- Peru: Rossana Polastri, Regional Director, Latin America and the Caribbean Division, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- Peru: Hernando de Soto, President, Institute for Liberty & Democracy; Author, The Mystery of Capital and The Other Path
- Philippines: Maria Gaitanidou, Chief Customer Experience Officer, UnionDigital, Unionbank; Vice President, Product Marketing & Partnerships, SAVii
- Philippines: David Lighton, Founder and CEO, SendFriend; Co-Founder, Lithium Finance
- Poland: Rafal Petsch, Member, Supervisory Board, Grupa Polnord; Managing Director, IPOPEMA Securities; former Managing Director and Head, Strategic Clients, Bank Pekao
- Puerto Rico: Dante A. Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Global Policy, Circle; Chair, Risk Cooperative
- Russia: Alexey Blagirev, Deputy CEO, Tech and CorpDev; COO, Wakatta
- Russia: Tom O’Brien, Head of International Sales, Moscow Exchange
- Rwanda: Norbert Haguma, Co-Founder, AfricaGen; Country Manager, SPENN
- Science & Technology: Juan Benet, Founder and CEO, Protocol Labs
- Science & Technology: Joseph Lubin, Co-Founder, Ethereum; Founder and CEO, ConsenSys
- Security & Resilience: Noah Baalessanvu, Founder and Head of Technology, CryptoSavannah
- Security & Resilience: Tarique Barkatullah, Director, Bangladesh Computer Council
- Security & Resilience: Edward K. Thompson, Cybersecurity and Blockchain Board Advisor, South Florida Chapter, Infragard; member, Blockchain Cross-Sector Council, Infragard National Member Alliance (INMA)
- Serbia: Dr. Nebojša Stanković, Founder, Principal and Attorney at Law, Stanković & Partners
- Singapore: Arnaud Brolly, Sustainability Transformation Lead, SITA; Startups Mentor, Starburst Aerospace
- Singapore: Greg Li, Head of Asia, The Bitfury Group
- Singapore: Yew Kiat Phang, Chair of the Board, Chuan Holdings Limited; Chair, United Nations ESCAP ESBN Digital Economy Task Force
- Singapore: Cristina Ventura, Chief Catalyst Officer and Venture Partner, White Star Capital; Founder, VenturaXVentures
- South Africa: Tanya Knowles, Business Manager, Adhara; Chair, South African Financial Blockchain Consortium; Former Managing Executive, Strate (Pty) Ltd
- South Africa: Vinny Lingham, Co-Founder and Executive Chair, Civic Technologies
- South Africa: Nasia Seria, General Manager: Mobile Financial Services (MFS) Risk & Compliance, MTN
- South Korea: Dr. Kibae Kim, Principal Researcher, Fourth Industrial Revolution Intelligence Center and the Korea Policy Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution of KAIST
- South Korea: Junhaeng Lee, Co-Founder and CEO, Streami
- Southeast Asia: Dom Braun, CEO, LykkeBusiness; Strategic Advisor, Episode Six
- Spain: Irene Arias Hofman, CEO, IDB Lab, Inter-American Development Bank Group
- Spain: Victoria Gago, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, European Blockchain Convention; Co-Founder, European Tech School
- Spain: Csilla Zsigri, Vice President, Strategy, Blockchain Technology Partner (BTP)
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Dr. Alex Cahana, Venture Partner, Strategy and Global Leads, Impact Rooms; Board Member, Adanian Labs; Blockchain Expert for Healthcare, UN/CEFACT, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Michelle Chivunga N., Founder and CEO, Global Policy House (GPH)
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Philip Thigo, Senior Director for Africa, Thunderbird School for Global Management
- Sweden: Johan Toll, Vice President and Head, Digital Assets, Nasdaq Market Technology, Nasdaq
- Switzerland: Dr. Catrina Luchsinger Gähwiler, Partner, MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep Ltd
- Switzerland: Daniel Gasteiger, Co-Founder and CEO, Procivis AG
- Switzerland: Thomas Puschmann, Founder and Director, Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab, Universitat Zurich; Member, Commission for Digitization, Swiss Bankers’ Association (SBA)
- Switzerland: Amitabh Singh, Field CTO EMEA, Palo Alto Networks
- Taiwan: Jason Hsu, Senior Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Kennedy School, Harvard University; former Legislator & Member of Parliament, Taiwan
- Tanzania: Joyce Mung’ong’o Muzuma, Executive Director, Faith Medical Tanzania Clinics
- Taxation: Jeffrey Saviano, Global Tax Innovation Leader, EY; Fellow, MIT Connection Science; Member, Trade Finance Advisory Council, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Taxation: David K. Spencer, C.P.A., Owner, DKS Tax and Consulting; Co-Founder Future Now Technologies
- Tunisia: Dr. Sami Ben Jamaa, Senior Managing Executive Officer – Global Chief Information and Digital Officer, JERA
- Turkey: A. Mustafa Baltaci, Co-Founder, KOOPHub; Co-Founder, Istanbul Fintech Week
- Turkey: Muhammed Yesilhark, Senior Advisor, NOIA Capital; Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Q2Q Capital
- Turkey: Demet Zubeyiroglu, Chair, Financial Innovation and Technologies Association (FINTR); Managing Director and Co-Founder, KOOPHub
- Uganda: Dr. Cornelius Kalenzi, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Fourth Industry Revolution Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Co-Founder and Director, Tella
- Ukraine: Mark Ginzburg, President, Ukrainian Federation of Robotics; Vice President, Innovations, FC Dynamo Kyiv
- United Arab Emirates: Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan
- United Arab Emirates: Makki Ibrahim, Manager, EY UAE; Advisory Council Member, Harvard Business Review
- United Arab Emirates: Ola Johannes Lind, Chief Strategy Officer, FTFT; CEO and Director, FTFT Capital Investments
- United Kingdom: Glenn Hall, Partner, Head of Government Relations & Public Policy, Norton Rose Fulbright
- United Kingdom: Duncan Johnston-Watt, Co-Founder and CEO, Blockchain Technology Partners (BTP)
- United Kingdom: Hannah Meakin, Partner, Financial Services, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
- United Kingdom: Lawrence Wintermeyer, Executive Co-Chair, Global Digital Finance; Former CEO, Innovate Finance
- United States: Rod Beckstrom, Former President and CEO of ICANN
- United States: Jim Newsome, Chair, Board of Directors, Cipher Mining
- United States: Bill Tai, Founding Chair, ACTAI Global; Venture Capitalist; Co-Founder, Treasure Data; Adjunct Professor of Innovation & Economic Development, Curtin University
- United States: Jason Weinstein, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP; Former, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
- Uruguay: Alex Nascimento, Managing Director, 7CC Blockchain Investments; Co-Founder and Faculty, Blockchain at UCLA; Author, THE STO Financial Revolution
- Uzbekistan: Rustam Rahmatov, CEO, Product Manager and Founder, IMAN Group
- Vanuatu: Sandra Uwantege Hart, Co-Founder and CEO, Emerging Impact; Pacific Cash & Livelihoods Lead, Oxfam; Panel Expert, EU Blockchain Observatory Forum
- Vietnam: Valerie Van Tran, Founding Member, One Mount; Master of Policy Affairs (MPA) Candidate, Kennedy School, Harvard University
- Vietnam: Ashish Verma, Head of Finance and IT, Kirby Building Systems, an Alghanim Industries company