Leadership Team


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Eliot Samuels

CEO and Co-Founder

Eliot pioneers new fintech infrastructure to help institutions and people flourish. His broad experience ranges from modernizing core infrastructure for leading banks at EY to running fintech at PilotRock Investment Partners, an SEC-registered hedge fund he helped to grow from $250 million to $1 billion in assets. Investments he oversaw—including in precious metals, exchanges, and payment networks—earned PilotRock clients net profits of $100+ million.

 
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Robert Wilson

Head of Finance & Risk

Robert leverages 20 years of financial industry experience to build rigorous, scalable platforms. His diverse experience comes from managing many business areas—including audit, financial reporting, regulatory, credit, and corporate due diligence—at leading institutions such as PwC, Rothschild, and Goldman Sachs.

 
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Christina Smith-Lutz

Head of Operations

Christina creates order in chaos and gets things done. She honed her problem-solving skills for seven years at UBS and Rothschild, where she worked in the controlling, treasury, and finance teams before heading the regulatory reporting team of Rothschild Bank AG.

 
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Gareth Pinto

Head of Product

Gareth thinks big and delivers products that put people first. As a product manager at Microsoft he worked on new products within Office, Xbox, and Windows that impacted millions of people worldwide, from developers and gamers to business professionals and educators.

Board


 

Andrew Yong

Executive Director, General Counsel

Kirk Botula

Independent Director, successful entrepreneur with startup and VC experience

Eliot Samuels

Executive Director, CEO

Kevin Heneghan

Independent Director, entrepreneur and philanthropist

Sang Ahn

Independent Director, former VP and Head of Samsung Pay

 

Advisory Board


Mike Bontrager

Founder & Chairman, Chatham Financial

John Bentley

CEO, Retirement Advisors of America

Richard Chen

Principal, Richard L. Chen PLLC Law Firm

Chris Hempstead

Director of ETF AP and Global Portfolio Trading, Mirae

Ed Mooney

Former Managing Partner and Head of Distribution, Artisan Partners

Libin Zhang

Tax Partner, Fried Frank

David Gornall

Former Chairman Emeritus, London Bullion Market Association

Gary MacDonald

Former Global Head of Marketing, State Street Global Advisors