Dr. Jean-Philippe Aumasson is a member of the Executive Committee of Taurus SA and its Chief Security Officer. Dr. Aumasson wrote the books “Serious Cryptography” (No Starch Press, 2017) and “The Hash Function BLAKE” (Springer, 2015). Dr. Aumasson holds a PhD in Cryptography from EPFL. Before joining Taurus Group SA, he worked for eight years in applied cryptography, security architecture and cybersecurity at the Swiss group Kudelski.

Ken Bernheim is an experienced professional in the Web3 and decentralized finance space, combining expertise in law, finance, and blockchain technology. After earning his Master in Law with distinction, focusing on Capital Markets and LegalTech, he worked across crypto exchanges and brokerages, co-leading teams in fundraising, token sales, and OTC deals. As a council member of Polimec, a regulatory-compliant funding protocol in the DeFi ecosystem, he played a key role in shaping its strategy and bridging traditional finance with compliant, decentralized technology.

Nils is a technology enthusiast with a strong focus on decentralized finance. He is co-founder of atpar AG where he leads product and advisory services working with DeFi projects and tokenization platforms. Nils is also an active member of a number of DAOs as well as past and present contributor to financial markets standardization initiatives. Previously, with his background in Quantitative Finance and Software Engineering, Nils was able to lead international R&D projects across a number of positions both in the Financial Industry and Academia.

Michele Federici is a tech enthusiast and longtime programmer. He is currently Head of IT Security at Dialectic AG. As former Head of Blockchain Engineering and one of the earliest employees of SEBA Bank, he helped build the bank's tech infrastructure from scratch. He led the team developing and maintaining the company's digital asset custody solutions and oversaw all blockchain related projects. He's active in the open source community, and has seven years' experience in cybersecurity, blockchain technology and design of safety-critical software and systems.

Sébastien Krafft is founder and CTO of Mt Pelerin Group SA. Mr Krafft holds a Master from Mines Paristech with a specialisation in Computer Science. Before co-founding Mt Pelerin, he worked for 10 years in the banking industry as a software engineer and software architect.