A seasoned startup founder, investor and speaker, Amit creates, evangelizes, and invests in the future of responsible AI and decentralization. Amit serves as the co-founder and president of the Silicon Valley Blockchain Society (SVBS), the executive chairman at Zero.AI and Rainfall, and an investor at JetVentures, a cross-stage international fund.

Outside of his advisory role at MELD, James is the Founder & Editor-at-large of Crypto AM, the Founder of London Blockchain Forum, the Global Ambassador for World Mobile, Advisor to Boson Protocol, Advisor to Cudos, Advisor to Fintech Legal Labs, Advisor and Global Ambassador for BEQUANT and Advisor to Sheesha.Finance.

Christian comes from 20+ years of experience within the banking & financial services sectors exercising roles as Vice President at J.P. Morgan, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, CEO at the SIX Swiss Exchange and is a board member with multiple firms. Christian brings an array of critical insight and knowledge to MELD in conjunction with financial institutions and blockchain in cross-border markets. Christian enhances our reach to banking institutions allowing us to partner off with a greater array of fiat liquidity providers, further supporting the MELD protocol.

Ali Rod has experience as a startup advisor, lawyer, investment banker, and professor/author. He held senior roles at Macquarie Group and Westport Innovations, and began his career at Idealab and DLA Piper. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and a JD from UC Berkeley. He’s lived in 8 countries and 4 continents, and has knowledge of 5 languages. He’s been responsible for project portfolios in multiple sectors across the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Australia. Much of his experience involves international strategy and negotiations, especially in scenarios involving cultural or political sensitivities, as well as niche transactions such as Islamic finance and China related M&A.

Experienced CXO-level executive and business developer within Fintech and software industries. A serial entrepreneur with a few exit success stories. A combination of the above formed a global mindset with corporate skills from multi-nationals and solid experience from growth companies.

Nehal is a Strategy and Financial Risk ex-banker, trusted advisor, and team leader with 15 years of experience in Corporate Banking across strategy, distressed debt, start-up/innovation environments, capital management, sector reviews, and portfolio credit risk mitigation.