Announcing GBBC's 2022 Ambassadors

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:

1. Afghanistan: Roya Mahboob, Co-Founder and CEO, Digital Citizen Fund

2. Argentina: Andrew Augustus Piscione, Investment Associate, Chiltern Street Capital

3. Argentina: Matias N. Plano, Co-Founder and CTO, Chronos Network

4. Armenia: Lia Kizilián, Founding Partner, Protocol Investments

5. Arts, Music & Entertainment: Travis Cloyd, CEO, Worldwide XR; Futurist in Residence and the Director of iSTAR (Immersive Studio for Altered Reality), Florida International University

6. Arts, Music & Entertainment: Ryoma Ito, Co-Founder and CMO, MakersPlace

7. Arts, Music & Entertainment: Matt Sorum, Co-Founder, STHORM; Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Grammy Award Winning Musician; Former Drummer, Guns N’ Roses

8. Australia: Michael Casey, Chief Content Officer, CoinDesk; Senior Advisor, MIT Media Lab on the Digital Currency Initiative; Co-Founder and Chair, Streambed Media

9. Australia: Dr. Jemma Green, Co-Founder and Executive Chair, Powerledger

10. Australia: Leanne Kemp, Founder and CEO, Everledger

11. Australia: Paula Taylor, Co-Founder and Executive Director, West Tech Fest

12. Austria: Astrid Schober, Chief Information Officer, Wien Energie GmbH

13. Bahamas: Michael Clare, Economist, The Ministry of Finance of The Bahamas; Chief Strategy Officer, ADAMoracle

14. Bahrain: Sheikh Mohamed Al-Khalifa, Chief Digital Growth Officer, Batelco

15. Balkans: Maya Vujinovic, Managing Director, OGroupLLC

16. Bangladesh: Brigadier General Md Nasim Parvez, Director General of System & Services Division of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)

17. Bangladesh: Sylvana Q. Sinha, Esq, Founder, Chair, and CEO, Praava Health

18. Barbados: H.E. Gabriel Abed, Ambassador of Barbados to the United Arab Emirates; Founder, Abed Group; Founder, Bitt

19. Belgium: Sebastian F. A. Vos, Partner and Chair of Global Public Policy, Covington & Burling LLP

20. Bermuda: Premier David Burt, JP, MP, The Government of Bermuda

21. Bermuda: Denis E. Pitcher, Chief Fintech Advisor to the Premier of Bermuda

22. Bolivia: Karen Korponai, Founder, Korponai Consulting

23. Brazil: Fernando Carvalho, CEO, QR Capital

24. Brazil: Paula Guedes, Founder and CEO, Jobzi; Founding Board Member, Instituto de Formação de Líderes Rio de Janeiro

25. Brazil: Veronica Allende Serra, Founding Partner, Innova Capital; Founding Partner, Pacific Investments

26. Bulgaria: Talimka Yordanova, CEO, Global Citizen Forum

27. Buy-Side: Nisa Amoils, Managing Partner, A100X Ventures; Advisor, Dragonfly Capital

28. Buy-Side: Cyrus Hodes, Partner, FoundersX Ventures; Member, OECD Network of Experts on AI (ONE AI)

29. Buy-Side: Anthony Scaramucci, Founder and Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital; Author, The Sweet Life with Bitcoin

30. Buy-Side: Sue Xu Zhang, CEO and Co-Founder, Expleo and Experientia, Inc

31. Cameroon: Viola A. Llewellyn, Co-Founder and President, Ovamba Solutions, Inc

32. Canada: Advit Nath, Director and Controller, Financial Controller’s Division (FCD), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Nations

33. Canada: Tanya Stephens, Senior Innovation and Technology Leader, Procter & Gamble (P&G)

34. Canada: Emma Todd, Founder and CEO, MMH Technology Group; Board Member, Tokens.com; Chair, Girls in Tech – Toronto

35. Canada: Tanya Woods, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Executive Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, Hut 8 Mining Corp

36. China: Yifan He, Founder and CEO, Red Date Technology; Executive Director, BSN Development Association

37. China: Dr. Michael Sung, Chair, CarbonBlue Innovations; Founder and Co-Director, Fudan Fanhai Fintech Research Center (FFFRC)

38. Colombia: Mario Castaño Gonzalez, Technical Director, Center for Research and Development in Information and Communication Technologies (CINTEL)

39. Costa Rica: Josue Mora, Founder and CEO, Codistry

40. Cyprus: Antonis Polemitis, CEO, University of Nicosia

41. Decentralized Finance (DeFi): Aishwary Gupta, Blockchain Growth Specialist & Research, Polygon Technology; Co-Founder, Blockchain Byte

42. Decentralized Finance (DeFi): Robert Inoma, Founder, CoinMass

43. Denmark: Michel Avital, Professor, Copenhagen Business School

44. Ecuador: Ernesto Kruger, Founder and CEO, Kruger Corporation

45. Education: Dr. Aisha Bushager, Executive Senior Manager of Information Technology, Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBT)

46. Education: Dr. Mohd Hwaidi, Lecturer in Law, Assistant Professor of Teaching and Research, University of Birmingham; Honorary Research Associate, University College London (UCL)

47. Education: Locknie Hsu, Professor of Law, Singapore Management University

48. Education: Dr. Sanjeev Khagram, CEO, Director General and Dean, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University

49. Education: Robert Sicina, Professor and Co-Director, Kogod’s Blockchain Hub, American University

50. Environment & Sustainability: Gigi Brisson, Founder and CEO, Ocean Elders; Co-Founder and Partner, Attractor Ventures

51. Environment & Sustainability: Neil Cohn, Global Head, Markets and Sustainability, Chia Network

52. Environment & Sustainability: Captain Don Walsh, Ocean Elder; Founder and President, International Maritime Incorporated

53. Estonia: Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Former President of Estonia

54. Estonia: Kalle Palling, Co-Founder and COO, Cachet; Former MP and Chair of European Union Affairs Committee, The Parliament of Estonia

55. France: Mariana Dahan, Founder and CEO, World Identity Network (WIN)

56. France: Vanessa Grellet, President, blockchain for social impact coalition (BSIC); Head of Portfolio Growth, Coinfund

57. Georgia: George Kikvadze, Executive Vice Chair, The Bitfury Group

58. Germany: Sagar Barvaliya, Investment Manager, Blockrocket

59. Germany: Bernhard Kowatsch, Head of Innovation Accelerator, United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP)

60. Germany: Emine Gökce Phillips, PhD, Co-Founder and CEO, Crypto Index Series; Co-Founder, Projesium

61. Germany: Romain Vidal, Founder and Hub Leader, Munich Blockchain Stampede; Senior Account Executive, IPRally Technologies Oy

62. Ghana: Seth Akumani, Head of Exploration, Ghana Accelerator Lab, United Nations Development Programme; Non-Executive Director, GenKey Africa

63. Gibraltar: Minister Albert Isola, Digital and Financial Services, HM Government of Gibraltar

64. Greece: MEP Eva Kaili, Vice President, European Parliament; Chair, Centre for Artificial Intelligence; Chair, Science & Technology (STOA)

65. Global Standards Mapping Initiative (GSMI): Peter T. Golder, Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Board Member, SIX Digital Exchange (SDX); Founder, CEO and Chairman, Addaura

66. Haiti: Jean Philippe Innocent, Former Conseiller Spécial Blockchain for Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI); COO, Califari; Chief Development Officer, Who’s Holding Co

67. 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

68. Healthcare: John Greaves, Vice President, Global Standards, Equideum Health; Secretary, IEEE P2418.6 and Principal, IEEE Vision 22 Program

69. Healthcare: Dr. Cindy Hou, Infection Control Officer, Jefferson Health New Jersey; Board Member, Sepsis Alliance

70. 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

71. Healthcare: Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia on Public Health

72. Healthcare: Subroto Mukherjee, Head Digital Innovation and Emerging Technology, Americas, Glaxo SmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare

73. Healthcare: Dr. Jamie Wells, Director, Research Science Institute (RSI) at MIT; Founder and President, Yale Alumni Health Network (YAHN)

74. Hong Kong: Etelka Bogardi, Financial Services Regulatory Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright

75. Hong Kong: Nydia Zhang, Co-Founder and Chair, Social Alpha Foundation; Asia Lead, FTW Ventures; Chair, Advisory Council, The Good Food Institute APAC

76. India: Sumiran Agarwal, Director, Node Operations, Indicio.tech

77. India: Keerthi Lal Kala, Vice President, New Technologies, SUN Group Global; Senior Advisor, The Global Education & Leadership Foundation (tGELF); Chief Evangelist, Molaka Foundation

78. India: Santosh Misra, Commissioner, Transport and State Transport Authority, Government of Tamil Nadu

79. India: Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary of the Industries & Commerce (I&C) and Information Technology (IT) Departments, Government of Telangana

80. Ireland: Dr. Piyush Verma, Chair, Joint Task Force on Digitalization in Energy, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; Teaching Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School

81. Ireland: Beatrice O’Carroll, Managing Director OTC, Radkl; Advisor of Strategic Partnerships, Makara 

82. Israel: Netta Korin, Co-Founder, Orbs; Founder, Hexa Foundation

83. Italy: Nicolas Bertrand, former Head, Derivatives Markets and Commodities, Borsa Italiana, Euronext Group

84. Italy: Gladys H. Morales, Senior Innovation Adviser, Innovation Unit (CDI), Office of the President and the Vice President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

85. Ivory Coast: Fancho Hermann Traore, Director, Studies, Strategy and Development Department, Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) – UEOMA

86. Jamaica: Alexandra Chong, Founder and CEO, Jacana

87. Japan: Ted Katagi, Founder and CEO, Kenja KK; former Head, Private Equity Asia, Fidelity Investments; former CMO, Vodafone Japan

88. Japan: Makoto Takemiya, CEO, Soramitsu

89. Kazakhstan: Governor Kairat Kelimbetov, Astana International Financial Centre; Former Governor, National Bank of Kazakhstan

90. Kenya: Josephine Kamantha Ndambuki, Chief Manager: Policy, Research and Strategy, Konza Technopolis Development Authority

91. Kenya: Kefa Michael Ngoiri, Senior Finance Officer, Capital Markets Authority, Kenya

92. Latvia: Valery Vavilov, Co-Founder and CEO, The Bitfury Group

93. Lebanon: Suleiman Barada, Senior Advisor, Union of Arab Banks (UAB); Head, UABdigital; Member, General Union of Arab Experts, League of Arab States

94. Luxembourg: Ambre Soubiran, CEO, Kaiko

95. Mauritius: Tony Lee Luen Len, Senior Partner, Ecosis; Expert, United for Smart Sustainable Cities Collaborative (U4SSC), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

96. Media: Jacqueline Cooper: Founder, Producer and Host, CryptoMom2 Talk Show

97. Media: Jane King, Co-Founder and CEO, LilaMax Media; Host, New to the Street, NewsMaxTV

98. Media: Angie Lau, Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Forkast.News

99. Mexico: Daniel Uribe, Co-Founder and CEO, GenoBank.io

100. Mongolia: Saruul Ganbaatar, CEO and board Director, Bogd Bank

101. Mongolia: Hannes A. Takacs, Head of Mongolia, European Bank for Reconstruction Development (EBRD)

102. Morocco: Ridouane Azagrouze, Chief Information Officer, MAROCLEAR

103. Morocco: Youssef Benzekri, Commercial Account Manager, Salconst Family Office; Counsellor, ICC Arbitration

104. Netherlands: Ton van’t Noordende, Founder, PHX

105. Netherlands: Rachel Pipan, Managing Director and Co-Founder, Maneuvre; former Senior Communications Manager, Bitfury

106. Netherlands: Dennis Post, Partner Advanced Technology Tax Lab (ATTL) Blockchain, EY; Expert Panel, EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum

107. Netherlands: Peter Verkoulen, Program Manager, Gaia-X NL Hub, TNO; Manager, Dutch Blockchain Coalition

108. New Zealand: Chris O’Neill, Sales Manager, Creative HQ

109. Niger: Minister Ibrahima Guimba-Saïdou, Special Advisor to the President of the Republic of Niger; CEO, National Agency of Information Society (ANSI)

110. Nigeria: Imeobong Ekong, Legal Advisor, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigeria

111. Nigeria: Patience I. Iwelomen, Deputy Manager, Legal Division, Investment Management Department, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigeria

112. Nigeria: Pat Nwobodo, Executive Director, Savannah Bank Plc; Chair, Rowet Group; Founder and CEO, Rowet Capital Management

113. Nigeria: Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode, Founder and CEO, Murtala Muhammed Foundation; CEO, Asset Management Group (AMG) Nigeria

114. North Macedonia: Sasha Grujevski, State Counselor, Cabinet of the Prime Minister, Government of the Republic of North Macedonia

115. Norway: Liv Freihow, Chief Communications Officer and Public Affairs Officer, Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX)

116. Pakistan: Dr. Shakil Muhammad, CEO and Chair, RNS Solutions; Founder and CEO, Antlia; Editor, IEEE Internet Future Directions

117. Palau: Jennifer Koskelin, Co-Founder, The Palau Legacy Project, Palau Pledge

118. Papua New Guinea: David Davies, Founder and CEO, AgUnity; Creator, AgriUT

119. Peru: Rossana Polastri, Regional Director, Latin America and the Caribbean Division, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

120. Peru: Hernando de Soto, President, Institute for Liberty & Democracy; Author, The Mystery of Capital and The Other Path

121. Philippines: Maria Gaitanidou, Chief Customer Experience Officer, UnionDigital, Unionbank; Vice President, Product Marketing & Partnerships, SAVii

122. Philippines: David Lighton, Founder and CEO, SendFriend; Co-Founder, Lithium Finance

123. Poland: Rafal Petsch, Member, Supervisory Board, Grupa Polnord; Managing Director, IPOPEMA Securities; former Managing Director and Head, Strategic Clients, Bank Pekao

124. Puerto Rico: Dante A. Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Global Policy, Circle; Chair, Risk Cooperative

125. Russia: Alexey Blagirev, Deputy CEO, Tech and CorpDev; COO, Wakatta

126. Russia: Tom O’Brien, Head of International Sales, Moscow Exchange

127. Rwanda: Norbert Haguma, Co-Founder, AfricaGen; Country Manager, SPENN

128. Science & Technology: Juan Benet, Founder and CEO, Protocol Labs

129. Science & Technology: Joseph Lubin, Co-Founder, Ethereum; Founder and CEO, ConsenSys

130. Security & Resilience: Noah Baalessanvu, Founder and Head of Technology, CryptoSavannah

131. Security & Resilience: Tarique Barkatullah, Director, Bangladesh Computer Council

132. Security & Resilience: Edward K. Thompson, Cybersecurity and Blockchain Board Advisor, South Florida Chapter, Infragard; member, Blockchain Cross-Sector Council, Infragard National Member Alliance (INMA)

133. Serbia: Dr. Nebojša Stanković, Founder, Principal and Attorney at Law, Stanković & Partners

134. Singapore: Arnaud Brolly, Sustainability Transformation Lead, SITA; Startups Mentor, Starburst Aerospace

135. Singapore: Greg Li, Head of Asia, The Bitfury Group

136. Singapore: Yew Kiat Phang, Chair of the Board, Chuan Holdings Limited; Chair, United Nations ESCAP ESBN Digital Economy Task Force

137. Singapore: Cristina Ventura, Chief Catalyst Officer and Venture Partner, White Star Capital; Founder, VenturaXVentures

138. South Africa: Tanya Knowles, Business Manager, Adhara; Chair, South African Financial Blockchain Consortium; Former Managing Executive, Strate (Pty) Ltd

139. South Africa: Vinny Lingham, Co-Founder and Executive Chair, Civic Technologies

140. South Africa: Nasia Seria, General Manager: Mobile Financial Services (MFS) Risk & Compliance, MTN

141. South Korea: Dr. Kibae Kim, Principal Researcher, Fourth Industrial Revolution Intelligence Center and the Korea Policy Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution of KAIST

142. South Korea: Junhaeng Lee, Co-Founder and CEO, Streami

143. Southeast Asia: Dom Braun, CEO, LykkeBusiness; Strategic Advisor, Episode Six

144. Spain: Irene Arias Hofman, CEO, IDB Lab, Inter-American Development Bank Group

145. Spain: Victoria Gago, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, European Blockchain Convention; Co-Founder, European Tech School

146. Spain: Csilla Zsigri, Vice President, Strategy, Blockchain Technology Partner (BTP)

147. 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

148. Sub-Saharan Africa: Michelle Chivunga N., Founder and CEO, Global Policy House (GPH)

149. Sub-Saharan Africa: Philip Thigo, Senior Director for Africa, Thunderbird School for Global Management

150. Sweden: Johan Toll, Vice President and Head, Digital Assets, Nasdaq Market Technology, Nasdaq

151. Switzerland: Dr. Catrina Luchsinger Gähwiler, Partner, MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep Ltd

152. Switzerland: Daniel Gasteiger, Co-Founder and CEO, Procivis AG

153. Switzerland: Thomas Puschmann, Founder and Director, Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab, Universitat Zurich; Member, Commission for Digitization, Swiss Bankers’ Association (SBA)

154. Switzerland: Amitabh Singh, Field CTO EMEA, Palo Alto Networks

155. Taiwan: Jason Hsu, Senior Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Kennedy School, Harvard University; former Legislator & Member of Parliament, Taiwan

156. Tanzania: Joyce Mung’ong’o Muzuma, Executive Director, Faith Medical Tanzania Clinics

157. Taxation: Jeffrey Saviano, Global Tax Innovation Leader, EY; Fellow, MIT Connection Science; Member, Trade Finance Advisory Council, U.S. Department of Commerce

158. Taxation: David K. Spencer, C.P.A., Owner, DKS Tax and Consulting; Co-Founder Future Now Technologies

159. Tunisia: Dr. Sami Ben Jamaa, Senior Managing Executive Officer – Global Chief Information and Digital Officer, JERA

160. Turkey: A. Mustafa Baltaci, Co-Founder, KOOPHub; Co-Founder, Istanbul Fintech Week

161. Turkey: Muhammed Yesilhark, Senior Advisor, NOIA Capital; Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Q2Q Capital

162. Turkey: Demet Zubeyiroglu, Chair, Financial Innovation and Technologies Association (FINTR); Managing Director and Co-Founder, KOOPHub

163. Uganda: Dr. Cornelius Kalenzi, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Fourth Industry Revolution Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Co-Founder and Director, Tella

164. Ukraine: Mark Ginzburg, President, Ukrainian Federation of Robotics; Vice President, Innovations, FC Dynamo Kyiv

165. United Arab Emirates: Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan

166. United Arab Emirates: Makki Ibrahim, Manager, EY UAE; Advisory Council Member, Harvard Business Review

167. United Arab Emirates: Ola Johannes Lind, Chief Strategy Officer, FTFT; CEO and Director, FTFT Capital Investments

168. United Kingdom: Glenn Hall, Partner, Head of Government Relations & Public Policy, Norton Rose Fulbright

169. United Kingdom: Duncan Johnston-Watt, Co-Founder and CEO, Blockchain Technology Partners (BTP)

170. United Kingdom: Hannah Meakin, Partner, Financial Services, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

171. United Kingdom: Lawrence Wintermeyer, Executive Co-Chair, Global Digital Finance; Former CEO, Innovate Finance

172. United States: Rod Beckstrom, Former President and CEO of ICANN

173. United States: Jim Newsome, Chair, Board of Directors, Cipher Mining

174. United States: Bill Tai, Founding Chair, ACTAI Global; Venture Capitalist; Co-Founder, Treasure Data; Adjunct Professor of Innovation & Economic Development, Curtin University

175. United States: Jason Weinstein, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP; Former, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)

176. Uruguay: Alex Nascimento, Managing Director, 7CC Blockchain Investments; Co-Founder and Faculty, Blockchain at UCLA; Author, THE STO Financial Revolution

177. Uzbekistan: Rustam Rahmatov, CEO, Product Manager and Founder, IMAN Group

178. Vanuatu: Sandra Uwantege Hart, Co-Founder and CEO, Emerging Impact; Pacific Cash & Livelihoods Lead, Oxfam; Panel Expert, EU Blockchain Observatory Forum

179. Vietnam: Valerie Van Tran, Founding Member, One Mount; Master of Policy Affairs (MPA) Candidate, Kennedy School, Harvard University

180. Vietnam: Ashish Verma, Head of Finance and IT, Kirby Building Systems, an Alghanim Industries company