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  • Lionel Lee, Committee Chair at The Better Foundation, Chairman of Platinum Circle

    Lionel Lee is an experienced executive, board member, investor and philanthropist in international business, advisory roles, and nonprofit leadership. He currently holds two major roles: as the chairman of Platinum Circle, a leading business group involving corporations with annual revenues exceeding USD100 million; and as the Committee Chair at The Better Foundation, a private foundation and endowment established in 2020 with a mission to improve the world through philanthropy and by supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

    Lionel Lee Biography

    Lionel Lee is a highly accomplished professional with extensive experience in international business, advisory roles, and nonprofit leadership. Currently serving as the Committee Chair at The Better Foundation, he has made significant contributions to various industries and sectors across multiple markets.

    Lionel Lee is the Chairman of Platinum Circle, a leading global business group of corporations, each having annual revenue exceeding USD 100 million, governments and intergovernmental organisations.He developed the group from a handful of enterprises in 2003 to an international community of corporations whose combined annual revenues exceeded USD1 trillion, government and intergovernmental organisations.

    Lionel Lee has amassed a wealth of experience in international assignments, executive leadership and advisory roles. Over the course of his 20 plus year career, he has managed business portfolios totaling over USD 500 million in net asset value. His expertise spans diverse areas, including setting up and leading boards and management teams, developing comprehensive plans, policies, and procedures, ensuring operational efficiencies, improving financial health, raising capital, expanding to new markets, and driving business growth. He has successfully applied his skills and knowledge to more than 40 small to listed multinational corporations operating across 16 industries and sectors in 22 different markets.

    Beyond his corporate endeavors, Lionel Lee has dedicated himself to supporting and contributing to numerous nonprofit organizations, NGOs, social enterprises,and grassroots initiatives in Asia, Europe and the US. By providing leadership, governance, resources, and support, he has made a meaningful impact on more than 10 organizations in the nonprofit sector. His commitment to social causes underscores his passion for creating positive change and uplifting communities. He is a recipient of awards and honors including World Economic Forum Young Asian Leader, Young Ambassador for Opportunity International USA, New Media Champion for People's Association Singapore and partner of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

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  • Paolo Tasca, Director of the DLT Science Foundation And UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies

    Prof. Paolo Tasca is an economist and a widely published researcher in the field of blockchain and distributed systems. He is known for his contributions to digital economics and has founded two significant blockchain organisations - the Distributed Ledger Technology Science Foundation (DLT Science Foundation) AND the University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies (UCL CBT). Under his guidance,  the UCL CBT has become one of the world's largest research centres dedicated to blockchain technologies.

    Paolo Tasca Interview Questions

    00:00 - 01:20 - Introduction
    01:20 - 10:20 - Career Background
    10:21 - 25:28 - Story behind UCL Center for Blockchain Technology
    25:28 - 37:51 - Work experience with central banks and DLT Science Foundation
    37:51 - 48:00 - Prof. Tasca's academic and research work
    48:01 - 55:45 - BigData in crypto community
    55:46 01:01:00 - Future of blockchain: Integration with AI
    01:01:01 - 01:04:29 - Closure

    Paolo Tasca Biography

    Dr. Paolo Tasca is a renowned digital economist and expert in distributed systems, with a specialisation in the blockchain field. He founded and chairs the DLT Science Foundation, a global initiative dedicated to advancing education, research, and innovation in the blockchain space.

    In addition, Paolo is a Professor of Emerging Digital Technologies and Business Strategy at University College London, where he founded and directs the world's largest research center on blockchain technologies, UCL CBT.

    Paolo's expertise has earned him global recognition, and he has served as a special advisor on blockchain technologies for esteemed organisations such as the EU Parliament, the United Nations, and various Central Banks. He has made significant contributions to the field of blockchain through his research, entrepreneurial ventures, and leadership roles in various organisations.

    Prior to his current roles, he was the Lead Economist on digital currencies and P2P financial systems at Deutsche Bundesbank (Frankfurt).

    Paolo is the co-editor of three best-seller books in the field of blockchain, Fintech, DEFI and Web3: "Enabling the Internet of Value”, by Springer 2022, “Blockchain Economics: Implications of Distributed Ledger Technology”, by World Scientific 2019, and "Banking Beyond Banks and Money”, by Springer 2016.

    He also contributed with the New York Times sharing his view on the pitfalls of blockchain governance models. He has been Associate Editor of the "Journal of Risk Finance" since 2016 and Guest Editor (2017) and then Editorial Board Member (2018) of the "Journal of Digital Banking". In 2018 he joined "Frontiers in Blockchain" as Specialty Chief Editor for Fourth Industrial Revolution and now he is Specialty Chief Editor for Blockchain Economics.

    In addition, he is the author of numerous scientific papers about systemic risk, P2P systems and distributed ledger technologies, which have been published by prestigious international scientific journals.

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  • Jonny Fry, CEO of TeamBlockchain, Editor of Digital Bytes, Influencer of the Year CryptoAM 2022

    Jonny Fry is a CEO, blockchain specialist, and influencer in the field of digital assets. He was honored with the Influencer of the Year award at the CryptoAM 2022 awards, recognizing his exceptional contributions to the industry. Additionally, Jonny serves as the Editor of Digital Bytes, a renowned publication that provides in-depth analysis of the blockchain and digital asset sectors, including comprehensive case studies.

    Jonny Fry Biography

    Jonny Fry is a researcher, thought leader, blockchain, Crypto economics, ICO, and funds specialist. With over 25 years of experience, he is a proven leader and manager, having established and floated Premier Asset Management Plc on the London Stock Exchange with over £1 Billion under management. He was also recognised as Influencer of the Year at the CryptoAM 2022 awards
    Currently, he is the CEO of TeamBlockchain, a UK-based international influencer network that works with a range of service providers such as lawyers, accountants, exchanges, custody, insurance providers, and private and public companies to offer thought leadership, incisive analysis, and strategy.

    He is also the Non-Executive Chairman of Gem Cap UK Ltd. that works with fund managers predominantly from the UK and USA assisting them with strategy marketing and distribution.
    Jonny's expertise has positioned him as a trusted voice within the blockchain community. He co-founded The British Blockchain Frontier Technology Association (BBFTA), a growing network of experts, influencers, decision makers and entrepreneurs dedicated to increasing the understanding and adoption of blockchain and other frontier technologies.

    Jonny has a wide knowledge of the UK investment industry including intermediary market distribution, FSA regulation for mutual funds, stock broking, discretionary management, structured plans and providing outsourced solutions to a range of external institutions.

    Jonny is also a sought-after speaker and the Editor of Digital Bytes, a renowned publication providing in-depth analysis of blockchain and digital asset sectors.

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    51 min
  • Adewole Adebayo, Prince of the Ondo Kingdom, Nigeria - Politican, Lawyer And Founder of KAFTAN TV

    Adewole Adebayo is a prince from the Ondo Kingdom in southwestern Nigeria. A lawyer by career, he is Member of the International Bar Association (IBA), and entrepreneur, Adewole Adebayo is better known as a public affairs prominent figure and he actively participates in Nigerian politics as a member of the Third Force coalition.

    Prince Adewole Adebayo Biography

    Adewole Adebayo is a prince from the Ondo Kingdom in southwestern Nigeria. He is the direct descendant of Osemawe (ruler) Odunola and grandson of Osemawe Lamele.

    As a public affairs prominent figure, Prince Adewole Adebayo actively participates in Nigerian politics as a member of the Third Force coalition. Adebayo announced his candidacy for the presidency of Nigeria in the 2023 election, with an agenda to bring back the lost glory of the ‘Giant of Africa’.

    In recognition of his contribution to the development of Ondo State, Adewole was honoured by the state government for being the highest personal income tax payer in March 2021. He also received the Best Media Proprietor of the Year award from the Nigerian Union of Journalists in November 2021.

    Prince Adewole Adebayo holds a Masters of Law from the University of Jos. Adebayo later attended law school in the United States of America, where he passed the New York Bar Exams. He is licensed to practise in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, California, New York, and federal courts in the United States. He is also a Member of the International Bar Association (IBA).

    In the private sector, Adewole is a prominent Nigerian lawyer, who founded Adewole Adebayo & Co., House of Law, in 2002. The firm has been involved in significant legal cases, including representing Continental Transfert Technique Limited in a case concerning the constitutionality of a contract with the Federal Government.

    Adewole is the founder of KAFTAN TV, an independent 24-hour television channel established in 2016. The channel is operated by KAFTAN TV Ventures, a trading and joint venture company headquartered in Ondo City, Ondo State, with additional offices in Lagos and Abuja. The platform is a member of the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON) which is a broad coalition of public and private broadcast organizations
    On philanthropic grounds, the Prince sponsors nearly 2,000 young Nigerians in tertiary institutions both in Nigeria and abroad.

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  • Pete Sayburn, CEO of Studiospace Global Marketplace & Author of ‘Defying Gravity’

    Today's guest is Pete Sayburn, a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and designer. He is the CEO and co-founder of Studiospace, a global marketplace for senior marketers looking to hire agencies. He is also an author, having co-written ‘Defying Gravity: Adventures of a Corporate Entrepreneur’, published in 2010. In a new podcast powered by openbusinesscouncil.org and citiesabc.com.

    Pete Sayburn Biography

    An MBA in Entrepreneurship from the University of Florida, Pete Sayburn now oversees Studiospace, a global marketplace of hand-picked, founder-led and award-winning agencies. Studiospace's clients include major brands such as Aviva, Jaguar Land Rover and Gala Games. Founded in 2022, it now has 200+ independent agencies spread across 12 countries and 36 cities.

    Some agencies working with Studiospace include Rankin Creative, a creative agency founded by celebrity photographer Rankin. Rankin Creative has created eye-catching marketing and brand campaigns for companies including Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, LEGO, Samsonite, EY, Mercedes-AMG, Unilever and the NHS.

    Pete’s previous endeavours include Market Gravity, an innovation business, which he founded in 2009. In 2017, Market Gravity was sold to Deloitte and he joined Deloitte himself. During his tenure at Deloitte, Pete served as the Global Customer Strategy & Applied Design lead at Deloitte Digital. He played a crucial role in driving innovation and helping organisations design and prototype new propositions and services.

    Besides his professional career, Pete has co-authored ‘Defying Gravity: Adventures of a Corporate Entrepreneur’ that was published in 2010. The book offers solutions to real business problems that keep managers awake at night, including; what to do when a key member of your team walks out? Or when there's a hiring freeze? How to convince the board to invest without setting unachievable targets?

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    48 min
  • Vijay Goel, Chairman ASSOCHAM UK, Founder Indo-European Business Forum, AP Govt London Representative

    Vijay Goel is a prominent figure in the business and legal communities, renowned for his remarkable achievements and contributions in bridging . He is the founder of the Indo-European Business Forum, an esteemed organisation established in 2007, which serves as a platform for influential business leaders from India and the UK.

    Vijay Goel Biography

    Vijay Goel is the the Chairman of ASSOCHAM UK, one of the largest Chambers of Commerce in India and former Chairman of the London Chamber of Commerce Asian Business Association.

    Mr. Goel also plays a significant role in promoting business collaborations with Africa. He holds the position of Vice Chairman of the Africa International Business Forum, where he contributes to fostering economic ties between African nations and global business communities.

    Recognized for his expertise and influential contributions, Vijay Goel is a valued member of several advisory groups and committees. He holds a position as a member of The UKTI Global Entrepreneur India Advisory Group, providing valuable insights and guidance for entrepreneurs and businesses looking to expand into the Indian market.

    Mr. Goel is also an advisor to the Hinduja Group, which is a promoter of companies like Ashok Leyland, IndusInd Bank, and Hinduja Ventures, among others. He was also a Special Advisor to the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) for investments, an organisation that has top connections in more than 53 countries.

    A lawyer by background, Mr. Goel has been Working at Singhania & Co for more than 15 years, where he has been advising clients on matters relating to corporate law, and laws relating to joint ventures and foreign collaborations. In one of his deals, his client, a Government of India Company, provided approximately USD 500 million to Reliance for their power project in the year 2009.

    As a philanthropist, Vijay has been serving as a Local Coordinator for the Government of Andhra Pradesh (India) since April 2016, working towards the growth and development of the region.

    Mr. Goel has been recognised and honoured with numerous prestigious awards throughout his career. In 2015, he received an award from the Indian Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley, acknowledging his outstanding contributions. In 2010, he was bestowed the Asian Achievers 'Award for Professional of the Year' by Britain's Minister of State for Justice, Lord Tom McNally, at a ceremony held at Wembley Stadium.

    Mr. Vijay Goel was honoured with the 'National Law Day Award' in 2009 by Her Excellency, Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, the then Honourable President of the Republic of India, in recognition of his exemplary contributions to commercial law and strengthening Indo-UK business relations. Moreover, he was awarded the prestigious 'Asian Leadership in Europe' by Asian Who's Who International, further highlighting his significant accomplishments.

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  • Des Dearlove, Thinkers50, Author of Certain Uncertainty & Megan Reitz, Founder of Reitz Consulting

    Today's guests are Des Dearlove, a British business journalist, management theorist and a prolific author. He is also the co-founder of Thinkers50, the first global ranking of management thinkers with Stuart Crainer.

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    Megan Reitz is Professor of Leadership and Dialogue at Hult Business School. She is listed on the Thinkers50 ranking of global management thinkers, and HR Magazine Most Influential Listing. She was also recently shortlisted for both the Radar and Breakthrough Idea Awards. She is also a contributor to ‘Certain Uncertainty’.

    Des Dearlove Biography

    Des Dearlove is a British business journalist, management theorist and a prolific author. He is also the co-founder of Thinkers50, the first global ranking of management thinkers with Stuart Crainer.

    A BSc in Politics and Economics from the University of Southampton. Des Dearlove has an extensive background in journalism. He is a former columnist to The (London) Times, and contributing editor to Strategy+Business. He was the co-editor (with Stuart Crainer) of the Financial Times Handbook of Management.

    As an author, Des Dearlove has recently released a compilation titled ‘Certain Uncertainty: Leading with Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World’ released as a co-branded book series in collaboration with Wiley and Thinkers50. In ‘Certain Uncertainty’, he discusses how to build resilience and agility into our lives and businesses, and he does it through advice and fresh thinking from accomplished business leaders.

    Learn more about Des Dearlove on https://www.openbusinesscouncil.org/wiki/des-dearlove

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    Megan Reitz Biography

    Megan Reitz is Professor of Leadership and Dialogue at Hult Business School. She is listed on the Thinkers50 ranking of global management thinkers, and HR Magazine Most Influential Listing. She was also recently shortlisted for both the Radar and Breakthrough Idea Awards. She is also a contributor to ‘Certain Uncertainty’.

    Megan writes, speaks and consults in the areas of leadership, dialogue, mindfulness, culture, change, coaching and team effectiveness. She is author of 'Mind Time' and 'Dialogue in Organizations' and 'Speak Up: Say what needs to be said and hear what needs to be heard' for Financial Times Publishing, which was shortlisted for CMI Management Book of the Year 2020.

    Megan is a PhD in leadership and dialogue from Cranfield School of Management. Her doctoral work focused on how leadership and dialogue are constructed in organisations and serves as a call to examine and inquire into the quality of our relationships within organisational settings.

    Megan founded Reitz Consulting, where she works with a number of international clients bringing her research to organisations through facilitation, teaching and speaking.

    Learn more about Megan Reitz on https://www.openbusinesscouncil.org/wiki/megan-reitz

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  • Seamus Rocca, CEO of Xapo Bank, ​Qualified Chartered Accountant

    Seamus Rocca is a financial expert and corporate leader with over two decades of experience working in the financial service sector. He is now the CEO of Xapo Bank and has worked as a Chartered Accountant in international companies, including Arthur Andersen, Credit Suisse, Macquarie Group, and Standard Chartered Bank, at senior executive levels with a focus on finance, treasury, and emerging markets.

    Seamus Rocca Interview Questions

    1. Please start by telling us a little bit about your background?
    2. Tell us something about Gibraltar, its culture, geography, and some important facts about it.
    3. Please tell us about Xapo bank: what it does and how it works.
    4. Centralisation versus decentralisation models of banking and finances.
    What are your views on the current gap between the conventional banking methods and the crypto scenario. As a banking professional, how do you think we can bridge this gap?
    5. Could you please highlight some of the key features of Xapo Bank
    6. Please tell us about Xapo’s membership.
    7. Please share your Insights on current top news in the crypto world: crypto winter, FTX, and Financial Market crash in the US.
    8. What advice would you give to our audience who are tackling these waves?

    Seamus Rocca Biography

    Seamus is a qualified Chartered Accountant, and he studied accounting and finance at the University of Leeds. He also attended Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, where he studied executive leadership. He is also a member of ICAEW, a world-leading professional membership organisation that trains, develops and supports over 150,000 chartered accountants worldwide.

    Seamus has a close working relationship with the UK Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) and was a certified Material Risk Taker under the UK PRA rules in his capacity as the Head of Liquidity at Standard Chartered Bank.

    Seamus has worked at Xapo Bank for over five years, taking on the role of CEO in 2021, where he is responsible for overseeing the operations and strategic direction of the bank.

    Seamus has played a critical role in making Xapo the first crypto company in the world to obtain a banking licence. Xapo Bank is a private bank headquartered in Gibraltar, which operates globally and is licensed as a virtual asset currency provider by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission.

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  • Hirander Misra, Founder and CEO of GMEX Group and ZERO13 & Asad Sultan, CEO of Verdana

    COP28, Bonn Climate Conference…. Global collective efforts for climate change are rapidly gaining traction. Dinis Guarda interviews Hirander Misra, CEO of ZERO13 which is a marketplace aggregation solution for carbon credits as well as ESG real-world assets, and Asad Sultan, CEO of Verdana and its subsidiary EcoConsortium, Asia-Pacific’s first digital carbon registry.  The experts discuss the urgent need for end-to-end digital connectivity in the carbon eco-system for transparency, efficiency and scalability.

    Hirander Misra, CEO of GMEX Group and ZERO13

    Hirander Misra is Chairman & CEO of GMEX Group, a company that offers innovative solutions for the creation & operation of electronic exchanges and post-trading services and the CEO of ZERO13, part of the GMEX Group and a regulated digital exchange (SECDEX) and marketplace aggregation solution for carbon credits as well as ESG real-world assets.

    In collaboration with Verdana and EcoConsortium, Zero13 offers turn-key digitalization across the carbon marketplace vertical. Given the size of this market ($12b today and growing parabolically), this is potentially a very valuable market proposition. 

    Hirander is very active in ESG, trading and in the digital assets sectors, bein also the Founder & Co-Chairman of FinComEco, a fully integrated Financial & Commodities Ecosystem providing services to help improve the livelihoods of Sub-Saharan African farmers using blockchain.

    Hirander was one of the Top 10 influential business leaders of blockchain technology in the All Party Parliamentary Group 2018 report on the UK Blockchain industry. He is also on LATTICE80’s Top 100 influencer list for the UN Sustainable Developments Goal agenda for pioneering blockchain technology solutions. He is featured in the Financial Technologist 2019 list of the 50 most game-changing founders of FinTech companies.

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    Asad Sultan, CEO of Verdana

    Asad Sultan is a finance industry veteran  CEO of EcoConsortium, a pioneering venture jointly established by Verdana and EcoRegistry, and the first digital carbon registry in the Asia-Pacific, with a function for digital measuring, reporting and verification (dMRV) embedded in the platform. He is also the founder and CEO of Verdana, a SaaS Platform and end-to-end automation dMRV and asset management solution that can be used to assess, validate, and certify carbon footprint data and analytics.

    In parallel, he is an advisor to ZERO13, a regulated digital exchange (SECDEX) and marketplace aggregation solution for carbon credits as well as ESG real-world assets.

    With more than 25 years of experience in the investment banking industry, Asad is also the CEO of Deutsche Malayan Ventures since 2019, a company that provides cross-border advisory services for investment and execution of high-value projects in Malaysia and the CEO of KL Tech City, a venture studio investing in tech industry startups.

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  • Michael Figueroa, Senior Director of Strategy, Information Security Services at Toptal

    Michael A. Figueroa is the Senior Director of Strategy, Information Security Services at Toptal, where he leads Cybersecurity & Technology Strategies and Business Leadership, and research, for Toptal - a global remote company that provides a freelancing platform, connecting businesses with software engineers, designers, finance experts, product managers, and project managers. The company has no headquarters.

    Michael Figueroa Biography

    Michael Figueroa holds a B.S. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from MIT and a M.F.S. in High Tech Crime Investigations from George Washington University. Michael was Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) in 2004.

    Previously Michael was Principal Investigator (PI), Mobile/Cloud Security Research Lead at BAE Systems and SVP, Application and Security Architect at InfusionPoints.

    Michael served as the Cyber Innovations and Services Lead at Draper Labs in Cambridge, MA between 2015 and 2016.

    Between 2016 and 2019 Michael was President & Executive Director of Advanced Cyber Security Center (ACSC), where he effectively focused on improving how executives make decisions and engage the local counterparts in defending against advanced cyber threats in the ACSC's Collaborative Defense program.

    Michael is a Senior Advisor to MassCyberCenter at the Mass Tech Collaborative in Boston. Where he advises government officials on improving policy and procedures for defending against modern cyber threats and incident response planning as part of the Cyber Resilient MA Working Group (CRMWG).

    As a researcher and writer, he published papers such as “Reduced Realistic Attack Plan Surface for Identification of Prioritised Attack Goals” and “A SOUND Approach to Security in Mobile and Cloud-­Oriented Environments.” Michael has been a lecturer at George Washington University and an Adjunct Professor at University of Virginia.

    Michael is a certified youth soccer coach, world traveller, and philosopher.
    With 20 years of experience as a small business/nonprofit leader and trusted advisor to state and federal officials, Michael has developed a multidisciplinary and community collaboration approach to improve how organisations use technology to drive their mission and business objectives.

    Michael’s leadership philosophy centres on forging lasting partnerships and nurturing strong collaborative relationships across diverse, multidisciplinary stakeholder groups.

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