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Strategic advisory, product strategy, advanced payment systems, ecosystem development, operations, marketing & growth
Jeremy Drzal is the Founder & CEO of Kaimeta. Jeremy brings an innovative approach to identifying and executing growth strategies for advanced technologies, enabling secure and trusted commerce solutions. His expertise is designing and enabling robust ecosystems and marketplaces bridging legacy payments and account services with Web3 and tokenized services. His experience spans many applications related to FinTech, RegTech, VASP, Banking, Retail, Issuing, and Acquiring, across a global network of clients and partners.
Strategic advisory, commercialization, capital & finance, corporate development, partnerships & organizational matters
Patrick Campos is the President of Kaimeta. Patrick has worked with companies across multiple industries, assisting them with strategic matters spanning business and operations, product development and commercialization, capital and finance, corporate development and partnerships, organizational matters, and marketing and communications. His experience also spans regulatory, compliance, technology, and legal matters. He most recently served as Chief Strategy Officer of Securrency, a leading institutional-grade blockchain-based financial and regulatory technology developer. Patrick also has long experience as a lawyer with major international law firms, with a particular focus on structuring large financial transactions. Along with several executive leadership roles, Patrick served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps and is actively engaged in international American football as head coach for the Emirates Gridiron League.
Strategic advisory, Capital Markets & Asset Management CIO/CDO, driving innovation & transformation
Kate Bohn is a Kaimeta Strategic Advisor with over 24 years of experience in Financial Services at multiple Tier 1 institutions and a software house, Kate excels as a Capital Markets and Asset Management CIO/CDO, driving innovation and transformation. Specialising in 'Problems To Be Solved' and Fintech, she empowers organisations to harness artificial intelligence, data, partnerships, and culture for heightened value and scalability.
As Head of Private Markets Technology at Macquarie Group, she led technology delivery and strategy for key businesses, overseeing integration projects exceeding AUD30 million. Additionally, as EMEA CIO for Macquarie Asset Management, Kate championed cloud-native solutions and a migration to agile methodologies.
Previously, as Innovation & Strategy Lead at Lloyds Banking Group, Kate shaped the digital and data/analytics vision for commercial banking, supported strategic initiatives exceeding GBP3 billion, and revitalised brand presence across the EMEA FinTech community.
Her leadership fosters trust and collaboration, leading to prestigious awards including the 'BUPA everywoman Women in Tech - Leader' and 'European Women in Finance - Excellence in Fintech'.
Strategic advisor in the Capital Markets & fintech ecosystem supporting growth, personal branding, recruiting & placement
Nirbhay Kumar is a Strategic Advisor at Kaimeta. As a respected executive and strategic advisor within the Capital Markets and fintech ecosystem, Nirbhay brings over 25 years of experience and a leverageable network of decision-makers, founders, innovators, and venture capitalists. His cross-functional network within investment management, alternatives, custody banking, wealth management, digital assets, and Fintech is widely recognized by leaders across this ecosystem.
Over the course of his career, Nirbhay has actively built and cultivated an extensive network of professionals spanning the entire breadth of capital markets, banking, asset management, and FinTech. He has helped many of these seasoned professionals connect to new opportunities and solutions over the past 15+ years. As such, he has a deep understanding of the functions and skills required for roles across these sectors.
Nirbhay has combined this knowledge with his network into a bespoke, confidential, curated, and highly effective professional branding, networking, and job search service for experienced professionals. His clients include seasoned professionals with diverse functional capabilities whose former or current employers span the gamut of blue-chip asset managers, banks, consulting firms, and FinTechs.
Nirbhay has an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University and a BBA from Bryant University.
Strategic advisor bringing his legal background to guide decisions on digital assets, corporate formation, DAOs, IP, NFTs & securities.
Rick Tapia is a distinguished attorney, international keynote speaker, and thought leader in the blockchain and digital asset arena. As an advisor at Kaimeta, he brings extensive expertise to support innovative companies and guide strategic decisions. With a career marked by foresight and innovation, Rick has guided startups through complex regulatory frameworks, helping companies raise over $50 million USD collectively. His expertise spans corporate entity formation, DAOs, intellectual property, NFTs, and securities laws.
As a member of the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force for Digital Assets, Rick provides crucial consultation and legislative feedback, advocating for regulatory measures that foster innovation while ensuring market integrity. His insights shape the legal contours of the evolving blockchain space.
Rick’s advisory approach is comprehensive and business-centric. He offers counsel on entity structuring, governance, director relations, commercial and tech transactions, and equity compensation. He is particularly adept at navigating investment financings and securities and crafting regulatory compliance strategies for digital assets.
Rick also elucidates the complex legal frameworks for emerging fund managers, covering crowdfunding, private securities offerings, investment funds, investment companies, and broker-dealers. His hands-on guidance helps clients instill robust legal processes and compliance best practices.
Dedicated to nurturing technological innovation and entrepreneurship, Rick shares his knowledge through CLE programs and high-profile conferences on digital assets. His voice shape’s opinion, clarifies doubt, and inspires entrepreneurs to responsibly harness the transformative power of blockchain technology, both in the U.S. and internationally.
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Expertise in risk management, corporate structure, tax, fundraising, tokenization & complex financing.
Greg Murphy is a Strategic Advisor with expertise in traditional finance, digital assets, and Web3. With over 20 years in capital markets, Greg has held senior positions in derivatives, corporate finance, and investment management in Canada, the UK, and the US. He's founded and led four regulated entities under the OSC and UK FCA and played key roles in IPOs and RTOs. His experience helps clients leverage TradFi knowledge and network for Web3 and Defi programs.
Greg’s strong background spans finance, risk management, and strategy, as well as supporting corporate structure, tax, fundraising, tokenization, and complex financing. His deep expertise in blockchain regulation, accounting, and strategy is rooted in years of experience in securities and investments. He's dedicated to driving Web3 adoption and digital transformation in financial markets.
He's active in blockchain groups like The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance and Wharton BDAP, building strong industry relationships. Greg’s experience and forward-thinking approach make him a valuable strategic advisor in the evolving financial and digital asset markets.
Kaimeta Advisor offers sales, marketing & growth solutions to DeFi and Web3 clients.
James Peacock is a Kaimeta Advisor offering sales, marketing, and growth solutions to DeFi and Web3 clients. He is a dynamic and results-driven sales and business development professional with over 10 years of experience across diverse markets, industries, and emerging technologies. Specializing in the DeFi, Web3, and digital assets space, he can quickly align with client needs to develop tailored growth strategies to drive short—and long-term growth for user acquisition and customer and partnership development.
James brings a process-driven approach that simplifies complex products and executes innovative programs. This approach, combined with his ability to develop, manage, and grow sales, partnerships, and communities worldwide, instills confidence in his ability to deliver results.
B2B Advocacy, community & ecosystem growth, industry content development, thought leadership, event production, & go-to-market strategy & positioning.
Pete Harris is a Strategic Advisor focusing on B2B Community and ecosystem growth, industry content development, thought leadership, event production support, and go-to-market strategy and positioning. He taps into 40+ years of experience as a software architect, project and product manager, go-to-market strategist, journalist, author, and community builder. He has extensive experience in financial services, healthcare informatics, and supply chain markets. Pete helps companies develop their advocacy positions and thought leadership programs with a strong focus on Web3, tokenization, and decentralization technologies (aka DecentraTech), such as DePIN and PETs, and their alignment with artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Finance experience as an Auditor & M&A in industrial manufacturing, food processing, healthcare, consumer goods & energy
Enver is a Kaimeta Strategic Advisor with over 20 years of finance experience as an Auditor, Strategy, and M&A consultant. His broad industry experience includes finance, industrial manufacturing, food processing, healthcare, consumer goods and energy.
His past experience at Arthur Andersen, Ernst& Young, and Granth Thornton gave him the opportunity to work in Turkey and the CIS countries.
He has worked with several boutique M&A firms in Turkey. After that, he managed an Austrian energy company, Turkey Fund’s project development for eight years. Then, he joined BWG as a General Manager of Turkey and worked in that position for over five years. He was also co-founder of Iron Mountain Record Management Turkey. From 2021 to 2023, he was the CEO of Istanli E-commerce company. He is a shareholder of Arc Group UK, Arc Build construction company in Rwanda, and an international Gold trading company in Tanzania.
Enver was a team leader in most projects and built his expertise in M&A and consulting assignments, project management, restructurings, developing market entrance strategies, JV contract negotiations, and set-up.
A world traveler, Fenerbahce Football Club congress member, and served as an officer in the Republic of Turkey Army, attaining the rank of sergeant. Enver holds a Bachelor of Science from the Department of Economics at the University of Marmara, İstanbul, Turkey, and is a Chartered Public Accountant (CPA).
Kaimeta manages industry-related professional groups on LinkedIn with over 70,000 members.
