Frederik Gregaard
Zurich, Switzerland
Chief Executive Officer at Cardano Foundation | Chief Executive Officer @ Cardano Foundation | Maker of Trust, Crypto Co-Creator & Implementor
Summary
🔹**Frederik Gregaard - Enabling Trust and Transformation in Financial Services through Blockchain Technology**🔹 --- Welcome to my professional network. I currently serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the Cardano Foundation, a role I stepped into in October 2021. My journey in professional services and the financial industry spans over 20 years, across Switzerland and Scandinavia. This experience has provided me a strong footing in capital markets, digital asset management, private banking, and trading infrastructure. Certified in currency trading and as a digital asset management expert, my forte lies in the nexus of technology and financial services. 📌 **Key Accomplishments:** - Orchestrated significant growth and adoption for the Cardano Foundation. - Spearheaded the launch of the Cardano Shelley mainnet in July 2020. - Build a Blockchain enabled Private Banking infrastructure on a greenfield. - A firm advocate for leveraging blockchain for financial inclusion and sustainability. - Implemented Bitcoin & Altcoin for Several Swiss Banks; Assessment of counter-party risk, sourcing of liquidity risk, integration to existing trading infrastructure & treasury, education of the various business units and design of the business 📌 **Innovation and Mentorship:** I am ardently passionate about how technology can reshape traditional business models and reintroduce trust into banking. Beyond the office, you will find me on trails, as an avid trail runner. 📌 **Technology's Impact on Financial Markets:** - Worked with a myriad of Fintech firms in Switzerland and globally, primarily in DLT, Robo Advisors, Asset Allocation, and KYC automation. - Constructed operational and trading infrastructure for over 100 Asset Managers. - Implemented and advised on cryptocurrency integration for Swiss banks and infrastructure providers. As CEO of the Cardano Foundation, I am tasked with moving society towards a blockchain-enabled future, one based on inclusiveness and transparency. My key priorities as CEO are to drive the Cardano Foundation’s adoption strategy, through to integration and execution of its missions, to enable fast-track value creation for inclusive and equitable growth using Cardano. Essentially to empower the architects of the decentralized era, set the direction for governance as a service, and enable economic empowerment. Feel free to reach out for collaborations, or discussions on blockchain, digital assets, or trail running. I am open to conversations that push the envelope and bring meaningful change to our world.
Chief Executive Officer
Cardano Foundation
1 Oct 2020 - Present
5yrs 10mos
Zug, Switzerland
Cardano is an open platform that seeks to provide economic identity to the billions who lack it by providing decentralized applications to manage identity, value and governance Cardano is a social and financial operating system based on blockchain technology. Created by a global team of leading academics and engineers, Cardano is a platform to build new technologies, discover new ways to interact, and create new ways to work. Cardano’s brightest minds have now created a blockchain many times more environmentally friendly than earlier proof of work (PoW) blockchains, which also provides unparalleled security and decentralization through mathematical proofs, formal verification, and over a thousand community-led stake pools. The Cardano Foundation - Development and Decentralization Tasked with the custodianship of the Cardano protocol, the Cardano Foundation is a Swiss not for profit organization dedicated to empowering innovators and changemakers within the blockchain industry. The Cardano Foundation strives towards a blockchain-enabled future—one based on inclusiveness and transparency. An independent entity, the Foundation’s ambition is to empower the architects of the decentralized era, set the direction for governance as a service, and enable economic empowerment. Frederik’s key priorities as CEO are to drive the Cardano Foundation’s adoption strategy, through to integration and execution of its missions, to enable fast-track value creation for inclusive and equitable growth using Cardano. He brings his vast experience of the professional services and financial industries to the Foundation, where he will build partnerships with institutions and enterprises.
Maker of Trust, Crypto Co-Creator & Implementor | Member #9
Disruption Disciples
1 Nov 2017 - Present
8yrs 9mos
ZĂĽrich Area, Switzerland
Dedicated to bringing Trust Back into Banking!! The #DisruptionDisciples are a global, decentralized collective of innovators and technology enthusiasts dedicated to consciously and responsibly building the future. The group's thought leadership is collected and published in the upcoming #AppetiteForDisruption Vlog as well as in several forthcoming books. #DisruptionDisciples is free to join for all sharing our values.
Mentor at @F10
F10 Incubator & Accelerator
1 Aug 2016 - 31 Jan 2023
6yrs 5mos
Zurich, Switzerland
Mentoring startups that are in the F10 FinTech Incubation & Acceleration program. F10 is a global innovation ecosystem with offices in Zurich, Singapore, Madrid, Barcelona. We believe the fastest route to innovation lies in early collaboration between startups, incumbents and investors. Each stakeholder benefits from shared skills, experience and insight. Our founding sponsor is SIX, a global financial infrastructure provider and operator of the Swiss and Spanish stock exchanges. Today it is joined by a global cohort of influential banks, consultancies, insurers and tech firms like: Baloise, Julius Bär, Generali, PwC, Raiffeisen, ZKB, eni Finance, Capgemini, Tamedia, Post Finance.
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