Mr. Khurshid is a fintech veteran with senior leadership experience at Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, and the Royal Bank of Scotland, and is widely recognized in capital markets for leading major industry initiatives. He defined the first voluntary global bullion market transparency regime for the London Bullion Market Association under Bank of England authorization and FCA oversight, and was a joint partner at Cinnober Financial Technology prior to its sale to Nasdaq. He is the Founder and Chairman of Jacobi Asset Management, Europe’s first and only spot Bitcoin ETF issuer, and co-founded Digital RFQ, an FCA-registered blockchain payments platform later sold to Nasdaq-listed Nukkleus Inc., where he served as COO, CEO, and board member. He has been named in Exchange Invest’s Top 1000 most influential figures in global financial markets.

Mr. Noonan has over 25 years of corporate finance and governance experience with NASDAQ and NYSE-listed companies. He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer of Finjan Holdings (Nasdaq: FNJN), a cybersecurity and intellectual property company, and previously was CFO and Board member of Sky Petroleum (OTCBB: SKPI), an international oil and gas explorer. He also held a senior finance leadership role at Forgent Networks (Nasdaq: FORG), overseeing investor relations, HR, and M&A during a period that generated more than $140 million in licensing revenues. Mr. Noonan holds a BBA from Simon Fraser University, an MBA from Athabasca University, and an Executive JD from Purdue University Global.

Gonca Demir is an international executive with 17+ years of experience across healthcare and real estate. She most recently served as Chief of Staff to the Founder and Chairman of ND Group, supporting strategy and global operations in over 40 countries. Previously, she was Business Development Director at Ecolog Germany, helping establish the company as Germany’s leading pandemic testing and vaccination provider, and later Managing Director of EcoCare GmbH, where she led a digital healthcare platform. She holds a BSc from Sabanci University and completed executive education at Harvard Medical School.

Founder and CEO of CommerceBlock and a founding member of CryptoUK, he has been driving digital asset innovation since 2012. He has developed blockchain solutions for Verizon, Capgemini, Merrill Lynch, and JPMorgan, and achieved three successful exits. A former Vice President at Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, and JPMorgan, he serves as a Non-Executive Director of a Nasdaq-listed company and is a recognized authority on digital asset regulation and markets.

Mr. Harp Sangha is a prominent business figure and capital-markets executive with decades of leadership in public companies. He has been directly involved in the evaluation, financing, and development of projects related to critical minerals, base metals, and energy resources. He has worked closely with technical teams, government stakeholders, and international partners to advance projects from early-stage assessment through development and commercialization.

Dan Marcus leads MarcX, a consultancy advising clients across the financial markets ecosystem. With over 30 years of experience, he combines senior leadership with deep legal expertise. He previously served as co-Head of Tradition’s EMEA business and held General Counsel roles at Tradition and the London Stock Exchange. Dan has contributed to the development of electronic trading platforms including Trad-X and ParFX, as well as key industry benchmarks such as ICE Swap Rate and Term SONIA, and is an active financial markets thought leader.