Web3 Talent

I got into crypto in 2018 as Yellow Card's Head of Operations in South Africa, before most of the continent had heard the word "blockchain." I built the company's operational and regulatory foundation from scratch, took the South African entity into five additional African markets, and grew our user base from under 1,000 to over 100,000, all while directly supporting a $1.5M seed round and $15M Series A. That experience taught me the thing most crypto operators learn the hard way: technology doesn't scale on its own; trust, compliance, and operational discipline do.

Since then, I've worked both sides of the crypto/fintech table, leading BD for a white-label blockchain infrastructure provider (Scalable Solutions AG), closing partnerships with VISA and IBM, and facilitating cross-border capital raises from €5M to €250M. I currently drive fintech BD at ARREL, an institutional digital asset infrastructure company.

What makes me great: I've built things in emerging markets where the playbook doesn't exist yet, in new regulatory environments, with first-time crypto users, and skeptical institutional partners. I'm currently completing an MBA in AI and applying it directly, producing my own podcast (AI Unplugged, 27 episodes) end-to-end using NotebookLM. I bring operator instincts, not just strategy decks. I've been in the room building the system, not just advising on one.