1984

Master’s degree in Mathematical Trading and Finance from Sir John Cass Business School.

Jean-Marie is the CEO and a co-founder of CoinShares. Jean-Marie Mognetti is a seasoned commodity trader, having developed advanced expertise in areas such as quantitative analysis, risk management, and alpha generation. His skills extend to the management of trading programs focused on macroeconomic commodities, including notably cryptocurrencies. Since 2014, he has been recognized as a leading expert in the digital asset sector. Before co-founding CoinShares, a pivotal player in the cryptocurrency industry, Jean-Marie Mognetti served as a quantitative trader at Hermes Commodities Fund Managers. His role there was instrumental in establishing and implementing trading strategies based on rigorous quantitative risk management approaches.

Current external positions: Director of the board of Mognetti Partners Limited, Komainu Holdings Limited and Tactiques D’avant-Garde (Jersey) Limited.

Master’s degree in Sinology from School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Richard has 10 years of experience in chartered accounting. He joined CoinShares from Cairn Financial Advisers where he acted as Nominated Adviser to a number of listed companies, holding the status of Qualified Executive (as granted by the London Stock Exchange).

Graduated from the Celsa - Sorbonne Université (Grande Ecole of Communications & Journalism) and the Hasso Plattner Institute School of Design Thinking.

Benoît has over 15 years of experience in developing marketing, communications, advertising and branding. He joined CoinShares from the leading crypto hardware firm Ledger. Prior to that he has held positions involving strategy, branding and innovation with Ogilvy Consulting, SID LEE, M&CSAATCHI, Fred & Farid and Digitas.

Pierre has close to 20 years experience in finance in both traditional markets and cryptocurrencies. Prior to CoinShares, Pierre co-founded Blockchain Solutions, a technology and strategy consulting company, and Emergence Labs, specialized in Bitcoin trading technology, both located in Paris. Previously, Pierre was a trader undertaking statistical and index arbitrage strategies for banks and hedge funds such as Nomura, Millennium Partners, Dresdner Kleinwort and Natixis.

Frank has over 10 years of experience as an ETP specialist, joining CoinShares after previously working as the former Head of Distribution and Capital Markets at WisdomTree. Prior to specializing in ETPs, he spent 11 years working as a trader with KBC Financial Products.

Master’s degree in Chemistry from Reading University, MBA from Cambridge University

Lewis Fellas is a veteran asset manager with over 24 years of experience gained at JPMorgan London, hedge funds in Hong Kong and the Harvard Endowment in Boston with a specialisation in combining derivatives and fundamental investment ideas. Lewis has 8 years of experience in Crypto having founded one of the earliest Crypto funds, Bletchley Park, in 2017.