Bundesblock Experts

The Experts Board is one of the organs of Bundesblock, as well as the Political Advisory Board, which supports us especially in technical issues.

The experts are people with special expertise in blockchain, DLT and/or Web3. They are characterised by many years of professional involvement in the blockchain community and a connection to the Bundesblock.

This includes, for example, founding members or former board members, people who chair one of our working groups or who are active in a regional initiative.

The application as an expert is possible as of now.

Application Form

Anne-Sophie Gógl

Digital Euro Association

  • Vorstand der Digital Euro Association, Think Tank mit Fokus auf CBDC, Stablecoins, Crypto Assets und andere Formen digitalen Geldes
  • Schwerpunkte: Digitaler Euro

Christoph Jentzsch

Founder, Corpus.ventures

  • Founding member of Bundesblock
  • Co-founder and CEO at corpus.ventures/ Tokenize.it, formerly Ethereum Foundation, TheDAO and Slock.it.
  • Areas of focus: DAOs, legal (enterprise tokenization), Web3 development.

Dr. Christoph Wronka

Director, Deloitte

  • Director in the Anti-Financial Crime Advisory Service Line and Head of the Blockchain, Digital Assets and Financial Crime Expert Group at Deloitte Germany.
  • Member of the Technical Expert Group on AML/CASPs of the European Banking Authority
  • Areas of focus: Money laundering prevention, compliance, financial management, digital assets, DeFi

Frank Hartmann

alphaX

  • Managing Director and CTO at alphaX Digital Services, implementation of innovative business models and IT strategies
  • Co-founder and advisor of several digital start-ups 
  • Areas of focus: Science Supply Chain, NFT&Metaverse, Finance

Sarah Gottwald

Blockchain Founders Group

  • Geschäftsführerin der Blockchain Founders Group, Förderung von Blockchain und Web3 Startups
  • Podcast-Host und Vorstand bei ITSA (International Token Standardization Association)
  • Areas of focus: Venture Capital, Startups, Startup Building, Investing

Prof. Dr. Isabell Welpe

Professor Strategy and Organization, TUM

  • Inhaberin des Lehrstuhls für Strategie und Organisation an der Technischen Universität München, Forschung zur digitalen Transformation von Unternehmen
  • Wissenschaftliche Leiterin des Bayerischen Staatsinstituts für Hochschulforschung und Hochschulplanung (IHF)
  • Areas of focus: Dao, Gesundheitswesen, Legal, Wissenschaft

Matthias Steger

Tax advisor

  • Managing Director Matthias Steger Consulting
    - Tax consulting company
  • Author and lecturer for the German Federal Chamber of Tax Advisors and tax advisor associations on crypto and taxes
  • Collaboration in the Working group taxes
  • Area of focus: Taxes

Dr. Maximilian Austerjost

Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML), Dortmund

  • Team Leader for DLT Engineering & Management, "Purchasing and Finance in SCM" Department
  • Main focus: Application potentials of cooperative IT systems for supply chain management, logistics and production.

Prof. Dr. Michael Henke

Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML), Dortmund

  • Head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML
  • Holder of the chair for
    Corporate Logistics (LFO) of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at TU Dortmund University
  • Focuses: Industry 4.0 and platform economy, supply chain management

Prof. Dr. Philipp Maume

Professor of Law, TUM

  • Professor of Corporate and Capital Markets Law (Corporate Governance & Capital Markets) TUM School of Management, focus on the regulation of new technologies in the financial markets
  • Publications on crypto law, one of the managing editors of the Zeitschrift für Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht (BKR) (Journal for Banking and Capital Markets Law)
  • Areas of focus: Finance, law, secondary DAOs and NFTs.

Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner

Frankfurt School blockchain Center

  • Founder of Frankfurt School Blockchain Center (FSBC) an der Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Frankfurt
  • Author and expert on crypto assets, member of the Digital Finance Forum of the German Federal Ministry of Finance.
  • Areas of focus: Decentralized Finance (DeFi), digital euro, stablecoins, asset tokenization, metaverse.

Sarah Rentschler-Gerloff

DXC Technology

  • Co-Lead of the Working group digital Euro
  • Practice Partner Management Banking Capital Market, Lead Digital Assets & Custody EMEA at DXC Technology, consulting and development of new business models and services in the financial industry based on DLT and Blockchain technology.
  • Areas of focus: Digital euro, business scaling, digital assets

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Omlor

Institute for the Law of Digitization, University of Marburg

  • Professorship for Civil Law, Commercial and Business Law, Banking Law and Comparative Law
  • Founding director of the Institute for the Law of Digitization (IRDi) at Philipps University Marburg
  • Management of the BMJ research project "Blockchain and Law".
  • Areas of focus: Corporate, banking and capital markets law

Steffen Schwalm

msg

  • Senior Manager Digital Identity and Trust at msg
  • Participation in international standardization regarding DLT, SSI and security, e.g. in ISO, ETSI, CEN
  • Co-design of the European digital identity and trust framework (Large Scale Pilots and European Blockchain Infrastructure EBSI).
  • Areas of focus: Digital Identities, SSI, eIDAS (including QTSP Electronic Ledger), NFT, Metaverse, Legal Compliance & Security

Werner Hoffmann

Pekuna

  • Founder of Pekuna, expert on crypto taxation
  • Experience as a tax official, speaker and lecturer, focus on communicating and disseminating knowledge around blockchain and tax/regulatory issues.
  • Collaboration in the Working group taxes
  • Focus: taxation of crypto assets

Zsófia Vig

Legal Counsel, N26 Bank

  • Head of the Working group Finance
  • Consulting for the development of blockchain-based financial products
  • Author, course for the advanced training of specialist lawyers of the German Lawyers' Institute
  • Focus: finance, DAO, tokenization, NFT

FAQ Expert Advisory Board

Who can apply for the Experts Board?

The advisory board members distinguish themselves through outstanding expertise around blockchain, DLT and Web3, including especially from a legal perspective. For this purpose, there must be a connection to the Bundesblock, including, for example, involvement as an executive board member, in the working groups or the community, or long-standing corporate or founding members of the association. The advisory board is initially made up of selected experts, but it is also possible to apply for the expert advisory board. 

What is the role of the Experts Board?

The experts provide their technical expertise for consultations upon request. Where appropriate, they support the working groups in the run-up to publications or by mentoring one or more groups
In addition, the Experts Board will be involved in the development of the Policy Advisory Board and Experts Board members may be asked to serve as speakers.

What do we offer the experts?

Expert board members receive free personal membership for the duration of their commitment (independent of corporate membership) and benefit from Member benefits.
Members of the board have the opportunity to contribute their expertise and help influence the direction and activities of the Blockchain Bundesverband. Experts are recognized as such on the website and are invited (depending on location) to political events on behalf of the Bundeblock.