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.
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner
Ehrenmitglied des Experts-Beirat
Philipp Sandner war Gründer des Frankfurt School Blockchain Center (FSBC) an der Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.
Als solcher hat er sowohl den Blockchain Bundesverband als auch die deutschsprachige Blockchain-Industie maßgeblich geprägt.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Ittner
Mittweida University of Applied Sciences
- Professor of Computer Science (Distributed Information Systems) at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences
- Director of the Blockchain Competence Center Mittweida (BCCM) at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences
- Member of the Digital Council of the Bundesbank and the State government of the Free State of Saxony
Prof. Dr. Fidelio Tata
International School of Management (Berlin)
- Professor of Corporate Finance at the International School of Management (Berlin)
- Executive experience in derivatives marketing, institutional sales, risk management, and global fixed-income research
- Areas of focus: Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Digital Euro, Digital Assets Evaluation
Prof. Dr. Isabell Welpe
Professor Strategy and Organization, TUM
- Chair of Strategy and Organization at the Technical University of Munich, research on the digital transformation of companies.
- Scientific Director of the Bavarian State Institute for Higher Education Research and Planning (IHF)
- Areas of focus: Dao, Healthcare, Legal, Science
Mahsa Doorfard
coinIX
- Sales & Marketing Manager at coinIX
- DLT-, Bitcoin- und ReFi-Talent at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
- Member of „Global Women in VC“
- Expert at ECOTA (European Carbon Offset Tokenization Association)
- Web3 Mentor at SystAIn3r (100 Women in AI & Web3 for Sustainability)
- Areas of focus: Web3 Infrastructure, DePIN, ReFi
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
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 - Focus: Industry 4.0 and platform economy, supply chain management
Dr. Moritz Böhmecke-Schwafert
Technical University of Berlin
Ernst & Young
- Postdoc and lecturer at the Technical University of Berlin
- Manager at EY
- Advisory services for the EU Commission and ministries on digital innovation in the public sector
- Focus: Blockchain and sustainability, regulation
digital innovations, decentralised finance (DeFi), digital identities, digital innovations in emerging markets, blockchain and global value chains
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.
Ricky Lamberty
Robert Bosch GmbH
- Expert for digital assets & Web3 at Robert Bosch GmbH
- Member of the Digital Finance Forum of the Federal Ministry of Finance
- Member of the Supervisory Board of the Fetch.ai Foundation
- Areas of focus: Web3 & Token Economy, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Digital Euro, Metaverse
Sarah Rentschler-Gerloff
DXC Technology
- Co-Lead der Working group digital Euro
- Head of Digital Assets & Custody at Think Tank Business Solutions, 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
Simon Engel
SAP
- Senior Product Manager at SAP with a focus on payment solutions, strategic co-innovation and Web3 solutions
- Cross-product management and design of product strategies for payment transactions
- Focus on Web3 industry adoption
- Areas of focus: DeFi, DAOs, stablecoins and start-up investments
Stefan Grasmann
Zühlke Group
- Group Head of Thought Leadership und Chief of Blockchain beim Innovationsdienstleister Zühlke
- Positioning the company on future topics at a global level
- Focus on adoption of blockchain technology in the financial sector
- Areas of focus: DeFi, especially institutional DeFi, stablecoins, DAOs
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
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.
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.
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.