Crypto and ESG – Environmental, Social, Governance? How Does This Fit? (Panel)

Crypto and ESG – Environmental, Social, Governance? How Does This Fit? (Panel)

Industry Insights: Panel Discussion: Crypto and ESG – Environmental, Social, Governance? How Does This Fit?

Environmental, Social, Governance. Hardly any subject has been hovering in the institutional and professional investment space as much as the implementation of ESG factors and socially responsible investing (SRI). Secondly, the crypto asset industry has experienced significant growth in relevance for asset managers and investors. With both ESG and digital assets gaining public interest, the possible impacts a blockchain could have on efficient supply chains and global transactions could pose an opportunity for opposing global warming.

About the lecturers

Dr. Oliver Krause is Initiator and Co-Founder of Untitled INC Think Tank & Ventures. Since 2017 he works full time on all things Crypto DLT Blockchain as an Entrepreneur, Advisor, and Investor. He cofounded Liquiditeam, which offers a web 3 business engine for fan engagement and financing for the sports & creator economy. Most recently Oliver is deeply involved in leveraging tokenization to limit climate change. He is a co-organizer of DigitalDavos and coproduced the documentary Cryptopia - Bitcoin Blockchain & the Future of the Internet which was released in 2020 and in the meantime reached an audience of roughly 1 bn people.

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Dr. Timo Bernau is an Equity Partner at GSK Stockmann in Munich and Luxembourg. Timo advises banks in Germany and abroad, financial service providers, insurers as well as fund and asset management companies in all regulatory matters including the structuring and distribution of their products and business services. Timo has a special focus on innovative business models such as FinTech and InsurTech companies. Timo regularly gives lectures in the area of banking and insurance regulatory law and has published numerous articles on these subjects.

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Dr. Caroline Herkströter is a banking lawyer based in Frankfurt focused on bank regulation and investment law. She advises credit institutions and financial service providers, especially investment and universal banks, investment companies, and securities trading firms in aspects of domestic, European, and international banking and capital markets law.

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Dr. Jan Rosam is Partner at EY and is leading the Financial Services Capital Markets & Investment Banking Consulting practice in Germany. Additionally, Jan is responsible for EY's Financial Services Emerging Technology Consulting offerings around Cloud, Blockchain, and quantum computing in Germany. Jan has more than 15 years’ experience within Capital Markets / Investment banking / Technology sector and holds a Ph.D. in mathematics & computer science.

LinkedIn profile of Dr. Jan Rosam

Kai Siefert has 16 years of professional experience in the energy industry. After years as an analyst and strategy developer for OMV AG, his recent work focused on accelerating the energy transition by developing DLT-based digital services for renewable and distributed energy sources including the energy tokenization platform MyPower. Since April 1st he is the managing director of R&C Energy a joint venture between Wien Energie and Riddle & Code.

LinkedIn profile of Kai Siefert

Jan Kühne is the Institutional Sales Manager at Coinbase and leads the efforts for the Institutional Market in the German market. Before joining Coinbase, he was Head of Institutional Sales at BSDEX Boerse Stuttgart Digital Exchange. With over 18 years of experience in various roles at M.M.Warburg & CO, he has a wealth of experience in TradFi. He holds an MBA from Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg.

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