Our Management Team
Our Advisory Board
Pat LaVecchia
Senior Advisor
Pat LaVecchia is the Founder & CEO of Oasis Pro, a renowned blockchain expert, fintech leader, board member, and keynote speaker with more than 25 years of senior level investment banking experience including corporate finance, M&A, capital markets, decentralized finance, and digital assets. Pat’s ability to scale enterprises, foster innovation, and navigate complex regulatory landscapes is widely recognized, and he has successfully structured, negotiated and executed more than $15 billion in deals on high-yield transactions, mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and private placements globally. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and BA from Clark University.
Galen Murphy
Strategic Advisor
Galen has 25 plus years of experience across Derivatives Trading and Multi-Asset class Portfolio Management, in Investment Banking and Asset Managers/Family Offices. Since 2011 he has been managing Ultra High Net worth clients through various platforms, establishing Venture Capital and Private Equity structures for clients to diversify away from more traditional asset classes. For the past 8 years he has been an active Angel Investor in pre-seed start-ups in Singapore and Ireland and since 2017 has been active in the emerging world of crypto exchanges, blockchain technology, and asset tokenization.
Maurice Tracey
Strategic Advisor
Maurice is a seasoned banking expert with over 25 years of extensive experience in senior positions within the financial industry. His vast knowledge spans from TradFi to DeFi, particularly in cash flow finance solutions and strategic structuring. With a distinguished career history at Santander Bank Polska and Santander Factoring, Maurice has demonstrated exemplary leadership skills, solidifying his reputation in the banking sector. He is a graduate of UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, holding an International Executive MBA in Business/Managerial Economics.
Jörg Schröder
Strategic Advisor
Prof. Dr. Jörg Schröder is professor for Corporate Finance in the Strategy, Finance & Innovation department of the International School of Management (ISM) in Dortmund. Alongside this role, he is partner of SSC Consult Corporate Finance in Cologne where he advises small and medium-sized companies on Corporate Finance. Prof. Schröder worked in Investment Banking in national and international banks for more than 20 years. He studied economics at the University of Münster where he also successfully completed his doctorate. His fields of research are Capital Markets, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance and Venture Capital, Disruptive digital technologies in finance and Sustainable Finance.
Christian Platzer
Co-Founder & Senior Advisor
As a senior HR professional, managing director, and as a consultant, Christian has broad experience from startups to a global enterprise (Groupon). He managed complex international teams in high growth environment, operating in 30+ countries. He lived and worked in Berlin, Zurich, Sydney, Malta, and Vienna. Christian is passionate about blockchain & finance, digital assets & financial markets, as well as people operations & organizational design.