Head of Crypto
Mazen Eljundi is Global Business Head of Crypto, Wealth & Trading, and Expansion Markets at Revolut, a position he has held since July 2024. He leads Revolut's crypto business globally and has spoken publicly about the company's role in bridging traditional finance and Web3, with a focus on crypto adoption through education and user experience. He joined Revolut in January 2021 as Global Business Head of Crypto, subsequently expanding his mandate to cover Wealth & Trading, then Revolut Business, before assuming his current scope covering Expansion Markets.
Prior to Revolut, Eljundi held senior roles at ConsenSys, serving first as Practice Lead for Advisory and Venture Architecture from 2018 to 2019, then as Senior Director of Global Business Development from 2019 to 2020. Earlier in his career he worked as a management consultant at Oliver Wyman in Dubai from 2008 to 2011, later returning to the firm as an independent consultant from 2016 to 2018, where he advised on an executive team serving Kuwait's Ministry of Finance in a joint venture with the Kuwait Investment Authority. Between 2013 and 2016 he served as Director of Global Business Development at Zello Inc in New York, and between 2015 and 2016 he founded and led Tripstir Co., a social travel platform. Eljundi holds a BBA in Finance from the American University of Beirut and an MBA specialising in Entrepreneurship and Venturing from Columbia Business School, where he graduated in 2013.
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Strategic Partnerships & Private Events
Noé Giglio leads Strategic Partnerships and Private Events at The Big Whale, a market intelligence platform on digital assets founded in 2022 and headquartered in Paris. He is based in London and has been active in the digital assets sector since 2019, building expertise across onchain finance and investment strategies and a network spanning financial institutions, corporates, and digital asset companies across Europe.
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Head of Institutional Research
Max Coniglio is Head of Institutional Research at The Big Whale, an independent market intelligence platform on digital assets founded in 2022 and headquartered in Paris. In this role he sits within the firm's research and analyst team, which produces editorial coverage, briefings, and research serving the platform's institutional client base.
MD, Head of EMEA Fintech at J.P. Morgan
Manuel Costescu is a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan, where he co-heads the EMEA Innovation Economy team and serves as a Global Fintech Champion. In this role he advises the region's fastest-growing fintech, SaaS and e-commerce companies across a range of corporate and investment banking solutions.
Costescu began his career as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York, and earlier worked as a banker at J.P. Morgan covering European public sector clients before returning to the firm. He is a regular speaker at industry events on innovation, fintech and digital finance.
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