Friederike Sofie Burckhardt

Head of Digital Assets - Capital Markets

Friederike Sofie Burckhardt is Head of Digital Assets - Capital Markets at LBBW, a position she assumed in September 2025. Her stated focus is on institutional digital assets and the intersection of capital markets and technology, with a particular emphasis on bridging strategic vision and practical implementation in financial infrastructure.

Burckhardt has written publicly on the role of blockchain in capital markets, arguing that distributed ledger technology can remove intermediaries between institutions, reduce settlement friction, and support cross-border issuance and trading. She has also addressed the potential for AI to modernise fragmented banking infrastructure and improve risk management workflows. Prior to her current role, she spent nearly four years at LBBW as a Business Analyst within the Consulting department, from January 2022 to September 2025. She studied at Universität Ulm.

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Florian Westmeier

Senior Professional Blockchain

Florian Westmeier is a Senior Developer specializing in blockchain technology at LBBW, with expertise in Ethereum, Microsoft Azure, and GitHub Copilot, contributing to finance and tech innovation in Frankfurt.

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Marcel Franck

Cluster Lead DLT Platforms

Marcel Franck is IT Cluster Lead for DLT Platforms at LBBW, specializing in distributed ledger technology and digital asset solutions within financial markets.

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Leonid Bashlykov

Head of Product, Crypto Exchange

Leonid Bashlykov is Head of Product, Crypto Exchange at Revolut, a position he has held since November 2022. He leads the product organisation behind Revolut's crypto exchange and trading offering, including the launch of Revolut X, the group's standalone trading platform, and of 1:1 conversions between US dollars and the USDC and USDT stablecoins.

His remit covers the build-out of Revolut's crypto product line as the group adapts it to the European MiCA framework. Before joining Revolut, Bashlykov was Head of Product at Uchi.ru, an EdTech group in the CIS region, where he ran international launches in India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Brazil. Earlier in his career he was Chief Executive Officer of DinoLab and worked in early-stage deep-tech investment at Phystech Ventures. He studied at Lomonosov Moscow State University and is based in London.

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Paul Gurzal

Paul Gurzal is Co‑Head of Fixed Income and Head of Quantitative Investment at La Française AM.

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Rahul Moharir

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Vice President

Rahul Moharir is Vice President at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, specializing in investment strategies and portfolio management within the finance sector.

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