Martin Bruncko

Martin Bruncko is Founder and CEO at Schuman Financial, a French-licensed Electronic Money Institution and stablecoin issuer headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, which he founded in February 2024. He leads the company's mandate to bring European and euro-denominated financial services on-chain. Schuman Financial's core product is EURØP, a euro-denominated stablecoin custodied by major European banks including Societe Generale. Bruncko also serves concurrently as Founder and Managing Partner of Steam Ventures, a blockchain and crypto venture vehicle he established in June 2023.

Prior to founding Schuman Financial, Bruncko served as Executive Vice President for Europe at Binance from October 2021 to March 2023, based across London and Paris. Earlier roles include Senior Advisor to the European Commissioner for Research and Innovation (2017–2019), Head of Europe at the World Economic Forum (2012–2013), Special Advisor to the President of the UN General Assembly (2012–2013), Board Member of the European Stability Mechanism (2011–2012), and Chief Economic Adviser at the Slovak Ministry of Finance (2003–2006). He also served as an Advisor to the Government of Dubai (2019–2021) and as a Member of the Investment Committee at the European Innovation Council Fund (2020–2023). His earlier entrepreneurial roles include Founder and Executive Chairman of Neulogy (2007–2010), Board Member and CFO/CSO at AeroMobil (2013–2017), and Founding Advisor at GA Drilling (2009–2017). The Schuman Financial about page references his role as Innovation Minister and Deputy Finance Minister of Slovakia, reflecting the public sector background he brings to the company's regulatory positioning in European finance.