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I.N. Amber Ghaddar , PhD

Founder

AllianceBlock

Country or State

United Kingdom

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#PLS DO NOT PM IF YOU'RE: Marketing Service, Listing Company, Tech Service, Executive Search or LIfe Coach who can make me lose 5kg in 1 week... Amber cofounded AllianceBlock in 2018, a blockchain agnostic infrastructure startup with 100+ employees and a high of $1.9Bn marketcap. She then founded the 200 Billion Club in 2022, an accelerator focused on financing women led startups with more than 200 VC partners and is launching a VC fund investing in diverse teams building the Next Web economy. She’s an advisor to governments and regulators on crypto regulations and was influential in some of the US crypto bills. She is on the advisory board of various industry associations pushing for self-regulatory status for the crypto industry. Prior to AllianceBlock, Amber was a bond trader covering central banks and banks treasuries at JP Morgan London where she held various leadership positions. Amber started her career in Global Investment Research at Goldman Sachs London, and moved from there to the Cross Asset Solution team at JP Morgan London in 2012, where she headed the UK Private Banks Cross asset solutions. She then led the Macro Systematic Trading Strategies team at JP Morgan London, focusing on fixed income dynamic risk premia trading strategies. Amber is a recognized voice in the field where she's often quoted on CNBC, Bloomberg, Forbes, Nasdaq ..and invited to BBC, SkyNews, Financial Times, Davos … to discuss the digital asset space. She was awarded Fintech Times rising women in crypto powerlist 2020, Innovate UK Fintech Senior Leaders Standout 2021, Women in Fintech Powerlist 2022, Top Women in Crypto 2022 and European Women in Finance 2022. In her free time, she is a guest lecturer at EDHEC Business School in Nice (10th Business School in Europe) on the subject of fintech and cryptocurrencies and a TEDx speaker. Amber holds a B.Sc in Science & Technology, Three Masters (Neurosciences, Microelectronics & Nanotechnologies, and International Risk Management & Business) and a PhD in Molecular Medicine. She is a graduate of McGill Canada and HEC Paris.

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Current Position

Founder at AllianceBlock

Degrees

Master's degree, International Risk Management

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