The first protocol purpose-built for RWAs, ensuring seamless movement, compliance, and liquidity in DeFi through a sovereign AppChain

KAIO’s team

Amritpal Singh

Senior Full Stack Developer

Full stack developer with 8+ years of experience across the entire software lifecycle. Skilled in both frontend and backend, with a focus on clean architecture, scalable solutions.

Andrea Perinu

Senior Developer

Senior frontend engineer with deep expertise in React and TypeScript. Former frontend lead at Deliveristo, focused on building scalable, high-performance web apps that balance design and functionality.

Davi Mello

Platform Engineer

Cloud and DevOps engineer with 5+ years of experience. Specializes in cloud infrastructure, automation, and DevOps practices across blockchain and enterprise environments.

Enrico Schintu

Senior Full Stack Developer

Full stack engineer passionate about building software end-to-end—across backend, frontend, development, and analysis. Focused on delivering clean, efficient, and scalable solutions.

Gherman Nicolisin

Lead PROTOCOL Engineer

Blockchain engineer with experience in Rust and smart contract development. Formerly at Parity Technologies, with a background in compiler design, ZK systems, and academic research.

Hannah Dolbear

Operations Associate

Hannah has experience across traditional and tokenised fund operations, working across governance, capital activity, NAV oversight, and investor processes. She has supported hedge fund and private equity structures within institutional environments, previously at Kingsway Capital.

Katya Shavrina

CHIEF OF STAFF

Previously, operations and risk management at Goldman Sachs and Kingsway Capital. Deep expertise across hedge fund ops, buy-side and sell-side infrastructure.

Kaveh Gharachorlou

HEAD OF PEOPLE & CULTURE

17 years of senior HR leadership across MENA in multinational firms. Known for empathetic, forward-thinking leadership and driving transformation through people. Experienced in building high-performing teams from Series A to Series E.

Kevin Lin

Solidity Developer

Solidity developer with 3 years of hands-on experience building secure and scalable smart contracts across major EVM-compatible chains. Specialized in DeFi and RWA applications, with a strong focus on audit-ready development and protocol design.

Oli Burleigh

Head of Technology

Nearly two decades of experience designing and scaling distributed systems across blockchain, DeFi, traditional finance, and government. Former consultant to startups and enterprises on platform architecture and digital transformation. Now leading engineering at KAIO, focused on building robust, scalable infrastructure for institutional finance.

Olivier Dang

Chief Operating Officer

Former Global COO of Nomura’s Wholesale Digital Office and current Head of Ventures at Laser Digital. Brings deep expertise in institutional digital assets, Web3 venture investments, and scaling responsible innovation across global financial infrastructure.

Pepe Clemente

Senior QA Engineer

Senior QA and DevOps engineer with 12 years of experience, 7 focused on crypto. Expert in automation and test infrastructure. Previously automated NFT classification and optimized full-stack deployment workflows.

Ramzi Bougammoura

Senior Back End Engineer

Ramzi Bougammoura's background in technology includes studying audio engineering, teaching as a professor, and working as a certified technician for Apple.Working for the last 7 years within the blockchain sector, developing a passion for cryptography and contributing to the development and integration of blockchain systems, multi-signature-based custody protocols with HSMs, primarily on the Bitcoin protocol and the Ethereum ecosystem.

Shrey Rastogi

Chief Executive Officer

Extensive experience in building capital markets infrastructure. Previously Principal Investments at Brevan Howard and led strategy at UK's largest DB Pension Fund. Shrey began his career as a consultant at McKinsey where his clients included multiple stock exchanges, investment banks and technology providers across trading and post-trade infrastructure.

Siiri Ruuhela

PRODUCT MANAGER

Siiri has built and launched trading and lending infrastructure across traditional finance and web3, working with organisations such as HSBC, Bitpanda, and Citadel. She is also affiliated with research labs at the University of Cambridge focused on frontier technologies, including AI, web3, and climate.

Suba Naganathan

VP of Marketing

Strategic marketing and brand leader with expertise across Web3, technology, and global consumer goods. Active in the crypto, Web3, and the NFT sector since 2017, Suba has been at the forefront of bridging culture and technology. Former SVP at 9dcc and held senior roles at Amazon, driving Web3 integration initiatives and leading partnerships through Amazon Advertising.

Victor Goncalves

Technical Product Manager

Experienced product and project manager focused on fintech and blockchain. Specializes in digital asset custody, user-centric product development, and agile delivery.

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