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

KAIO’s team

Adam Armitage

Senior Legal Counsel

Over 10 years of legal experience across private practice and in-house roles. Previously at WebN and White & Case LLP, advising on funds, contracts, and corporate matters. Holds legal and literature degrees from Warwick and leading UK institutions.

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.

Avtar Sehra

Chief Executive Officer

Previously founded Nivaura, a pioneer in tokenised securities infrastructure. Long-time contributor to blockchain innovation with deep expertise across financial engineering, regulated markets, and institutional digital assets. Avtar holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics from Imperial College and has held regulated positions including CEO and CRO under MiFID and CASS frameworks.

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.

Juan Rios

Mid Level Rust Engineer

Blockchain engineer with 5 years of experience building scalable dApps and smart contracts. Worked across fintech, supply chain, and identity use cases. Active contributor to Web3 open-source projects and developer communities.

Kamaldeep Singh

PROJECT & DELIVERY MANAGER

Senior program manager with cross-asset experience in traditional finance and digital assets. Skilled in business transformation, strategic execution, and stakeholder engagement. Known for driving operational excellence through technology and pragmatic leadership.

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

DevOps engineer with expertise in Terraform, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms including AWS, GCP, and DigitalOcean. Experienced in infrastructure optimization, blockchain node management, and Cosmos-SDK development using Golang.

Maurizio Raffone

Chief Financial Officer

Seasoned finance professional with 25+ years of experience. Former CFO for tech companies in Asia, with a background in capital markets, structured finance, derivatives, and venture capital across global investor networks.

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.

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.

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.

William Bele

Smart Contract Engineer

Smart contract developer for EVM-based chains and CosmWasm. Worked on infrastructure and tooling for Fetch.ai’s Cosmos-based blockchain, including explorer, launchpad, and dev templates.

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