Team Picture: [NYALA Team as of fall 2022]

Empowering the financial industry For the future of finance

NYALA is a technology company specializing in blockchain technology and a pioneer of regulated custody solutions for crypto assets. Our mission is to help financial service providers embrace the transition to the future of the financial industry.

Join us on this exciting journey!

Team Picture: [NYALA Team as of fall 2022]

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Selected Highlights of our Journey

€ 2.3M L‘Osteria

We created one of the first tokenized bonds in Germany for a restaurant chain.

Kapilendo Custodian

The second crypto custodian to receive the license by German BaFin runs purely on our custody solution.

€ 15M+ tokenized securities

We have issued more than € 15M worth of tokenized securities.

Smart Registry

Our subsidiary started operating with a preliminary Bafin license to register electronic securities.

First tokenized securities

Our subsidiary registered the first tokenized securities (bearer bond).

2019

€ 2.3M L‘Osteria

We created one of the first tokenized bonds in Germany for a restaurant chain.

2021

Kapilendo Custodian

The second crypto custodian to receive the license by German BaFin runs purely on our custody solution.

Smart Registry

Our subsidiary started operating with a preliminary Bafin license to register electronic securities.

2022

First tokenized securities

Our subsidiary registered the first tokenized securities (bearer bond).

2023

€ 15M+ tokenized securities

We have issued more than € 15M worth of tokenized securities.

Our Vision

Digital Assets will be everywhere

The German electronic securities act (eWpG) is just the start and within five years all financial asset classes will be possible on-chain.

Established players will play a role

We believe that financial institutions will continue to play a role in the financial markets of tomorrow. They will not disappear, as they are well positioned in the regulatory framework.

Some intermediaries will dissapear

The cooperation of financial institutions will move on-chain - thus breaking up data silos, constant consolidation, and errors while reducing the number of players involved.

Our Mission

Empower the financial industry

We provide the tools to financial players who are on their journey towards a Digital Asset future.

Bring Digital Assets to the mainstream

We deliver a primary and secondary market infrastructure for assets without current capital market access.

Build a sustainable ecosystem

We continue to build solutions for new asset classes and emerging use cases in line with the developing regulations.

Our Team We are NYALA

Dr. Johannes Schmitt CO-CEO

Johannes Schmitt
Johannes Schmitt
Previously at Kraken Digital Asset Exchange. Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Southern California.

Johannes is responsible for Product Strategy, Sales and IT and focuses on the expansion of services and the expansion of our network of partners.
Johannes Schmitt

Daniel Wernicke CO-CEO

Daniel Wernicke
Daniel Wernicke
Previously with BCG, Truventuro, PALTRON.
MBA at London Business School and Law State Exam from Bucerius Law School in Hamburg.

Daniel adjusts our strategy, tailoring it to legal and regulatory requirements, and leverages his management experience in order to further professionalize processes.
Daniel Wernicke

Laurent Cirlini Head of Product

Previously at BCG Digital Ventures and FinTech incubator FinLeap. MSc in Business Administration from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich.

As a Head of Product, Laurent combines years of experience building products in several early-stage startups with his FinTech background to create an industry-leading B2B product. He has been invested in crypto assets since the launch of Ethereum.

Carlos Ficola Product Owner Tokenization

Carlos Ficola
Carlos Ficola
Previously at UBS, Switzerland.
BA in International Business from HTW Berlin.

Carlos was part of the core team that acquired Germany’s second crypto custodian license from BaFin and is responsible for our tokenization projects including registrar services. Carlos has been invested in crypto assets for many years and is part of the BAM investment committee
Carlos Ficola

Sebastian Winkelmann Product Manager

Previously with Deloitte Consulting and Lloyd Fonds AG.
MSc in Business Administration from the University of Amsterdam and a BSc in Economics from the University of Mannheim.

Sebastian is responsible for our custody solution product and corporate development. He has been invested in crypto assets for many years and is leveraging his traditional finance background to further scale our crypto solutions for financial institutions.

Hanna Dudenhausen Head of Public Relations

Hanna Dudenhausen
Hanna Dudenhausen
Previously at Bloomberg, public imaging, Invesdor.
MA in Communications from Freie Universität in Berlin.

She is responsible for our PR and media strategy. She has been active in Finance for more than 15 years and has many years of experience in the field of corporate communications within the financial industry.
Hanna Dudenhausen

Tobias Born Software Engineer

Tobias Born
Tobias Born
Previously at KPMG.
MSc in Computer Science for Medicine at the Technical College Brandenburg.

As an application engineer & full stack developer, Tobias conducts the front and backend development for our platform. He also looks at our internal IT operations, data modeling, and system integration.
Tobias Born

Adnan Inayat Software Engineer

Previously in Lampenwelt.
MSc in Global Software Development from the Hochschule Fulda.

Adnan works as Full Stack Developer and focuses on the creation of new features and the implementation of new ideas into our existing systems.

Attila Takacs Software Engineer

Attila Takacs
Attila Takacs
Previously at Nokia, evosoft.

As Software Engineer Attila is responsible for Blockchain Integration into our system as well as the implementation of new features with a special focus on backend integration.
Attila Takacs

Celina Homps Business Development Manager

MSc in International Business from HWR Berlin and Law degree from the Catholic University of Argentina.

Celina is in charge of the sales process, development of leads for potential new accounts and coordination of marketing campaigns.

Jingran Zhang Product Manager

Previously with Air France and Shippeo.
MSc in Strategy and Digital Business from ESCP Business School and MA in French-Chinese Interpretation from Beijing Foreign Studies University.

Jingran has multiple years of experience in business development before joining two startups based in Paris. As Product Manager, Jingran is responsible for product research, development, and customer-facing operations.

Deniz Gönüllü Communication Designer

Previously in Invesdor INV AG. Graduated in communication design from the Design Academy Berlin.

With more than 20 years of experience, Deniz is in charge of the corporate image's overall design and is responsible for our brand development.

Mohsen Mojabi Software Engineer

BSc Computer Software Engineering & MSc Mechatronic.

As a full-stack software engineer in the development team, Mohsen implements the required features both on the Back end as well as the Front end, to improve performance and increase the capabilities of the product. He has also several years of experience in mobile applications programming & robotics.

Mamta Gupta QA Assurance Engineer

BTech in Computer Science Engineering from Rajasthan Technical University, India

Mamta is a highly skilled Software Quality Assurance Engineer, possesses extensive expertise in all aspects of the Software Testing Life Cycle. She plays a vital role in assisting our project teams in delivering top-notch work by conducting comprehensive quality assurance assessments and expanding testing capabilities.

Johannes Rolly Legal Analyst

Johannes Rolly
Johannes Rolly
Currently obtaining a law degree from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Johannes focuses on all legal questions and ensures our compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements.

Among his core duties are the drafting of contracts and communication with regulatory authorities
Johannes Rolly

Laura Hauke Operations Manager

Previously with the Boston Consulting Group in Berlin. She has a BSc in economics and working on her MSc in economic psychology.

She is our Operations Manager and manages the Office, HR, and Accounting.

Mohamed Lotfy DevOps Engineer

Mohamed Lotfy
Mohamed Lotfy
Previously at anynines GmbH & Vodafone TSSE.BSc Telecommunication and Electronics Engineering.

Mohamed is responsible for establishing DevOps practices and culture in the company, assuring the required automation and Tooling to improve the development and deployment life cycles, building and maintaining scalable/efficient/observable infrastructure, and accomplishing the best DevSecOps practices.
Mohamed Lotfy

Ricardo Rubio Product Designer

Previously at Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Group, NTT Data, and Itaú Private Bank. Bachelor's degree in Product Design from PUCPR and Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Awari's specialization in Product Design.

Currently designing the new NYALA Design Language, building the foundation for the Design System and new product from end-to-end. Working alongside the Product team to create a new and valuable user-centered product.

Randy Castillo Software Engineer

Previously at MicroNexus GmbH. BSc in Computer Science As a Software Engineer.

Randy is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing software solutions that meet business needs.  

William Bailey Analyst Advisor

Previously at Kraken, Allianz Investment Management SE.
BSc in Mathematics from Ohio State University and MSc in Financial Economics from Maastricht University.

As a crypto markets analyst, William performs research and analysis for the purposes of NAM index constituent selection and new product development. He also writes content for the NYALA blog, covering current events and upcoming trends in crypto.

Laura Rathmann Legal Analyst

Completion of the 1st State Examination at the Humboldt University in Berlin and King's College London. Future student at Bocconi University in Law & Technology (LL.M).

Laura is part of the Legal Team and assists with all legal issues and regulatory compliance. She works with the legal team to further develop the existing legal framework and actively influence legislation on crypto custody solutions

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NYALA Digital Asset AG

Uhlandstraße 32 c/o Mindspace

10719 Berlin

info{at}nyala.de