Steven D’Mello

Partner, Operational Due Diligence

Albourne Partners

Steve joined Albourne Partners (Canada) Ltd as an Operational Due Diligence Analyst in 2014 to focus on the credit and fixed income sector before expanding into private markets ODD. Steven has played an important role in developing Albourne’s framework for assessing operational risk pertaining to digital assets, and is a contributor to the SBAI Crypto Assets Toolkit, the AIMA Digital Assets Custody Guide, the AIMA Digital Assets Trading Guide and the AIMA Digital Assets DDQ.

Steven joined Albourne from RBC Capital Markets where he worked in Corporate Treasury and Product Control and previously worked for Citco Fund Services in pricing and fund accounting. Steven holds a Bachelor of Administrative and Commercial Studies degree from Western University and has earned both the CFA and FRM designations.

Ruairi Hanafin

Chief Investment Officer

Firinne Capital

Ruairi Hanafin is the Chief Investment Officer at Firinne Capital. He is an entrepreneur, investor, and early proponent of blockchain technology. He also co-founded Canadian agricultural technology startup Grain Discovery. He has held positions in research and portfolio engineering in the quantitative portfolio management teams at CPP Investments, where he also founded the blockchain research group, and at the Vancouver derivatives analytics company FINCAD.

He holds a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from Trinity College, University of Dublin.

Shaun Martinak

Portfolio Manager

Coinbase Asset Management

Shaun Martinak leads Project Diamond, a platform bringing digitally native assets to fully regulated institutional users. He is also a Portfolio Manager at Coinbase Asset Management. He joined Coinbase AM in July 2021 and has contributed to the creation of the firm’s Ethereum staking fund, digital indices, token classification system and credit strategy. Prior to joining, Mr. Martinak built and led BCI’s $1B global direct and co-investment strategy team as Managing Director. Prior to BCI, Mr. Martinak was a Senior Principal at OTPP where he ran a global, $3B portfolio of hedge fund strategies. He began his career in finance at D.E. Shaw in New York.

Pascal St-Jean

President & CEO

3iQ Corp.

Throughout his career, Pascal has focused on the transformation and disruption of industries via rapid scaling of businesses under his leadership. Having successfully created and grown multiple business ventures, Pascal was recognized as one of the youngest recipients of the Forty Under 40 award.
Before joining 3iQ, Pascal was an active angel investor and served as Strategic Advisor and Fractional Executive to over 5% of the Globe and Mail’s 500 fastest growing companies in Canada.
Pascal’s experience in open-source technologies and distributed systems led him to invest in cryptocurrency in 2016, and act as an educational resource on digital asset investments to several organizations. As President & CEO of 3iQ, Pascal is focused on overseeing the growth and global expansion of the company as it continued to pave the way as a global leader in Digital Asset Management.