Welcome to The Team

Introducing the core team driving the idea forward, and bringing you the best experiences the Web3 world can offer!

Akshun founder Richard Kieswick

Richard Kieswick
Chief Executive Officer

Top 50 disruptive Start-up Founder, Top 100 Business Insider Innovators and Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist. Founded multiple award winning companies and advises sports agencies, brands and think tanks on Web3 strategy and sustainability in blockchain. Football fan and rugby fanatic.
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Richard Kieswick
Chief Executive Officer

Top 50 disruptive Start-up Founder, Top 100 Business Insider Innovators and Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist. Founded multiple award winning companies and advises sports agencies, brands and think tanks on Web3 strategy and sustainability in blockchain. Football fan and rugby fanatic.
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“As a massive sports and gaming fan it is a dream to build what needs to exist.”
– Richard Kieswick
Akshun founder Ben Appleby

Ben Appleby
Chief Product Officer

Crypto OG and digital product designer with over 17 years experience in product and 10 years in crypto. Ben was an early adopter into Bitcoin, Ethereuem and NFTs. He has worked for several high profile crypto companies including Coinburp Exchange, Elliptic and was the first person in Europe to use a Bitcoin ATM.

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Ben Appleby
Chief Product Officer

Crypto OG and digital product designer with over 17 years experience in product and 10 years in crypto. Ben was an early adopter into Bitcoin, Ethereuem and NFTs. He has worked for several high profile crypto companies including Coinburp Exchange, Elliptic and was the first person in Europe to use a Bitcoin ATM.

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“I used to take apart gadgets at home as a kid, I just had to know what was inside and how they worked.”

– Ben Appleby

Akshun founder Matej Zrimsek

Matej Zrimšek
Chief Technology Officer

Ex-Bitstamp Banking Technical Lead, overseeing audited & regulatory compliant monetary systems, serving millions of customers & processing multi-million daily transaction volumes. Fiat & crypto trading & management platform specialist. Technical advisor for investment platforms & startup hubs. Expert in building efficient, scalable, high-volume & high-availability systems. Master’s in Mathematics & Computer Science.
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Matej Zrimšek
Chief Technology Officer

Ex-Bitstamp Banking Technical Lead, overseeing audited & regulatory compliant monetary systems, serving millions of customers & processing multi-million daily transaction volumes. Fiat & crypto trading & management platform specialist. Technical advisor for investment platforms & startup hubs. Expert in building efficient, scalable, high-volume & high-availability systems. Master’s in Mathematics & Computer Science.
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“We must strive to unlock the true power of decentralization, not just as a technology, but as a mindset.”

– Matej Zrimšek

Akshun team member Ryan Horn

Ryan Horn - Head of Partnerships

Founder N3ON | Dapio Leader | Ex-Binance NFT Director | Thought Leader Mentor | Coach for Web3

Robin Janaway - Head of Web3 Communities

Former Head of NFTs at Outlier Ventures, the largest Web3 Accelerator. Advising some of the Top 10 NFT projects & conventional businesses.

Akshun team member Mathew Norris

Mathew Norris - Head of Governance

25 years in IT & online gambling and trading regulations.
Akshun team member Nik Pletikos

Nik Pletikoš - Treasury & Tokenomics

Head of Treasury within Sweat Economy handling 120 million users in total, with 13 million wallets. Former World Champion Sailor.

Akshun team member Jill Kaur

Jill Kaur - Accounting & Tax

25 years advising professional athletes at Premiership Football clubs and UHNI on crypto regulations.

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