Yip is cofounder at Unit, a blockchain project built with Substrate (Polkadot ecosystem).
She is a design expert for blockchain education and mindfulness training and invests into companies that use technology to advance United Nations Agenda 2030 (Sustainable Development Goals).

Previously, she worked at McKinsey & Co in the Financial Services industry, and at leading European Venture builder Rocket Internet. She holds an MBA from INSEAD business school and is advisor at Antler, Techstars, Plug&Play, Launchpool Labs.
She’s a strong advocate for Social Entrepreneurship and has worked with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus and has participated in discussions and delegations with Dalai Lama and Pope Francis to shape the future of the economy.

Yip loves to write poetry and is author of the book “Beautiful Brains Change tomorrow… today”, a mindfulness manifesto and guide into entrepreneurship.

Katia is co-founder of Unit, focused on powering the token economy. A strategy & technology solutions expert, she has designed tech architecture for leading international software companies such as MotionPoint. Prior to founding Unit, Kat was a professional athlete representing Russia in Track and Field at national level.

Michael is co-founder of Unit, the leading token builder focused on powering the token economy using the Unit Network blockchain, powered by Polkadot.

His mission is to solve wealth inequity, by providing a more cooperative economy. He is focused on social impact and positive change through education, entrepreneurship and empowering individuals. Michael is a self-taught full-stack, mobile and blockchain developer. Alongside, has design and video expertise which support in building useful products.

Michael has been in the crypto and blockchain industry since 2010 and has built several successful businesses with exits, ranging from an encrypted peer-to-peer video conferencing technology, used by millions of users globally, one of the UK’s largest student social networks, the Wikileaks android application and many mobile apps used by millions of users worldwide.

Alongside starting and growing businesses, Michael has advised and supported startups, investors and corporates in Asia, Europe, Middle East and Latin America. He was a finalist of the Thiel Fellowship by Peter Thiel and awarded the Silver medal in the Mathematics Olympiad.

Michael worked at top pan-European Venture Capital firm, Wellington partners(€800 million under management). As well as working for the Founders Forum, the leading technology conference and network globally(founder of $500m company to be invited)

He founded a coding education bootcamp company which co-led the introducing coding into the british education system. He has done work for Google, KPMG, Saatchi & Saatchi, L’Oreal, Imperial College, Unilever, London Business School and other top startups/corporates/organisations

Daniel is a top notch entrepreneurship coach with domain focus in business modeling, social entrepreneurship, design thinking & agile team leadership. He has built the startup ecosystems in UAE, US, UK and GER, working with TedX, Plug & Play, and the Emirate of Sharjah.

He is founder of the podcast “Chapters of My Life”, where he portrays human potential development conversations with leading entrepreneurs and coaches.

Vanesa is a Commercial Partnerships Manager, Business Consultancy Advisor and Impact Investor.
A systems thinker and strategic problem solver, she has a proven track record on building strong trust-based relationships (B2B and PPP) and delivering long lasting value for NGOs, Governments (UK, EA) Corporates (BP, Shell, Repsol) and Start-ups (Data, VR, Tech) in energies and sustainability industry for 15+ years.

She is a chemical and sustainability engineer by trade and holds a MBA from Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) with a specific focus on fin-tech, social innovation and entrepreneurship. Her passion lies on creating a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable economy 4 the planet.

Madhuri Rahman is an experienced learning designer who has designed leadership and learning programs for international clients such as Blockchain and Climate Institute, United Nations, Chevron.

Madhuri holds an Msc in Psychology and is passionate in helping humans explore the frontiers between emerging technologies and social change.