Boris Spremo - Independent Advisory
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Tokenisation for institutions and fintechs. Growth for blockchain organisations.
What I do
Financial institutions and fintechs
Banks, asset managers, exchanges, market infrastructure, payment providers
Digital asset strategy, business models, go-to-market, technology and ecosystem partnerships
Blockchain organisations
Networks, protocols, infrastructure, tokenisation platforms
Growth and revenue strategy, go-to-market, institutional partnerships, growth operating models
My work is focused on production solutions and sizeable capital deployments.
Experience
With 25 years in startups, institutions and global enterprises, I have built and scaled products and markets, including:
- Building OpenZeppelin's partnerships function and closing major deals with global institutions and enterprise vendors
- Growing Polygon's institutional ecosystem from $50m to over $1bn in deployed capital
- Co-founding the digital asset custodian Trustology, acquired by Bitpanda, serving millions of users
- Building global payments systems for Barclays and Worldpay, transferring billions daily
- Advising Union, Hashnet and Outlier Ventures projects on growth strategy and go-to-market
- Leading blockchain innovation at BNY
Selected organisations I have worked with include: Schroders, Mastercard, Deutsche Bank, Fidelity International, ANZ, Intesa Sanpaolo, KfW, Banca d'Italia, BNY, Barclays, Worldpay, Stripe, FIS, Fireblocks, Tokeny, Taurus, Fasanara, Morpho, Spiko, Union Labs, The Sandbox, Shell and ISO.
How I work
I help clients frame problems correctly, design viable strategies and operating models, and support decision-making through complex or ambiguous situations.
I work through fixed-scope projects and retainers, and run a limited number of mandates at any one time.
Diagnostic
Assessment of strategy, market and execution; friction points and recommendations
Strategy
Digital asset or growth strategy, business and revenue models, go-to-market plan
Operating model
Tools, processes and resourcing to execute the strategy and go-to-market
Retainers
Ongoing input on strategy, go-to-market and execution