The mission

We want to make your money work harder for you

We combine decentralization, blockchain technology and insurance to offer higher returns with lower risk. The end result is that depositors earn much more on their cash than they would in a bank for the same level of risk.

The founders

DEREK MAYNE

DEREK MAYNE

Managing Director

Derek Mayne co-founded CrescoFin in 2019 and started the Cresco group of companies in 2011 with Cresco Capital Markets, a foreign exchange broker, adding Cresco Capital Management in 2014.

Known as Ice-Man in his early career as an engineer in offshore oil and gas production (as he specialized in sea ice, not G&T ice), he worked with Agip KCO in Kazakhstan and London and later founded Abai Resources Ltd to develop junior oil and gas in Kazakhstan. He has a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Calgary, where he also held an adjunct professorship.

ROBERT SHARRATT

ROBERT SHARRATT

Managing Director

Robert Sharratt co-founded CrescoFin in 2019. He brings to the firm over 20 years of experience in the finance sector. He started his career in investment banking at Hambros Bank, HSBC and Lehman Brothers, in London, Moscow and Hong Kong before going on to make private equity investments.

Robert holds an MSc in Finance from London Business School.

DeFi Advisors

Stani Kulechov

Stani Kulechov

Advisor

Damian Horner

Damian Horner

Advisor

Cyril Lapinte

Cyril Lapinte

Advisor

David Gokhshtein

David Gokhshtein

Advisor

Diane Dai

Diane Dai

Advisor

Ryan Sean Adams

Ryan Sean Adams

Advisor

David Hoffman

David Hoffman

Advisor

Crypto Dog

The Crypto Dog

Advisor

The Team

CrescoFin has a talented, young and diverse team with a deep understanding of finance and technology. United by CrescoFin’s values and mission, passion and expertise are equally important in the daily pursuit of making your money work harder for you.

  • Guillaume Goutaudier

    Chief Technology Officer (Swissledger.io)

  • Tatsiana Lapata

    Chief Developer

  • Simon Gonzalez-Moreno

    Head of Insurance and Risk Management

  • Slavian Oatu

    Head of Marketing and Investor Relations

  • Sophie Arnold

    Head of Public Relations

  • Maëwenn Potin

    Chief Legal and Compliance Officer

  • Galina Vasilyeva

    Chief Designer

  • Sonia Nieves

    Head of Administration

  • Elsa Schneider

    Investor Relations

  • Cristina Mailat

    Investor Relations

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