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Building the Future of Financial Infrastructure

The world’s financial system is about to enter a new era. The Finternet is an advanced ecosystem that will seamlessly connect the world’s financial institutions and make clearing and settlement faster, safer and lower cost for all. Hamsa’s Unified Ledger provides the infrastructure needed to support the Finternet for the world’s largest banks and central banks. In 2025, we serviced over $400B of AUM, saving millions of dollars for our clients.

Led by a renowned Silicon Valley entrepreneur, and the technology leader behind AliPay Global, our leadership team brings together experts in payments, blockchain, AI and banking, and provides our clients with global reach as well as local expertise.

With offices in the U.S, Brazil, Singapore and Poland, we are uniquely positioned to fulfill our mission of uniting the world, through a single global financial ecosystem; one that removes barriers, fosters trade, spreads prosperity, and will support a sustainable global economy.

San Francisco

Adam Zbar

Founder, CEO

Adam is a serial, Webby-winning Silicon Valley entrepreneur. As the founder and CEO of Sunbasket.com, Adam raised over $100M in venture capital, grew the e-commerce service from $0-300M in revenues in 4 years, and sold the company for $550M dollars. Adam started his career at McKinsey & Company.

New York

Hubert Wu

Founder, CTO

Hubert is one of the world's foremost x-border payment leaders. As Head of Global Payment Engineering and Chief Architect, he built AliPay's and AliExpress' first x-border payment systems. He was also VP of technologies at Amex.

San Francisco

Wenhao Lin, PhD

VP of Engineering, Research

Wenhao is a seasoned software development leader with over 20 years of expertise, specializing in credit card transaction processing, crypto compliance, and blockchain privacy technologies. As the head of the Hamsa Unified Ledger team, Wenhao drives innovation in blockchain research with a strong focus on privacy. With a Ph.D. in optical network optimization and a proven track record of delivering scalable, high-impact solutions across startups and industry giants, Wenhao combines technical depth with visionary leadership.

New York

Kenny Zee

VP of Product

Kenny is a veteran product and program manager with over 25 years of experience delivering post trade and enterprise technology solutions across global financial institutions. He has held leadership roles at firms including PwC Consulting, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and S&P Global, where he translated complex business needs into impactful, scalable products

Oxford, UK

Chris Spannos

Head of Blockchain Product

Chris brings over a decade of blockchain R&D and product experience spanning proposer-builder separation, rollups, and DeFi. His product-led approach bridges institutional financial systems with next-generation blockchain architecture. As Head of Blockchain Product at Hamsa, he leads strategy for the Koru blockchain and Unified Confidential Ledger, delivering high-performance infrastructure for capital markets.

Simon Charlat

Head of Financial Technology

Simon joined from JPMorgan Chase, where he served as Technical Partner for Capital Markets products, leading global engineering, responsible for enterprise platforms supporting Chase Commercial Bank, Wealth Management, and Corporate & Investment Banking. During his more than 30-year career at JPMorgan and its predecessor firms, he built and led the development of both front-office and back-office applications, driving large-scale modernization initiatives and the transformation of legacy systems into agile, data-driven platforms.

Sebastian Bode

Head of Blockchain Engineering

Sebastian is an expert in enterprise-grade DLT, operating at the intersection of institutional finance and blockchain. Formerly VP of Engineering at the Cardano Foundation, he brings IT leadership delivering mission-critical platforms across finance, blockchain, automotive, and aeronautics, building secure architecture, scaling teams, and executing at the highest standards.

Matt Mistal

GM, Asset & Client Solutions, AGC

Matt is a veteran financial services executive with deep expertise in wealth management operations, financial infrastructure, and business transformation. Matt leads Hamsa's subaccounting, transfer agency, fund administration, and wealth platform initiatives. Prior to Hamsa, Matt held leadership positions at JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Altruist, and other leading financial institutions, driving large-scale operational, regulatory, and technology modernization programs.

Craig Kolzow

Director, Omnibus Operating Model

Craig brings over 30 years of trusted industry expertise leading mutual fund operations, omnibus subaccounting, reconciliation, operational risk, and execution at scale, including leadership roles at Charles Schwab and SS&C. At Hamsa, Craig helps bridge legacy asset management infrastructure with AI, blockchain, and tokenized financial systems.

Connecticut

David Burke

Sales Consultant

David has over 30 years of experience selling large-scale financial systems and outsourcing services to top tier asset managers and broker-dealers. His successful track record of long term relationship building and revenue generation will accelerate Hamsa's growth and marketplace recognition.