Brian Elders

Chief Executive Officer

For a number of years, Brian has been deeply involved in crypto and digital assets. Coming in with a long track record as a leader in finance and professional services worldwide, he brings in experience in accounting, treasury and quantitative finance.

He is not just the founder of Sors, but is also involved with other successful crypto projects. He is the co-founder of Token||Traxx, a music NFT project that is revolutionizing the music industry. He is also the partner at Black Manta (security tokenization specialists), co-founder at Defactor (DeFi) and Fortuna Digital Custody (custody) and remains an advisor to a few other projects like Enreach and Ndau.

Overall, Brian is a great believer in innovation and passionate about the impact blockchain and digital assets can have on global finance.

Stephen Browne

With proven experience across different industries, Stephen brings an array of diverse knowledge and competence to the table. After starting his professional career as a lawyer, Stephen pivoted his career into the blockchain industry in 2016. He saw the potential that blockchain brings to the real-world and his forward thinking is what drives him towards innovation.

Stephen excels at maximizing value for businesses through strategy and leadership.

Shishir Gupta

Shishir is a young entrepreneurial mind that has the creative abilities to build upon great ideas. He has been an avid reader and an active investor in the crypto industry for a couple years.

He has also worked with various FinTech companies before entering the crypto space giving him the knowledge needed to tackle business challenges. With a degree in Marketing and Wealth Management, he brings a diverse range of skills that can help scale products and services to the mass market.

Altogether, he is a motivated individual ready to work with great companies and entrepreneurs.

Oisin Murphy O’Kane

Oisin is eager to use his experience and skillset gained from the traditional accounting and finance sector to further the development of Web3 and to optimise its implementation and value for Sors’ clients.

He is excited at the prospect of a superior and more equitable international financial system that blockchain and DeFi will bring in the coming years and looks forward to contributing to it.

Anastasia Nizhegorodtceva

Head of Growth

Anastasia started her career in the technology space in 2014. While based in Taiwan, she worked on growing small and medium startups in the AR/VR, AI and Sustainable Tech spaces. Her journey with the blockchain technology started from supplying mining companies with Taiwanese hardware, and later on writing her MBA thesis about decentralized sharing economy platforms. In early 2019 Anastasia moved to Hong Kong to work full-time for fintech firms that service large financial institutions, funds, family offices and asset managers. She is now helping Sors grow their portfolio companies and is working on building partnerships and brand presence for the products.

David Brett

Technical Intern

David Brett is a talented Computer Science student at University College Cork. His experience of working with top companies like Infosys has effectively allowed him to combine his academic knowledge with practical industry exposure. His passion for innovation and strong work ethic make him a valuable asset to our tech team.

Pete White

Technical Intern

Pete is a driven and enthusiastic tech intern currently pursuing his first year in Computer Science. With a passion for emerging technologies and a keen interest in the crypto industry, Pete brings a fresh perspective and a strong foundation in programming to our company. Diligent and quick to learn, he actively contributes to our team, embracing the challenges of this dynamic field.