Meet the Catheon team
Improving Blockchain entertainment, one step at a time.
Top management team.
Combined with world-class game industry veterans.
Meet our senior leadership.
Management team
William Wu
CEO
- Vice President at Oaktree Capital Management.
- Senior Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company.
- MBA at Wharton School.
Lewis Grafton
CFO/COO
- Investment Professional at Bain Capital Credit.
- Investment Banking Professional at Houlihan Lokey.
- BCom/BSc from Victoria University of Wellington.
Gabriel
CIO
- Over 10 years of experience at a blue-chip investment fund.
- Responsible for originating, executing and managing deals totaling over $2bn of invested capital.
Hang Zhang
SVP
- Director, Data Ventures at Westpac Group.
- Manager at McKinsey & Company.
- MBA at University of Michigan.
Dimitar Kostadinov
SVP (N. America)
- Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company.
- Co-Founder of a US eCommerce shop.
- MSc from Antwerp Management School.
Brad Lewthwaite
SVP
- Investment Banking Professional at Moelis & Company and Luminis Partners (in affiliation with Evercore).
- BCom from the University of Sydney.
Ken Luo
SVP
- Director of Business Development at MED Group.
- Investment Banking Professional at Houlihan Lokey.
- BCom from UNSW.
Robert Rankin
SVP (Marketing)
- CMO at Tap Fantasy Gaming Studio.
- Co-founder Go Capture (acquired by Deloitte).
- MBA at Rotman School of Management; BA at McGill University.
Thomas Seymour
SVP
- 15 years of experience in Sales, Client Service, Product and Project Management (PMP Certified) across Transaction Banking and Financial Markets.
- LLM at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Patrick Chu
VP
- Founder of TILT, an indie game publisher.
- Senior positions at Disney and Shengqu.
- Closed Asia deals for Borderlands 1&2, Fallout 3, 4, Shelter.
Casey Barr
VP
- Experienced Senior Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the professional services industry.
- Primary areas of focus include robotic process automation ("RPA"), analytics and data visualization.
Peter-Joey Pham
VP
- Investment Banking Professional at J.P. Morgan.
- MFin from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Patrick Stokvis
VP
- 7 years experience at Third Bridge Group as Vice President.
- MSc Global Politics from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Operations team
Jun Lee
Game Dev. Lead
- Investment Banking Professional at Houlihan Lokey.
- BBA from University of Michigan.
Jeansy Molanza
Blockchain Lead
- Assistant Vice President of Equity Finance IT at Barclays.
- MSci Computer Science and Management (First Class Honours).
Emily Gebbett
General Counsel
- 8 years of experience as legal advisor and general counsel.
- MA Law & Modern & Medieval Languages from Cambridge University.
Edmund Shen
Game Ops Lead
- Senior Mathematician at Weike Gaming Technology.
- Head of Game Design at goGame, a subsidiary of SEGA.
- MBA at University of Roehampton.
Danny Wang
Head of Product
- Chief Technology Officer at a leading Defi protocol.
- Lead Tech Consultant at a Fortune 50 global company.
Don Lee
Web Dev. Lead
- 5 years experience as the head of an IT solutions and media production agency.
- BSc of Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Marketing & communications team
Alveena Khalid
Marketing Lead
- A decade of experience in driving marketing and community building for purpose-driven startups and Fortune 500 companies with expertise in blockchain marketing.
Rachel Cheung
Communications Lead
- Seasoned communication professional with entrepreneurial drive.
- Listed as "30 under 30" by the Loop HK and started "the top 5 travel startups in HK by SCMP".
Karen Tang
Communications Lead
- Broad spectrum of experience includes Financial and Corporate and Crisis communications.
- TMT Sector specialist who has worked with a diverse client portfolio, from AIM listed, mid-cap players and FTSE 250 organizations.
Onyx Gallegos
Community Lead
- Over 15 years of experience in business development, community management and digital marketing.
- Crypto entrepreneur since 2013 and early adopter of NFTs with high conviction rate and % returns.
Pooya Rayat
Community Lead
- Experienced in sales and customer service with managerial positions at Swedbank and Avanza.
Alessio Mizzoni
Collaborations Lead
- Several years of managing role in social media advertising and digital marketing strategy.
- BSE from Sapienza Università di Roma.
Alex Blastique
Guilds Lead
- Expert in cryptocurrency and tokenomics, as well as crypto-community management.
- MEng from University of the Philippines Los Baños.
Mike Doria
Partnerships Lead
- Held senior roles in companies like EY, Telstra and UXC (DXC now).
- BBA from University of Westminster.
Advisory board
Philip Earl
- Extensive global gaming and advisory experience with deep expertise in franchise development, geographic expansion and delivering commercial success.
- Advisory roles include Catheon Gaming, SNK Corporation, Sesimi and Hawkes Brewing Company.
- 10+ years as an Executive Vice President at Activision Blizzard in roles including Global Leadership of the Call of Duty, Destiny and Skylanders franchises (Santa Monica), Head of APAC (Shanghai/Sydney) and Head of the International Division (London).
- Previous Chairman of ISFE – the European Video Games Industry Association.
Alex Xu
- CEO of MultiMetaverse, one of the top animation companies in China.
- Developed Aotu World, which encompasses the animation series, mobile games and brand merchandises.
- Previously CEO of Leyou Technologies which was acquired by Tencent for $1.4BN.
Jason Hung
- More than 20 years’ experience as a serial entrepreneur in mobile technology and blockchain.
- Blockchain advisory roles include Catheon Gaming, Evveland Metaverse, SoundsOfThings, Debond Protocol, Etermon, Wisdom Protocol, Token Music and AFIN.
- Rated as “Top People of Blockchain” and #1 “ICO Expert” by ICOBench, and #9 “Top Expert” by ICOHolder.
- Advised on more than 50 crypto related projects, including over 30 ICOs.
- Co-Founder of International Consensus Association, Treascovery, Chidopi and Timebox.
Nainan Shah
- Video game industry veteran and board advisor with over 20 years’ experience as a driving force behind major success stories at Sony Interactive Entertainment.
- Advisory roles include Catheon Gaming, Dream Reality Interactive, Flick Games, Thnk.AI and Yadzy.
- Founder Trustee of Games Industry Charity and Tech for Good Investor.
- Previously held role of SVP Corporate Strategy & Development at Sony PlayStation; responsible for M&A, strategy and the securing of new content.
- Former Vice Chair of Video Games Industry Body.
Devin Nambiar
- Gaming executive with an extensive track record of product launches which have generated over $2.5BN in lifetime revenue.
- Advisory roles include Catheon Gaming and Forbes Technology Council; Committee Member of Game Developers Choice Awards and Judge of MUX Awards.
- Currently Head of Asia, Product & Partnered Department at Electronic Arts; responsible for product management, strategy and sourcing partnerships with world class game studios in Asia.
- Former Director of Product Management for Kabam; responsible for launch of Marvel: Contest of Champions.
Daniel Yang
- Over 20 years of experience in driving growth and as a deal maker across blue chip gaming and media enterprises.
- Currently Chief Strategy Officer at Aristocrat, a global gaming content and technology provider, where he leads their group strategy, long range planning, and corporate development efforts.
- He previously held multiple executive positions at Viacom, including Executive Vice President, General Manager - Consumer Products, where he was responsible for managing a direct-to-consumer entertainment and gaming business that delivered titles such as Guitar Hero 2, Rock Band 1 & 2, South Park: The Stick of Truth and South Park: The Fractured But Whole.
- Daniel received his MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management and his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
Marcus Jacobs
- Over 20 years of experience across the gaming and online casino industries, half of which were spent at an executive level.
- He was a standing member of the executive management team at King Digital from 2012 to 2019, where he saw the business grow from 100 to 2,000 employees, IPO in 2014, and eventually be acquired by ActivisionBlizzard in a US$6bn deal in 2016.
- Marcus also has also previously held various positions as Chief Commercial Officer at Embark Studios, Director of Monetisation at Electronic Arts, as well as Chairman of the Board for esports betting website, Strafe.
Frederic Winckler
- 25+ years of brands and entertainment experience.
- Former Chief Marketing Officer at Louis Vuitton / Board and Executive Committee at LVMH.
- Global Head of Marketing, Brand and Creative at Melco Resorts & Entertainment.
- Global Business Director at Rolex.
Passion. Diversity. Productivity.
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