Piers is Vice President, Marketing at Amazon.com, leading a number of engineering, product, marketing and business teams around the world. He has over 20 years of digital marketing experience, encompassing both the start-up and corporate landscapes, with specific experience in scaling nascent businesses.

Antonio Mele is a Professor of Finance at the Swiss Finance Institute based in Lugano (USI). He also spent a decade as Professor of Finance at the London School of Economics. He is the co- inventor of fixed income volatility counterparts to the equity VIX, adopted by the Chicago Board Options Exchange and S&P Dow Jones Indexes.

An Angel Investor and entrepreneur, Charles was Chief Financial Officer at Theo Chocolate, the first bean-to-bar certified organic, fair trade chocolate maker in the United States. Prior to helping small businesses, he was Senior Vice President of Safeco Corporation and part of the executive team that changed the Fortune 500 finance company. Previously Horne worked for 16 years in executive and executive roles in technology companies such as Dell Computer, Silicon Graphics and Raychem Corporation. He holds an MBA in accounting and finance from Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University; and a BA, with honors in Political Science from the University of California, Davis

Matteo Daste supervises all legal aspects related to Look Lateral’s businesses. He is one of the most seasoned advisors for high technology initiatives in the Silicon Valley. He currently operates as partner for Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in San Francisco, providing legal advice to highly promising early-phase and mature companies.

Pietro is a lawyer specialising in corporate and banking law as well as startup and Blockchain issues. With over ten years of experience, Pietro has been working with Look Lateral since its inception, also serving as Editor-in Chief of the print magazine. Supported by his great passion for art and culture, he supervises the editorial direction of Look Lateral. He earned his law degree at theUniversity of Parma.

Wendy is a leading investor/advisor in social impact disruptive technologies and women led businesses in Health Sciences, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain Technology, Fintech and Virtual Reality. She founded Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organization (WEDO), a non-governmental philanthropic volunteer organization on a global mission to empower women in business to alleviate poverty. WEDO has chapters in 144 countries and 112 Universities/Colleges . Wendy has authored 10 widely-celebrated books, garnered Three Guinness World Records, and has appeared in media outlets including Oprah, NBC’s Today Show, The New York Times and Forbes. She has been also been a featured keynote speaker at the United Nations, Harvard University and Davos.

Simone Baroni is an Italian ICT Developer, supporting Look Lateral with his valued knowledge in software design and development. He contributes to the effective creation of FIMART, integrating this with Dragonchain technology, while also engineering the front-end and back-end functional layers.

Carlo Ghelfi is a mathematics professor. He has over 10 years of experience as a web developer of numerous e-commerce sites and print magazines. His vast experience in the technology space includes the management of developer operations as well as publisher operations across the Italian enterprise technology sector. His areas of expertise include: SEO analysis, digital reputation and search engine ranking.

Brooke Einbender is an art scholar and passionate about the adoption of blockchain technology in the art world. Previously, she placed significant works of art into collections at major museums, founded an online gallery for student artists, and conducted research on private collections. Additionally, Brooke received a one-of-a-kind art education working as the Curatorial Assistant for a private art advisor, whose late husband, William Rubin, was Chief curator and Director of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at MoMA for over two decades.

Enrico Cavaliere is a fine arts expert leading his own art brokerage company. Previously, he worked for both Christie’s and Sotheby’s in their respective London headquarters, focusing on market research/analysis, client interaction, as well as sales planning and execution through both auction and private sale channels. He holds an MLitt in Art History and Art Business from the University of Glasgow.

Carlo Alberto Oppici is an experienced project manager currently working at Gruppo Finservice S.p.A., a leading management consulting firm. He has helped many companies find their optimal business model, as well as business development and funding profile through the implementation of cutting-edge technologies.

Jacopo Caracci is a visual designer and art director based in Milan. He is in charge of managing the Look Lateral visual identity, supported by his extensive experience as a web graphic designer and art director at numerous companies. He holds a degree in Art Direction from the European Institute of Design