The Centrifuge Network Foundation board of directors is the governing body of the Foundation which is responsible for ultimate control and oversight of Centrifuge Network Foundation.
Lucas is a co-founder of Centrifuge. With a background at the crossroads of technology and business, Lucas has led engineering at many startups including CTO & Co-Founder at DeinDeal, a Groupon competitor acquired in 2011 and Taulia, a supply chain finance fintech acquired by SAP in 2022.
Bhaji is the CEO of Centrifuge. Bhaji’s expertise spans go-to-market strategy, organizational scaling, and navigating complex ecosystems to drive growth and impact. Prior to Centrifuge, she led growth at Dragonboat, helping scale the team from 5 to 40 and raising $12M from Insight Partners. At Taulia, her work contributed to the company’s $1B acquisition by SAP in 2022.
Nick Cherney is Head of Innovation at Janus Henderson Investors, where he leads long-term strategic initiatives and oversees the firm’s ETF business. Previously, he was CIO and co-founder of VelocityShares, acquired by Janus in 2014. He has also held senior roles at Barclays Capital and Barclays Global Investors, managing over $25 billion in ETF assets.
Kevin is currently a Chef at Steakhouse Financial focused on RWA adoption and growth. Previously, Kevin was Vice President at BlockTower Capital where he led investments and initiatives involving tokenized assets, DeFi, and credit. His career in the crypto industry started in 2017 at Deloitte, where he managed teams applying blockchain solutions to institutional clients within financial services.
Centrifuge Network Foundation issues grants to grow and support the Centrifuge ecosystem and bootstrap the network.
Support research and development of core infrastructure of the Centrifuge Chain & related parts
Encourage community members to contribute in meaningful ways to the growth of the Centrifuge network
Grow the number of active developers and teams building on Centrifuge
If you’d like to learn more about the grant program, please reach out to grants@centrifuge.foundation