Nikhil Vadgama is the co-founder and Director of the DLT Science Foundation and Deputy Director and Research Associate at the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies.

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Residence: UK
Occupation: blockchain advocate, associate professor, technology entrepreneur, author, fintech and trends researcher
Known For: DLT Science Foundation (co-founder and Director), UCL's Department of Computer Science (Programme Director of the MSc Financial Technology), UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies (Deputy Director and a Research Associate)
Accolades: UBRI Educator (Outstanding Blockchain Professor), Bostock Exhibition Prize (Christ Church, University of Oxford, 2006), Gibbs Prize (University of Oxford, 2007), Louis Franck Scholarship (INSEAD, 2013), Estates Gazette Rising Stars of 2016 (Estates Gazette, 2016)
Education: MPhys (University of Oxford), MBA (INSEAD)
Website: http://blockchain.cs.ucl.ac.uk/user/vadgama/

Nikhil Vadgama

Nikhil Vadgama is a co-founder and Director of the DLT Science Foundation. He is also a Lecturer (Teaching) and Programme Director of the MSc Financial Technology atUCL's Department of Computer Science.

Nikhil is the Deputy Director and a Research Associate of theUCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies. He is also a Guest Lecturer in FinTech and Emerging Business Technologies at the UCL School of Management.

Nikhil has held the position of the Chief Data Officer atTwig, a new sustainable challenger banking app where he helped launch the business in the UK, Italy and the US.

His commercial experience has spanned multiple sectors, including Education, Real Estate and FinTech. He hascommercialised academic researchin the AI and Blockchain domains.

He has published internationally renowned research utilised by governments and has written a book titled "Enabling the Internet of Value: How Blockchain Connects Global Businesses".

He currently sits on theHederaGoverning Council, representing UCL. He has previously worked globally as an Investment Banker forHSBC.

Nikhil holds an MBA from INSEAD, and an MPhys from theUniversity of Oxfordand has passed all three levels of the CFA Programme.

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