Notabene

Pelle Braendgaard is a co-founder of Notabene. He was the co-founder of uPort, the Identity platform from ConsenSys built on Ethereum. Has more than 25 years experience Europe, US, Africa, Caribbean, and Latin America. From being Alta Vista’s first webmaster to developing secure communication platforms for doctors at Doximity. As an early member of the Financial Crypto community, he built pre blockchain crypto platforms, helped develop OAuth, and brought Bitcoin to Africa with Kipochi.

Developer since 1985. Yaykuy Bitcoin Chile founder. Consensys / uPort co-founder. Notabene co-founder and CTO. Micael Waldorf School co-founder. Have a lovely wife and two awesome kids.

Ania is a UX designer and Head of Product at Notabene. She has experience leading a variety of design projects for both start-ups and established companies (Comcast, Booking.com, Blade). She brings an unapologetically customer-centric approach to the team.

Alice Nawfal is COO of Notabene. Her role is to combine business strategy with hands-on execution, while navigating a complex regulatory landscape. Prior to Notabene, she co-lead uPort, a platform for user-controlled data. She comes from a management consulting and policy background, having worked at Bain and the Economist, as well as fintechs like Prodigy Finance and norbloc. She has an MBA from Wharton, a policy degree from the Harvard Kennedy School, and Math/Economics degrees from MIT.