Curriculum Vitae

Personal data

Name / Birth Name: Albert
First name: Martin Johannes
Date of birth: September 18, 1981
Place of birth: Düsseldorf
Nationality: German, Finnish
Place of Residence: Zürich, Switzerland

Education

09/1988 – 08/1992 Mayor Kraft Schule in Maxdorf: (primary school)
09/1992 – 06/2001 Werner Heisenberg High School Bad Dürkheim (Abitur)

Vocational training

07 / 2001 – 09 / 2001 Basic military service with the Air Force in Budel (Netherlands)
10 / 2001-03 / 2002 Ordonance in the officers’ casino in the Telecommunications Regiment in Karlsruhe (military service)

Academic career

04/2002 – 10/2006 studies chemistry at the TU Kaiserslautern,
Degree with diploma (Dipl. Chem)
11/2006 – 10/2008 Studies in industrial engineering at the TU Kaiserslautern,
Degree with diploma (Dipl. Wirtsch. Ing)
11/2009 – 10/2010 Studied business law at the University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management (FOM)

Professional background

08/2008 – 05/2010 Consultant and Expert (project manager) in chemical law for REACH & GHS at TUV SÜD Industrie Services GmbH, Munich

06/2010 – 03/2013 Junior Scientific Officer at the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki, Finland. Active as process coordinator for confidentiality requests in the Registration and Dissemination department.

04/2013 – 10/2017 Regulatory Officer at the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki, Finland, active as a help desk officer for scientific and regulatory aspects of European chemicals law (REACH, CLP, biocides)

01 / 2014 – 04 / 2017 CEO of Bitalo Aktiengesellschaft, responsible for business development, setting up anti-money laundering processes for investment brokerage, regulatory compliance, administration, internal audit and IT management

05/2017 – 12/2017 manager below the management board of CoinNexus Oy, Helsinki, Finland, responsible for business development, regulatory compliance, administration, investment brokerage and proprietary trading in the field of cryptocurrencies, internal audit and IT management

11/2017 – today Regulatory Compliance Manager at Webcraft AG in Uster, Switzerland, in the area of ​​material compliance and REACH and related material compliance legislation.

01/2018 – 04/2020 branch manager of CoinNexus Oy, Helsinki, Uster branch, Switzerland. Regulated Financial intermediary under the supervision of the VQF in the area Investment brokerage of cryptocurrencies and proprietary trading in Switzerland. Anti-Money laundering officer with management responsibility.

04/2020 – 01/2023 Manager of CoinNexus SA, Neuchatel, Switzerland. Regulated Financial intermediary under the supervision of the VQF in the area of investment brokerage of cryptocurrencies and prorietary trading in Switzerland. Anti-Money laundering officer with management responsibility

05/2017 – today: CEO and major shareholder of Bitalo Aktiengesellschaft, regulated financial institution (BaFIN) according to §15 WpIG and has the permission for investment brokerage according to § 2 para. 2 no. 3 WpIG

No employment relationship

None

Training

24.10.2018 VQF training – basic training within the framework of §8 GwG
Training on money laundering officers
14.03.2019 Training embargo and sanction lists
11/2019 VQF training – further training within the framework of §8 GwG,
Further knowledge for money laundering officers

Side Activities

2015-2018 President of Bitcoin Embassy Helsinki

2018- today President of Bitcoin Embassy Switzerland (Verein)

Other mandates

None