Five decades of LQID precedent. One regulated bank-grade rebuild.
The founding team combines UK-licensed bank operating experience (Hubert + Hani co-founded LQID Bank — PRA AWR + FCA e-money already secured), platform architecture, and institutional business development. Bilateral MoU signed 2026-04-29.
Founders
Pre-Money Founder Pool: 120,000,000 shares at GBP 1.00 = GBP 120M pre-money valuation. Six Founders named below + Sky Tech Pool delivery team.
Hubert W.E. Knapp
Co-Founder · Interim CEO / Chief Strategist
Five decades of global banking infrastructure. Senior roles at Dresdner Bank, ASEAM Indonesia (founded Booz Allen Asia Pacific FS), Accenture, IBM Global Services, EY, and Deloitte. Led K-Bank transformation (HBS case study, Goldman buy-rec). Co-founded LQID Bank — secured PRA Authorisation With Restrictions + FCA e-money licence. Author of Roadmap to Successful Core Banking Implementation; co-author of the 10-volume CBDC NOW Handbook. Co-founder Central Banking Standards Organisation.
Hani Massoud
Co-Founder · CTO / Platform Architecture Lead
Four decades core financial infrastructure. 12yr Andersen Consulting → Accenture → IBM GBS → Siam Commercial Bank → FPT Banking & Finance. China top-five-banks scale. LQID Bank co-founder. Author of Marcus: Optimization Requires Sacrifice. STRIDE OS CTO. Now leads QNTM dual-rail platform development.
Sky Tech Pool
Founder Delivery Pool · Core Banking and Delivery Lead
Signis Aliks + Yadab + delivery team. Core banking expertise, platform delivery, technical implementation. Non-voting delivery pool per MoU Schedule A.3.
Alex Feenie
Co-Founder · Chief Business Development Officer
Apple, Porsche Consulting, Monitor Deloitte. Founded Chavanette Advisors (digital economy tech for FIs + government). Earliest independent eCNY researcher; ecosystem CBDC deployment model. Co-founder Central Banking Standards Organisation. STRIDE OS co-creator.
Yves Burri
Co-Founder · Technology Business Development Contributor
Tokenisation / RWA ecosystem expertise. Strategic relationships across Swiss banking, Gulf markets, regulatory infrastructure. Foundation framework lineage (K-invariants, Rosetta Stone). Chair / K2 of Tokenization Centre KSA (Saudi operating company engaging the Al Wasil route — independent venture, personal-level cross-link only). AGENTZ Founding Chair (skill-tree / IP layer, separate venture).
Neville Molyneux
Co-Founder · UK Business Development Contributor
UK market access, business development, relationship support across regulated finance and banking-adjacent ecosystems.
Founding Employees
Three Founding Employees per MoU Schedule A.3.
Michael Watanabe
Founding Employee · Research and Product Support
UCL MSc. HKU MFin (Distinction, GPA > 4.0, Dean's Honours). STRIDE OS R&D — Stablecoin Regulation Tracker, Alpha Knowledge Platform (Oxford + HKUST users), Galactic Grid CBDC framework, Central Banking 4.0 Studio. Co-author 10-volume CBDC NOW Handbook. EasyView × HKU FinTech Competition 2022 winner. Beta Gamma Sigma.
Aamir
Founding Employee · CFO / Finance Contributor
Accounting and finance support. Phase 1 financial discipline + investor reporting cadence.
Mathias Hulven
Founding Employee · UI / UX and Design Contributor
Product design and interface support. QNTM platform UX, brand-mark continuity from VAYAN.
Priority hires
Phase 1 use of proceeds (per Investment Memo §12) includes senior team build-out and SMF candidate development. Current search priorities below.
General Counsel (UK)
UK-qualified counsel to lead PRA + FCA application workstreams, banking authorisation, and SHA / subscription documentation.
Head of Compliance / MLRO (SMF16/SMF17 candidate)
FCA-experienced compliance leader to translate policy into production-grade controls and lead SMF candidate development for Authorisation With Restrictions.
Head of Network Partnerships
Own federated network member-bank pipeline, commercial terms, and Phase 3 onboarding sequencing.
Head of Treasury & Liquidity
Real-time treasury operations, intraday liquidity, ICAAP / ILAAP development. Bank-grade rigour on Day Zero of Phase 2.
Join the founding team
We are building a small, high-density team. If your work fits one of the priority roles above, the founder team will route the conversation directly.