Our guest, international top leadership expert: Jeff Eggers. Jeff is based in Washington, D.C.. He served in the White House for six years as President Obama's Special Advisor for National Security Affairs. Before that, Jeff spent 20 years as a U.S. Navy SEAL and held various leadership positions, including the commander of the Special Operations Task Unit in Western Iraq and operations officer and mission commander for the U.S. Navy's undersea special operations command. Later, Jeff became the Executive Director of McChrystal Group's Leadership Institute, a leadership consulting firm aimed at improving organizational performance. He co-authored the best-selling book “Leaders: Myth and Reality” and worked as an executive coach for high-ranking leaders globally. Recently, he is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Risk and Return, a philanthropic venture fund focused on accelerating solutions and technologies for high-risk public servants. They are innovating on models to generate capital for mental health solutions for veterans and first responders. Despite his many accomplishments, Jeff is known to those close to him as a great and humble person, always eager to listen and learn.

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Jennifer Wines, who was born to a Mexican father and Irish mother, moved ten times in North America before she turned twenty. After completing her education in law from Suffolk University Law School in Boston and Private Wealth Management from Booth Business School in Chicago, she began a career in Private Wealth Management. Jennifer's experience at renowned companies like Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Fidelity enabled her to develop a pioneering enterprise solution. Her adeptness between words and numbers, as well as her ambition make her a prominent voice in explaining the New Wealth Paradigm. She has recently been awarded as one of the Top 100 Women of the Future and established Invisible Wealth, which offers progressive advice and services. Her book, Invisible Wealth, is scheduled to be published in Spring 2023 by Wiley.

Eva Selamlar is a Zurich-based fintech leader bridging the gap between finance and crypto. Eva, a HSG St.Gallen alumni, is a lawyer and former MD at Bitpanda, with expertise in regulation from her time at one of the top law firms in Zurich and UBS. Currently, Eva’s mission is to change the global conversation on women, money and ESG as an active investor in „SmartPurse“ and with her own consulting firm "selamlaw&daughters". She is a leader with a long-standing network of relationships in the EMEA region in the area of new and old finance. Passionate about business development & innovation. Strong communication and interpersonal skills as well as the aptitude to structure and resolve complex business with legal, compliance, regulatory, risk & operational aspects. Vast experience of structuring and directing global projects and implementing regulatory change.