David Packham, Founder
David founded Chintai in 2018 to promote the adoption of compliant digital assets that utilise blockchain technology to modernise capital markets for banks, asset managers, and SMEs. A financial industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience in banking, finance and asset management with leading banks including Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Barclays Wealth and HSBC Global Asset Management.
David also served on the Board of Advisors to several Singapore start-ups, including Credify Inc and Worbli, and Treasurer on the Board of Trustees for deafPLUS, an organisation championing iIntegration and equality between deaf and hearing people in all areas of life. David graduated from the City University of London in MSc Business Systems Analysis & Design and a Bachelor in Business Economics from the University of Exeter.
Ryan Bethem, Founder
Inspired by the disruptive power of blockchain technology in the global financial system, Ryan co-founded Chintai to promote financial inclusion. Armed with a Masters in Psychology, Ryan has created a unique talent management programme to ensure a humanistic corporate culture for the new economy. Prior to Chintai, Ryan was a certified and licensed Psychotherapist in California, USA and managed clinical programs for inpatient dual diagnosis treatment in a residential setting.
Ryan earned a Masters in Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies and a Bachelors degree at the University of Oregon in Psychology with an emphasis in Social Psychology and Behavioral Economics. He is also an avid surfer.
Phillip Hamnett , Founder
Phillip Hamnett is responsible for the architecture of Chintai’s state-of-the-art blockchain platform and product development based in Frankfurt, Germany. Before founding Chintai, he was a Project Leader for Airbus at Philotech Group, a leading engineering and consultancy company in the aviation industry. Trained as a physicist, Phillip was involved in a research project on new fundamental particles in Hamburg, handling big data sets from the Large Hadron Collider. His academic contribution can be found in the Journal of High Energy Physics and The European Physical Journal. Phillip graduated with a Master’s Degree in Physics from The University of Manchester.
