Sandro Knöpfel is the Global Business Development Lead at the Cardano Foundation, where he builds cross-sector partnerships to accelerate the adoption of decentralized technologies across enterprise, institutional, and regulatory landscapes. With more than two decades of experience in financial services and market infrastructure, he now focuses on how digital assets and blockchain can responsibly extend beyond experimentation into live, regulated financial services that integrate with existing banking and governance systems.

Sandro plays a leading role in strategic initiatives across blockchain-enabled capital markets infrastructure, as well as digital identity, tokenization, and sustainability, contributing to scalable solutions that bridge traditional finance with Web3.