Matthias Bauer-Langgartner, Managing Director UK & Ireland, Bitpanda
Matthias Bauer-Langgartner is Managing Director for UK & Ireland at Bitpanda, a leading European digital investment platform. Prior to joining Bitpanda, Matthias was Technical Specialist at the UK FCA’s Innovate Department where he set up and continuously improved the Regulatory Sandbox, leading on crypto asset & DLT-based testing activities mainly in payments and wholesale markets (including tokenisation). As part of the UK Crypto Asset Taskforce, he leveraged his hands-on experience to coordinate the wider FCA policy approach on crypto assets and DLT. Matthias also advised numerous governments, authorities and international organisations on Innovation policy and is currently active member of the Austrian FinTech Advisory Board recommending FinTech policy measures to the Austrian Government.