{"id":13758,"date":"2024-09-05T05:35:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T05:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.finance-yard.com\/?post_type=team&#038;p=13758"},"modified":"2025-11-28T06:48:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:48:40","slug":"michael-wellenbeck","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/www.finance-loop.net\/de\/team\/michael-wellenbeck\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Wellenbeck"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13758\" class=\"elementor elementor-13758\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e0bceab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e0bceab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d69d817\" data-id=\"d69d817\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ccd704 elementor-widget elementor-widget-bootstrap-016\" data-id=\"5ccd704\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bootstrap-016.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<section class=\"bootstrap-elementor-breadcrumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Brotkr\u00fcmel\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<ol class=\"breadcrumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"breadcrumb-item\" itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"item\" href=\"\/de\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"name\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tZuhause\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"breadcrumb-item\" itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"item\" href=\"\/de\/about-us\/\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"name\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00dcber\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"2\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"breadcrumb-item active\" itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"name\">Michael Wellenbeck<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"3\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/nav>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spacer-5\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0041119 elementor-widget elementor-widget-bootstrap-013\" data-id=\"0041119\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bootstrap-013.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<section  id=\"michael-wellenbeck\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"row bootstrap-elementor-featurette d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center\">\r\n        \t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h1 mb-4\">Michael Wellenbeck<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"featurette-lead\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Michael Wellenbeck is a member of the <a href=\"\/de\/about-us\/\">Finance Loop<\/a> Beirat.<\/p><p>Michael is a seasoned finance professional with over two decades of experience in financial market infrastructure and banking. He currently serves as Head of Strategy at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blocksize.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blocksize Capital GmbH<\/a>, as well as Managing Partner at both <a href=\"http:\/\/wellenbecks.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wellenbecks Advisory Services GmbH<\/a> und <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qyte.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Qyte GmbH<\/a>. He is passionate about bulding bridges between traditional finance and the emerging blockchain based finance ecosystems.<\/p><p>Michael holds a master\u2019s degree in business administration from RWTH Aachen University. His career includes significant roles such as Senior Vice President for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deutsche-boerse.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deutsche B\u00f6rse<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyse.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSE<\/a> und <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronext.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Euronext<\/a>. He has worked with numerous exchanges, CCPs, and CSDs across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia in redefining their strategies.<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"d-block mb-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michael-wellenbeck\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg me-3 mb-1\">Michael on LinkedIn<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"stack-top-wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.finance-loop.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/michael-wellenbeck-frankfurt-germany-bank-expert-finance-defi.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Michael Wellenbeck\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- row -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spacer-5\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":13791,"template":"","class_list":["post-13758","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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