In his new capacity, Kok will help guide the strategic direction of Aventus alongside Founder & CEO Alan Vey as the blockchain continues to scale up its enterprise offering, following a series of partnerships, including with Scytale Ventures and Parity Technologies. Kok will also support Aventus’ business and partnership growth, leveraging his prior experience at Energy Web, Vodafone and other large enterprise firms.

Kok brings more than three decades of experience leading customer solutions and operational teams in complex, global organisational environments, and is also Chair of the Board of Energy Web A.G., the largest open-source ecosystem focused on decentralised technology and the energy transition. He is also the former CEO of Energy Web, during which time he brought the blockchain business live and established significant growth in expanding the enterprise ecosystem.

Prior to joining Energy Web originally as COO, Kok was COO of bank-wide operations at ING Bank. Kok’s prior experience also includes senior board positions at Vodafone Global Enterprise, BT, NEC Corporation and several startups. He holds a Master of Science in Blockchain and Digital Currency from the University of Nicosia and a Master of Science in computer systems networking and telecommunications from the Eindhoven University of Technology.

Alan Vey, Founder & Chairman, Aventus, comments: “This marks a significant milestone in Aventus’ journey. Walter brings important experience and expertise that will be essential in realising our ultimate goal of bringing blockchain to businesses in any ecosystem, and I can’t wait to see what’s next for Aventus with Walter’s guidance.”

Kok says: “Aventus has made great strides to date in bringing blockchain solutions to businesses around the world. I look forward to joining the team and using my experience to further shape Aventus’ strategic vision to bring the transformational capabilities of Web3 infrastructures and solutions to life for the enterprise sector.”