Danish Ajmeri

Danish Ajmeri is a product, strategy, and operations leader with over 5 years of experience specializing in building and scaling FinTech and Crypto products and startups.

Currently serving as the Head of Crypto at Wealthsimple, Danish previously led Wealthsimple Trade from its inception and successfully scaled it to become the largest product within Wealthsimple.

His professional journey includes leading the Banking product team at Nerdwallet and contributing to scaling the Personal Loans team to the second largest revenue business.

In addition to his roles in established companies, Danish has provided advisory services to C-Suite teams across various industries and geographies as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.

With a strong passion for crypto and DeFi, Danish has dedicated over 5 years to deepening his understanding of various crypto applications, sectors, and concepts, including Layer 1s, Scaling, DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, Gaming, Tokenomics, and Governance.

Danish Ajmeri holds an Honours in Business Administration from the Ivey Business School at Western University and has a background in business studies from Glenforest Secondary School.

His professional background includes roles such as Director of Product (Banking and Crypto), Senior Product Manager, Head of Crypto, and Business Operations Manager at Wealthsimple, as well as Product Manager at NerdWallet.

Moreover, Danish has been associated with organizations like On Deck, NEXT Canada, and has co-founded Foodstr in the past.

Passionate about democratizing access to crypto and web3 technologies, Danish aims to bring the power of crypto to over one billion people worldwide.