Matthew Van Niekerk

Matthew Van Niekerk is the co-founder and CEO of SettleMint, a blockchain transformation company he established in 2016 in Leuven, Belgium.12 With a background in economics and an MBA from Vlerick Business School, Van Niekerk has extensive experience in the financial services sector.13

Career Background

Before founding SettleMint, Van Niekerk had a diverse career:

• Worked in Tokyo for 7 years in FX brokerage and launched two online retailing companies1
• Moved to Belgium in 2006 and worked at KBC in various roles:
  • Internal management and operations consultant
  • COO of the Belgian Consumer Finance business
  • Head of Platform Innovation at KBC Securities

At KBC Securities, he was responsible for the technical aspects of the online retail brokerage platform 'Bolero' and the equity crowdfunding platform 'Bolero Crowdfunding'.1

SettleMint

Van Niekerk co-founded SettleMint in 2016 after analyzing and experimenting with blockchain technologies in financial services and capital markets.1 The company's mission is to simplify the blockchain transformation journey for enterprises.2 SettleMint offers:

• A Blockchain Transformation Platform that enables rapid development and integration of enterprise-grade blockchain applications
• Support for IT teams to build blockchain solutions
• Skills, knowledge, and methodologies to empower teams in creating value with blockchain technology

Other Ventures

In addition to SettleMint, Van Niekerk is also the founder and CEO of DataBroker DAO, further demonstrating his commitment to delivering distributed future technologies.4

Van Niekerk is active in the blockchain community, contributing articles to publications like Cointelegraph and speaking at industry events such as the Future Blockchain Summit.35