We are pleased to see Ambrosus grow on all fronts and we heartily welcome our new team members who bring expertise from different industries and are enriching our global team. We are onboarding an entrepreneurial scientist, a blockchain enthusiast, an investment lawyer with deep knowledge of the food sector, an agricultural expert with policy knowledge and an outgoing community manager. Check out their profiles below!

(P.S. We thank our community artist Aromatherapist for providing the illustration for the blog. Our art is the best!)

Left to right: Dr Davide Merulla, Roman Shabanov, Olha Dyka, Aleksandra Jovicic, Sergey Vavilov

Dr Davide Merulla — Project Manager

Davide has over a decade of experience working at the intersection of science and business. He previously had business development roles at the leading Swiss startups Nanolive SA and Socrat SA, where he managed sales, marketing and operations. He holds a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Lausanne as well as certificates from CTI (Swiss Innovation Agency) and VentureLab in Switzerland.

Roman Shabanov — Blockchain Developer

Roman is a founding member of the Estonian Cryptocurrency Association, having started experimenting with the blockchain in 2013. Prior to entering the blockchain space, Roman specialised in Node.js, Angular.js and Javascript. He has worked as Full-Stack Developer at Amesto, Ignite and Lexit. Roman studied BSc in Computer Programming at Tallinn University of Technology.

Olha Dyka — Account Manager

Olha has over 7 years of progressive legal responsibilities in the private equity sector specialised in food and agriculture, having most recently served as the Chief Legal Counsel of TERRA FOOD where she led corporate acquisitions in Europe and Asia. Previously, she served as Legal Advisor at Fozzy Group and American Machinery. Olha holds an LLM in International Commercial Law from the Univesity of British Columbia in Canada.

Aleksandra Jovicic — Agriculture Consultant

Alexandra specialises in quality control of agricultural products. She previously worked as expert advisor at Euro Capra, as an agronomist at Lamex Foods and worked on agricultural policies at the Ministry of Agriculture of Montenegro. She holds a BSc in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Kragujevac

Sergey Vavilov — Community Manager (Russia)

Sergey is a prominent member of the crypto-scene in Kazan and co-organises major international events in the city, and is a frequent speaker at the Blockchain Centre of Competences at the Kazan Federal University and Co-Founder of the Blockchain Club of Kazan. He is runs a course on investing in crypto-currencies. Sergey’s goal is to educate the newcomers to the blockchain space.