Adrian Matak is Senior Policy Manager at Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC). He leads GBBC’s policy and regulatory engagement across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa—coordinating consultation responses, chairing member working groups, and building relationships with policymakers, regulators, and central banks. His work spans digital assets, tokenisation, market infrastructure, prudential standards, and consumer protection, with a focus on practical, innovation-friendly frameworks and international interoperability.

Adrian recently completed the MPhil programme in Ethics of AI, Data and Algorithms at the University of Cambridge. His research explored how states and security institutions mobilise frontier technologies—particularly neurotechnologies—as engines of institutional innovation, and the implications for standards, risk governance, and public–private collaboration. He brings this lens to web3: advancing clear, outcomes-based rules that safeguard users, enable responsible experimentation, and align industry, regulators, and standards bodies.

Previously, Adrian has worked with GBBC as a part-time Policy Analyst. His prior experience spans congressional scholarship in Washington, D.C., international-affairs research, political consultancy, and the non-governmental sector. He holds a BSc in Politics and Philosophy from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and studied at Sciences Po as a CIVICA scholar, reading history and international affairs.