SettleMint’s leadership team brings together experience across financial services, enterprise technology, platform architecture, commercial growth, and operational execution.
For institutions implementing digital asset infrastructure, the strength of the team behind the platform matters as much as the software itself.
Adam Popat
CEO
Matthew Van Niekerk
Co-Founder & President
Roderik Van Der Veer
Co-Founder & CTO
Fabrizia Zanca
CWO
Adam Popat
CEO
Matthew Van Niekerk
Co-Founder & President
Roderik van der Veer
Co-Founder & CTO
Fabrizia Zanca
CWO
Impact
A leadership team built for execution
Digital asset infrastructure requires leadership across market understanding, platform design, enterprise delivery, and operational discipline. At SettleMint, that is reflected both in our leadership team and in how the platform architecture is structured to support institutional use cases with clarity and control.
Financial markets perspective
Expertise across banking, investment, and strategic growth in regulated markets.
Platform architecture
Technical leadership focused on building software that institutions can evaluate, integrate, and operate with confidence.
Commercial execution
Clear market positioning, strategic partnerships, and disciplined go-to-market execution.
Operational discipline
People, processes, and organizational structure to support consistent delivery and long-term growth.
Adam Popat | Chief Executive Officer
Adam Popat leads SettleMint as CEO.
He brings more than two decades of experience across finance, investment, M&A, and digital assets. Earlier in his career, he held senior leadership roles at Standard Chartered Bank, focusing on digital assets, corporate development, and investment activities.
Focus areas: Company strategy, market expansion, investor and board leadership, strategic growth.
Matthew Van Niekerk | Co-Founder & President
Matthew van Niekerk is Co-Founder of SettleMint and serves as President.
He leads the company’s commercial strategy, business development, and strategic partnerships. Before founding SettleMint, he worked in financial services and banking, including at KBC. His role connects market opportunity with commercial execution and strategic growth.
Focus areas: Commercial strategy, partnerships, business development, market growth.
Roderik Van Der Veer | Co-Founder & Chief Technical Officer
Roderik van der Veer is Co-Founder and CTO of SettleMint.
He leads the company’s technical direction, platform architecture, and product development and customer success. His work is focused on making digital asset infrastructure usable in real institutional environments, with the technical depth, control, and interoperability institutions expect when evaluating a platform.
Fabrizia Zanca leads people, operations, and marketing at SettleMint.
With experience across HR, SaaS, and remote-first organizations, she helps shape how the company operates as it grows. Her role brings together organizational design, execution discipline, people operations, and cross-functional alignment, all of which matter in supporting a strong platform business.
Focus areas: Marketing, HR operations, people experience, organizational design, culture.
Discuss your digital asset strategy with our team
Speak with SettleMint to understand how we approach digital asset infrastructure for institutional environments.
