Meet the Wave
Digital Assets Team

David Siemer is the Co-Founder and CEO of Wave Digital Assets, one of the largest SEC-registered digital asset management firms. Prior to founding Wave, David launched Siemer & Associates LLC., a technology focused investment bank which he sold to CEC Capital in 2016. An early pioneer in the cryptocurrency space since 2012, David is passionate about the power of the blockchain to enable a new generation of technology and innovation. He received his MBA in Finance and International Business from the University of Chicago.

Les Borsai is the Co-Founder of Wave Digital Assets where he leads the execution of strategic initiatives and asset management strategies across the crypto and digital asset ecosystem. A serial entrepreneur, Les has launched a number of successful startups in the digital music and cryptocurrency industries, including gridMob, an app development firm, and Songlily, a blockchain-based music licensing firm. He was an early investor in notable Web3 projects including Ethereum and Tezos, and now provides advisory services to prominent blockchain and digital creative firms including Ripple, RightMesh, YouNow and Backstage Play.

Benjamin Tsai is the President Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Wave Digital Assets where he oversees product development and trading for the firm. A veteran in both the Web3 and traditional finance space, Ben is also the co-founder of LA Blockchain Lab and holds over 15 years of senior leadership experience at Merrill Lynch Asia and Alliance Bernstein where he led business strategy and managed profitable distribution teams across Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, and Taipei.

Matteo has spent over 35 years in various strategic and leadership roles across the asset management industry,  which includes CEO of Pioneer Investments. Most recently, he was a non-executive director and Global Head of  Key Clients & Strategic Partners at Jupiter Asset Management, a $80 billion FTSE asset manager based in the  UK. Matteo also founded alternative investment advisory boutique Hermes BPK, a joint venture with the British  Telecom Pension Scheme. He also has extensive experience in the family office space, having served as  Chairman of Secofind Multi-family Office.

Jennifer Wilde Anderson is the co-founder and COO of Wave Digital Assets, an SEC registered asset manager which has deployed over $1B since its inception in 2018. Ms. Anderson brings over a decade of asset management operating experience to Wave.  She currently leads all aspects of Wave’s operations, including compliance, legal & regulatory, finance, and HR.  Ms. Anderson is a graduate of Yale and the University of Chicago School of Law and is a member of the California Bar.

Kelly Chapman is the Head of Legal and Chief Compliance Officer of Wave Digital Assets. Ms. Chapman has over 12 years of experience in the asset management industry, including over 10 years as an attorney focusing on asset management, fintech/blockchain, and securities regulation matters both at major law firms (Fried Frank and Wilson Sonsini), and in-house at a blockchain startup. Ms. Chapman is a graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman’s College and Georgetown University Law Center, and she is admitted to practice law in California and New York, and the District of Columbia.