Jan Klesla is a co-founder of Blockchain Republic and treasurer of the board at the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA). He currently serves as the co-chair of the and aviser at the technical group of the European Commission’s European Blockchain Partnership between European Commission and Member States. Jan is also convenor of the SME financing use case based on the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI). Lawyer by background, he has also served as senior policy advisor at the Czech ministries of Finance and Industry and Trade.