Monochrome Team

David Hobart
Chief Investment Officer

David has been a trader and hedge fund manager for over 20 years, with roles at BT, Macquarie Bank and ABN Amro.

Selling his hedge fund business to Blue Sky Alternative Investments in 2010, David managed Blue Sky's hedge fund division until 2015. He has been an investor in digital assets since 2015.

Jeff Yew
Chief Executive Officer
& Director

Jeff is the founder and former CEO of Australia's largest and most liquid Digital Asset exchange by trading volume.

Under Jeff’s leadership, in less than a year, Binance Australia amassed trade volumes of more than $20 billion AUD. Jeff has been active in the Bitcoin markets since 2013.

Jeff Leal
Chief Operations Officer
& Head of Digital Markets

Jeff has over 17 years of experience across financial services, institutional execution, and digital assets, enhancing Monochrome’s operating environment to support the plans of expansion across products and platforms.

Jeff’s experience spans top-tier institutions such as Lehman Brothers, Nomura and most recently as the Global Head of Spot and eFX at BNY Mellon.

Jeff Yew
Chief Executive Officer
& Director

Jeff is the founder and former CEO of Australia's largest and most liquid Digital Asset exchange by trading volume.

Under Jeff’s leadership, in less than a year, Binance Australia amassed trade volumes of more than $20 billion AUD. Jeff has been active in the Bitcoin markets since 2013.

David Hobart
Chief Investment Officer

David has been a trader and hedge fund manager for over 20 years, with roles at BT, Macquarie Bank and ABN Amro.

Selling his hedge fund business to Blue Sky Alternative Investments in 2010, David managed Blue Sky's hedge fund division until 2015. He has been an investor in digital assets since 2015.

Jeff Leal
Chief Operations Officer
& Head of Digital Markets

Jeff has over 17 years of experience across financial services, institutional execution, and digital assets, enhancing Monochrome’s operating environment to support the plans of expansion across products and platforms.

Jeff’s experience spans top-tier institutions such as Lehman Brothers, Nomura and most recently as the Global Head of Spot and eFX at BNY Mellon.

Craig Hobart
Head of Distribution

Craig holds over 25 years of leadership experience across financial services, funds management, and superannuation including BT, Nikko Asset Management, and Rest Super.

Craig helps to create distribution and growth strategies for Monochrome’s products, such as the Monochrome Bitcoin Fund.

Derek V. Henningsen
Head of Legal
& Compliance

Derek has over 20 years of experience across financial services, funds management and digital assets, specialising in legal, risk and compliance.

Derek’s experience spans large and boutique asset managers such as Financial Ombudsman Service, establishing the digital asset exchange Huobi Australia, and most recently as the Head of Fund & Mandate Compliance at IFM Investors.

Hass McCook
Head of Research

Hass is a chartered professional civil engineer with over 8 years of experience across operation and financing over $20 billion worth of mega public and private infrastructure in Australia. He is recognised globally for his research and writing on Bitcoin’s environmental, economic, and social impacts since 2014.