About Metacask
Executive Team
Stuart Thom
CEO & Co-Founder
Stuart is a co-founder and Managing Director of VCL Vintners with a background in both law and commodities trading. He has driven innovation in the whisky cask and alcohol investment space for over 10 years.
Nim Siriwardana
Co-Founder & CTO
Nim was recently the CTO of GSR. Previously, he worked across various Financial Services companies starting at Goldman Sachs. He has over 16 years experience in delivering technology solutions.
Martin Meldrum
COO
Martin has over 30 years experience in the drinks industry, having established close relationships with distilleries, warehouses and HMRC.
Andrew Kennard
CFO
Andrew has extensive experience in providing businesses with financial systems and controls in order to support high-growth strategies. His career has seen work across multiple industries in the UK and abroad.
Rick Evans
CMO
Rick’s career spans 20+ years in the worlds of digital, tech and advertising. He has worked with the likes of Amex, Nestle, Hertz and BP. Rick co-founded and sold award-winning agency Untitled.
BOARD
Ben Lancaster
Chairman & Co-Founder
As a Co-Founder of VCL Vintners and rare whisky expert, Ben has spearheaded strategic partnership negotiations and manages multi-million-pound private client portfolios.
Rich Rosenblum
Co-Founder
Rich is the Co-Founder and President of GSR. He is a commodities trader by profession, having started at Goldman Sachs. He is a crypto veteran looking into strategic initiatives at GSR.
Alex Fiddock
Co-Founder
Alex is CMO of VCL Vintners and leads their marketing and digital initiatives. He specialises in the investment industry and has advised many high growth alternative asset companies.
ADVISORS
Juergen Hoebarth
Tokenization Advisor
Juergen is an expert in tokenization strategies and consulting and a veteran of the crypto ecosystem having been involved since 2014.
ROADMAP
Metacask is the first marketplace focusing on the issuance and trading of Whisky Casks as NFTs.