Leadership Team

Henry McPhie is a seasoned entrepreneur and visionary technologist with a strong track record of building innovative companies at the intersection of blockchain and finance. He is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Streamex, where he leads the company's mission to revolutionize real-world asset tokenization and bring commodities on-chain through cutting-edge blockchain solutions.

Prior to founding Streamex, Henry Founded Lynx Web3 Solutions, a blockchain incubation and software development firm that supported early-stage Web3 projects with the tools, infrastructure, and strategic guidance needed to scale. Henry was also the founder of FatCats Capital, a Solana-based NFT project that quickly rose to become the third largest NFT project in the world at the time of its launch. Under his leadership, FatCats cultivated a vibrant global community of over 100,000 members, setting new standards for value creation in the NFT space.

With a background in engineering, Henry holds a degree in Mining Engineering from McGill University. He brings a rare combination of technical acumen, product vision, and community-building expertise to every venture he leads, and remains deeply committed to advancing the adoption and utility of blockchain technology and tokenization across industries.

Ferdinand Groenewald is a certified public accountant with significant experience in finance and accounting. He currently serves as Vice President, Finance at Alaunos Therapeutics, Inc. Previously, Mr. Groenewald served as an Independent Outside Director at SYLA Technologies Co., Ltd.; an Independent Director at HeartCore Enterprises, Inc.; an Independent Director at Sushi Ginza Onodera, Inc.; an Accountant at Wrinkle, Gardner & Co. PC; a Senior Staff Accountant at Financial Consulting Strategies LLC; a Controller, VP-Finance & Accounting Officer at Sadot Group, Inc. and a Chief Financial Officer at the same company; and Chief Accounting Officer & VP-Finance at Muscle Maker Development LLC. Mr. Groenewald obtained an undergraduate degree from the University of South Africa.

Mitchell Williams, CFA is the Chief Investment Officer of Streamex, bringing over 20 years of experience at the forefront of Wall Street, where he has consistently driven performance through strategic insight, innovation, and disciplined investment management. Mitch began his investment career during the Web 1.0 era at Credit Suisse, where he was part of the Internet Financial Services team. He went on to hold senior Executive roles at OppenheimerFunds and Wafra Inc., managing multi-billion dollar global and domestic equity portfolios and leading high-performing investment teams.

At Wafra, Mitch grew assets under management more than threefold, delivering asymmetric returns with consistent upside capture above 100% and downside capture below 100%. Under his leadership, Wafra’s Global Equity strategy achieved top-quartile performance across every rolling five-year period. At OppenheimerFunds, he was a highly ranked equity analyst and sole portfolio manager for one of the firm’s flagship funds.

Before becoming CIO, Mitch served as Strategic Advisor on Capital Markets for Streamex, collaborating closely with founders Henry McPhie, Morgan Lekstrom, and Mathew August to help craft the company’s forward-looking investment strategy. In his current role, he leverages deep capital markets expertise to lead investment strategy and guide Streamex’s mission to tokenize real-world assets within the commodities space.

Mitch is also an active mentor and speaker, volunteering with the Michael Price Student Investment Fund at NYU Stern School of Business, where he earned his MBA as a Stern Fellowship recipient. He holds a BA from the University of Florida and has spoken on investing at several top universities.