SPEAKER’S PROFILE

Clarisse Hagège is the co-founder and CEO of [Dfns](http://dfns.co), a cybersecurity company providing wallet infrastructure for Web3. She is also Board Member of the MPC Alliance, Mentor of Techstars Web3 Launchpad, and Advisor for Station F’s crypto startups. Prior to Dfns, Clarisse graduated from Sorbonne University (BSc in Geopolitics and History), Sciences Po (MSc in Finance) and Dauphine University (MSc in Sociology and Applied Economics). Shen then embarked on a ten-year journey in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Crédit Agricole CIB where she became the bank's youngest Chief of Staff to the CEO, held various roles for CAC 40 companies (research analyst, wealth management, export and trade, global coverage, etc.) and launched the first hydrogen financing arm in French banking history.Clarisse, her partner, and their two children split their time between New York and Paris.