About

Meet the team.

The only crypto-focused society in St Andrews, boasting a 40 ETH fund, our own magazine publication and consulting team, grants for members and an educational division.

St Andrews Blockchain members at a Plasma event in a university lecture hall

Europe's biggest university crypto fund.

The Society was founded in 2023 and has grown to a committee of 10 and over 30 members from all degree backgrounds at the University of St Andrews. Our alumni have gone on to work at companies including Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Boston Consulting Group, Bloomberg and Blockchain.com.

The society is split into three streams: research, education and venture capital. Each stream opens applications at the start of every semester - check our Instagram for more details.

Our partners include DormDAO, Superteam UK, CryptoMondays, BlockStart, college.xyz and Ledger.

£150K

Fund controlled exclusively by society members.

£50K

In grants to support St Andrews students on blockchain projects.

Weekly

Meetings, with workshops, talks and international meet-ups.

Our leadership

The people currently running the society.

Osian Guthrie, Co-President

Osian Guthrie

Co-President

Hugo Okada, Co-President

Hugo Okada

Co-President

Theodore Rhally, Director of Research

Theodore Rhally

Director of Research

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Hannah Orchison

Director of Marketing

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Luke Everhardt

Head of Fund

Ava Ward, Head of Educational Operations

Ava Ward

Head of Educational Operations

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Edison Zhou

Head of Consulting

Julia Ratinov, Head of Social Media

Julia Ratinov

Head of Social Media

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Bea Shiever

Head of Design

Previous Committees

2025

Committee of 2025

  • Osian GuthrieCo-President
  • Hugo OkadaCo-President
  • Aro AzizHead of Engineering
  • Theodore RhallyEditor-in-Chief
  • Ava Amani WardHead of Engagement
  • Julia RatinovHead of Design

2024

Committee of 2024

  • Osian GuthriePresident
  • Zara WardVice President
  • Lottie PlaskwaHead Editor
  • Piper MaddenHead Editor
  • Hugo OkadaHead of Fund
  • Ruby SloanCreative Director
  • Parker CaleshuTreasurer
  • Lauren RaeSecretary
  • Johan MareHead of Engineering
  • Borya D. Taspinar-SherifovskySocial Sec
  • Cayetana van den Berg-TejedorDeputy Head Editor

2023

Committee of 2023

  • Finn AndersonPresident
  • Jake BillSafety Officer
  • Cole KieferVice President
  • Bruno CeccoliniSecretary
  • Osian GuthrieHead of Fund
  • Kabir BergerHead Engineer
  • Jimmy MaglioneEditor-in-Chief