Maryam Ayati
Maryam Ayati
Co-Founder
Watr Protocol
Maryam is co-founder of Watr - the open blockchain ecosystem for commodities. She has led development of several multi-billion dollar commodity-cleantech ventures and business models in start-up and Fortune 100 settings - including world firsts such as LNG to mobility, LNG-fueled mining, flare gas to mobility, LNG-fueled drilling and Shell’s LNG to Downstream and Marine businesses. Prior to Watr, Maryam was the global head of Shell Trading’s Origination and Investments team - leading cross-commodity deal-making, investments and serving on the M&A executive team. She is also a co-founder of KomGo and Vakt enterprise blockchain coalitions (founding Board Chairperson for the latter). In addition to Watr and Neo (ecosystem developer for Watr), she currently serves on the boards of Base Carbon and Exmar Shipping, Maritime and Offshore. She is a contributor to Forbes.com and named in the top 200 most influential women in global commodities.