Naveen Mallela is the global co-head of Kinexys, which is a division within J.P. Morgan focused on digital assets and digital currencies. He has been one of the founding members of Kineyxs and builder of cornerstone products like Kinexys Digital Payments, Programmable Payments and Partior.

Keen enthusiast of all things digital currencies, Naveen has authored white papers on CBDCs, Shared Ledgers and Deposit Tokens and has been part of multiple industry initiatives shaping the landscape of digital money.

Naveen prior to founding Kinexys had held several roles at J.P. Morgan including APAC Head of Digital, Payments.

Naveen is a graduate from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore and a CFA Charter holder.