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.

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.

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.

Morgan Lekstrom is a seasoned mining executive and corporate strategist with over 17 years of experience building and transforming resource companies. As Chairman and Co-Founder of Streamex, he brings deep expertise in capital markets, strategic M&A, and commodities to guide the company's vision of tokenizing real-world assets.

Morgan recently served as CEO of NexMetals Mining Corp., where he led the redevelopment of critical metals projects in Botswana with backing from a US$150 million letter of interest from the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Previously, as President of NexGold Mining, he orchestrated a remarkable transformation through strategic deleveraging and back-to-back mergers with Blackwolf Copper and Gold, Treasury Metals, and Signal Gold, creating a near-term Canadian gold producer with a clear path to constructing two new mines.

His capital markets expertise was demonstrated through executing a $46 million non-brokered private placement, the second largest ever in Canada at the time. Morgan's operational experience spans senior technical roles at world-class operations including Freeport McMoran's Grasberg mine in Indonesia, Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia, and supply chain infrastructure at G3 Grain Terminal Vancouver, Canada's largest grain terminal.

With a proven track record of delivering growth through strategic vision and disciplined execution, Morgan brings invaluable expertise in structuring complex transactions and navigating global commodity markets to advance Streamex's mission of revolutionizing asset tokenization.

Mathew August is a seasoned capital markets executive and Strategic Advisor to Streamex, bringing over 15 years of experience in investment management, structured finance, and strategic advisory across both traditional and digital asset markets. As Executive Chairman of Atlas Capital Partners, a New York-based merchant bank and single family office, he has led complex transactions across defense, technology, and commodity sectors.

Throughout his career, Mathew has developed deep expertise in structured credit, asset-backed finance solutions, and innovative capital markets strategies. His experience spans managing multi-billion dollar portfolios, executing derivatives strategies, and pioneering structured products for emerging markets. He has successfully advised companies on capital formation, strategic partnerships, and navigating regulatory frameworks in both traditional finance and the evolving digital asset landscape.

Mathew's unique combination of Wall Street experience, defense sector relationships, and understanding of commodity markets positions him as a valuable advisor for Streamex's mission. His expertise in structuring complex financial instruments and building institutional-grade trading infrastructure helps guide Streamex's approach to creating compliant, scalable tokenization solutions for the commodities market.

Mike Stephens is a Partner at Fasken in Vancouver and a senior advisor to technology companies and leadership teams on strategic growth, capital raising and governance. He works closely with founders, executives and boards across the full company lifecycle—from formation and early financings through strategic transactions and liquidity events.

Mike brings deep experience in M&A and securities matters, and is frequently engaged on board-level issues, fundraising strategy, stakeholder alignment, and the structuring and execution of complex commercial and corporate transactions. He is widely connected in the British Columbia technology ecosystem and is known for practical, business-forward guidance that helps management teams move quickly while managing risk.

Before joining Fasken, Mike was a Partner and the Vancouver office lead of the Venture Technology/Emerging Growth Companies group at an international law firm. In an advisory board capacity with Streamex, Mike supports management with strategic perspective on scaling institutional-grade platforms, governance and market credibility, and the legal and transactional considerations that arise when building regulated, product-driven financial infrastructure.

Michael Frisch has joined Streamex as its general counsel, where he will oversee the company's legal and compliance strategy.

While serving in his role at Streamex, Mike will continue to lead the cryptocurrency and digital asset practice at Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres, LLC (“CFDB”) a full-service law firm with over 110 attorneys. At CFDB, Mike leads the Midwest's premier crypto practice, where he has counseled clients in all corners of the crypto industry, from founders, to DeFi projects, to financial institutions, and more. Mike has a particular focus counseling clients at the intersection of the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) and crypto. Mike's experience with cryptocurrency began at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), where he brought one of the CFTC's first enforcement actions involving cryptocurrency — CFTC v. Bitfinex — and was part of the team responsible for the CFTC's action against Tether in 2021. While at the CFTC, Mike was part of the litigation team in CFTC v. Monex, a landmark case concerning the applicability of Section 2(c)(2)(D) of the CEA, and contributed to the CFTC's Final Interpretive Guidance on Actual Delivery for Digital Assets.

Prior to joining the CFTC, Mike practiced at a large Chicago-based international law firm, focusing on complex commercial litigation and matters related to white collar defense and compliance and complex civil litigation, with a particular focus on clients in the financial services sector. Mike also served as law clerk to the Honorable Robert M. Dow, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Mike is a graduate of the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.