Nuno Cortesão is Co-Founder and CEO of Zharta, an institutional DeFi lending protocol enabling fixed-rate, fixed-term credit products for tokenized securities. Under his leadership, Zharta has originated $20M+ in loans, partnered with Securitize (BlackRock-backed RWA leader), and built the only EVM-based lending infrastructure supporting 1-click asset looping for tokenized securities with extended redemption periods. Previously, Nuno was the Head of Blockchain at Accenture, Celfocus, and NTT Data.