Romano Feuerstein

Director, Financial Services

KPMG Switzerland

Romano has extensive experience in supporting clients with assurance and advisory services predominantly in the DLT industry. Specifically, Romano has supported clients in assessing their DLT-related projects with regard to applicable financial market regulations, obtaining the relevant FINMA license or acting as their appointed financial or regulatory auditor.

Romano has more than 10 years’ experience in advising and auditing regulated and non-regulated companies in the financial services sector with a focus on distributed ledger technology. With his proven experience in both audit and advisory for financial institutions, Romano is also in charge of steering go-to-market activities for Financial Services and actively contributes to the development of the legal and regulatory framework in Switzerland.

Since October 2013, Romano has been co-leading the working group for accounting, tax and structuring at the Crypto Valley Association (CVA).
Since June 2023 Romano, has also been a member of the specialist committee on technology of the Asset Manager Association Switzerland (AMAS).

  • Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Accounting, Auditing and Controlling, ZHAW in Winterthur, Switzerland

  • Swiss Certified Public Accountant, EXPERTsuisse in Zurich, Switzerland

  • Certified Advanced Studies (CAS) in FinTech and Blockchain Economy, HWZ in Zurich, Switzerland