Ganhuyag Chuluun Hutagt has many roles. He is cofounder and chairman of the Mongolia Economic Forum, hosted two seasons of the popular TV format The Apprentice in Mongolia. More important the former Mongolian deputy finance minister and serial entrepreneur has a clear vision of his country’s prospering future: to establish it as the Asian Switzerland. “ARD Finance Group” holds a bank he defines as a peoples bank with more than 400,000 shareholders in a country with some 3.5 million inhabitants. The group is active in energy, real estate, asset management and DeFi, (decentralized finance) and the crypto universe. “This will shape the future of the global eco system”, he is convinced.

Wesley Ellul is a Malta based global entrepreneur in the Web3 space, former actor and still produces a popular annual satiric stage show. For more than a year already her represents the Malta government on the global stage as special envoy for startup funding and investment. We talked about the strength of Silicon Valley, how to bring this spirit to Europe and to combine it with our local strength and why the European crypto regulation MICA does help. We also talked about the role of Malta and how he wants to bring “Convergence” to the market. Human creativity in the age of AI will remain a key asset if it is not used in reproductive manner. Because that will be done by the machines. It was a bit windy when we did this interview with Wesley withdrawing from early morning family noise, doing the conversation to his already sunny terrace.

Email and Twitter mark the beginning of an ongoing and acceleration transformation of diplomacy. We had the honor to talk to A.R. Ghanashyam, among others former ambassador of India to African nations who still has a strong influence, looking back at the evolution of diplomacy and about the growing influence of deep-tech without changing diplomatic values and ethics.