Jillian Godsil

Blockchain Advocate, Founder, Conference Chair, Women in Blockchain Advocate, Keynote
Speaker, Crypto Journalist, Broadcaster, CEO, Writer, Homelessness Advocate, Former
European Parliament Candidate, Law Changer, Mother, Choir Member, Hill Walker, Dreamer
Jillian has held senior positions with global PR companies in Sydney, Singapore, London and
Dublin. She was PRO of Iona Technologies (Ireland’s first company to float on NASDAQ). She
changed the law in Ireland in 2014 and is a former European Parliamentary candidate (as an
independent).

She is a co founder and journalist in the Blockleaders.io. She freelances for Irish Tech News,
Irish Central, The Irish Independent and The Irish Times. She has her own radio shows on
DublinCityFM and EastCoastFM. Her first job after graduating from Trinity College was as a
systems analyst with JP Morgan.

She is advisor to a number of ICOs, has been named a Crypto Queen by In Zero Conferences as
well as listed in the 50 most influential women in the global blockchain rollcall. She is named
amongst the top 10 people in Blockchain in Ireland. She was voted into the top 20 global Hedera
Hashgraph Ambassadors in 2018. She is a board member of EOS Dublin. She is a community
leader for Algorand. She is chain agnostic while she loves blockchain.
She has been shortlisted for the Image Business Woman of Year and also shortlisted for Woman
of the Year by Women in IT in 2018. She made the top 100 Global Blockchain Leaders list for
2019 for Lattice80 report.

She is passionate about getting women into blockchain – democratising opportunity for all
women. She keynotes and chairs blockchain events around the world – including Kiev, Austin, Muscat,
Columbo, Dubai, Capetown, Liberland, Dublin and London.