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Crypto chief strategy officer: find 1 of 56 in 3 steps

By NAUT Research · · 7 min read

56 Chief strategy officer strategy leads at 56 teams in NAUT's crypto database, read 14 November 2026. Logos: Solana Foundation, Injective, Ethena, Lido, Chiliz, Plasma, BitMart, BingX, Bullish, Taiko, Kaia, Sonic (prev. Fantom).

NAUT tracks 56 crypto chief strategy officer and head of strategy contacts at 56 teams, read from its database on 14 November 2026: 19 hold a chief strategy officer title and 37 a head of strategy title. To find 1, search the title on NAUT's People tab, open the team's company page, then check the person's own bio before you write.

Data note. Every count here comes from NAUT's own database, read-only, on 14 November 2026. The search matched 64 contacts titled chief strategy officer, CSO or head of strategy at live company pages (not archived, not merged), and 8 came out: 1 because the title on record is a former one, 5 because an outside search could not confirm the person still holds the title, 1 at Felix Pago because its NAUT description names a money transfer app with no crypto product stated, and 1 at Kryll IO because the company has no NAUT page to link. Outside NAUT, research looked up 6 of the 63 current titles: 1 was confirmed (Lee Fan at BitMart) and the other 5 are the ones left out above, so the remaining 55 published titles rest on NAUT's record and were not checked outside it. 4 of the 56 teams are listed on NAUT as investors (ConsenSys, Paxos, FBG Capital and Genesis), and 5 carry no description on NAUT (Bitplanet, splitnow, sphere_labs, AcreBTC and Jumper). Anyone listed can ask NAUT to remove their page at https://naut.so/legal/data-deletion.

How do you find a crypto chief strategy officer in 3 steps?

Search the title, read the team, then check the bio. A strategy lead usually sits close to the founder on partnerships, new markets and deals, which makes the seat a good first read for a BD pitch, an investor intro or a partnership.

3 steps to a crypto chief strategy officer
  1. Search the People tabType chief strategy officer, then head of strategy, on NAUT's People tab: 56 contacts at 56 teams hold 1 of the 2 titles.
  2. Open the company pageAt BitMart the team list shows Lee Fan, titled Chief Strategy Officer, with LinkedIn on file.
  3. Check the bioCompare NAUT's title with an outside profile before you write: 5 of the 6 titles research looked up could not be confirmed and were left out.

Step 1: search both titles on the People tab

Run 2 searches, because crypto teams split the seat. 19 contacts carry a chief strategy officer title and 37 a head of strategy title, and Milind Bansi at Polytrade holds both (CSO / Head of Strategy). Read the full title too: 5 of the 19 CSOs are co-founders, such as Martin Ey at Bondex, and others pair strategy with a second job, such as President and Chief Strategy Officer at Candy Digital or Head of Strategy and Partnerships at Sequence.

Step 2: open the company page

The company page lists the people NAUT holds for that team, and some names unlock after a free sign-up, so you can see who sits next to the strategy lead. At BitMart, Lee Fan is titled Chief Strategy Officer with LinkedIn on file. 4 of the 56 contacts have no person page on NAUT yet (Milind Bansi, David Klakurka, Alex Slobodnik and Will Shannon), so reach them through their team pages at Polytrade, eCash, Ethereum Name Service and Lido.

Step 3: check the bio before you write

A title on any directory can lag a job change. Open the person's page, then the LinkedIn or X profile it links, and confirm the seat. For Lee Fan, MarketScreener's insider profile says "Lee Fan is currently Chief Strategy Officer at Bitmart, Inc. and Partner at Cipholio Ventures." For 5 other titles research looked up, the only sources were aggregator listings or older news, and those rows are left out of this article.

Which crypto chief strategy officer contacts does NAUT list?

The table lists all 19 chief strategy officer contacts, sorted by how many of the 3 channels NAUT has on file (most first), then by team name. None of the 19 has LinkedIn, X and Telegram all on file; 12 have X and 9 have LinkedIn.

Person Team, title, channels
, Chief Strategy Officer; X, Telegram
, Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer; LinkedIn, X
, President and Chief Strategy Officer; LinkedIn, X
, Chief Strategy Officer; X, Telegram
, Chief Strategy Officer; X, Telegram
, Chief Strategy Officer; LinkedIn, X
, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer; LinkedIn, Telegram
Milind Bansi , CSO / Head of Strategy; X, Telegram
, Chief Strategy Officer; LinkedIn, X
, Chief Strategy Officer; LinkedIn
, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer; X
, Chief Strategy Officer; X
, Chief Strategy Officer; X
, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer; X
, Chief Strategy Officer; LinkedIn
, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer; LinkedIn
, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer; LinkedIn
, Chief Strategy Officer / CXO; no channel on file
, Chief Strategy Officer; no channel on file

Momentum and Sonic (prev. Fantom) have no channel on file for their CSO, so start from the company page.

Which head of strategy crypto contacts does NAUT list?

The 37 head of strategy contacts have wider coverage: 31 have LinkedIn, 27 have X, 18 have Telegram, and 14 have all 3. Same sort as above.

Person Team, title, channels
, Head of Strategy, Asia; LinkedIn, X, Telegram
David Klakurka , Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, X, Telegram
, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, X, Telegram
, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, X, Telegram
Alex Slobodnik , Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, X, Telegram
, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, X, Telegram
, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, X, Telegram
, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, X, Telegram
Will Shannon , Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, X, Telegram
, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, X, Telegram
, Head of Strategy and Growth; LinkedIn, X, Telegram
, Head of Strategy and Partnerships; LinkedIn, X, Telegram
, Co-Founder&Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, X, Telegram
, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, X, Telegram
, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, X
, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, X
, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, Telegram
, President & Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, X
, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, X
, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, X
, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, Telegram
, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, X
, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn, Telegram
, Head of Strategy - Crypto/Institutional; LinkedIn, X
, Head of Strategy; X, Telegram
, Head of Strategy and Finance; LinkedIn, X
, Head of Strategy and Financial Research; LinkedIn
, Managing Director / Head of Strategy; LinkedIn
, Head of Strategy & Corporate Development; LinkedIn
, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn
, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn
, Head of Strategy; X
, Head of Strategy; X
, Head of Strategy; X
, Head of Strategy; X
, SVP, Head of Strategy; LinkedIn
, COO / Head of Strategy; no channel on file

Keith Kim at Nexpace is the 1 head of strategy with no channel on file.

Which channel reaches a web3 strategy lead?

LinkedIn covers the most ground across all 56: 40 have a LinkedIn profile on file, 39 an X handle and 23 Telegram, and 3 have none of the 3.

The table compares the 2 title groups by how many contacts have each channel on file in NAUT's data.

Title group People LinkedIn X Telegram
CSO 19 9 12 5
Head of strategy 37 31 27 18
Total 56 40 39 23
  • For a CSO, try X first: 12 of the 19 have it, against 9 with LinkedIn and 5 with Telegram.
  • For a head of strategy, start on LinkedIn (31 of 37), then Telegram where it is on file (18), such as Achilleas Kalantzis at Injective or Nick Chong at Ethena.
  • Send 1 note on 1 channel. A strategy lead often reports to the founder, so a second copy to the CEO can land on the same desk.

What this tells a crypto business development team

  • A strategy lead weighs partnerships and new markets, so lead with the deal and the 1 metric it moves.
  • At co-founder CSOs, such as Jassem Osseiran at PlaysOut, the strategy seat and the founder seat are the same person.
  • A founder raising can use the same 3 steps on the 4 investor teams in the list, starting with Walter Hessert at Paxos or Simon Morris at ConsenSys.

Related reading on NAUT: How to find decision makers in a company: 5 steps for crypto and Web3 sales playbook: 5 days, 49 founders, 3 channels each.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes: GET https://api.naut.so/v1/people?q=chief+strategy+officer&limit=100 with the header Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY returns people whose name, handle or title matches, each with jobTitle, company and the flags hasLinkedin and hasTelegram, for 5 credits a call; run it again with q=head+of+strategy for the other title. To read 1 team, such as Injective, call GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/injective; the docs are at https://naut.so/docs/api and plans start at $49 a month on https://naut.so/pricing. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to reach these 56 contacts.

Crypto chief strategy officer FAQ

How many crypto chief strategy officer contacts does NAUT list?

NAUT lists 56 contacts titled chief strategy officer or head of strategy at 56 teams, read on 14 November 2026: 19 CSOs and 37 heads of strategy. 40 have LinkedIn on file, 39 have X and 23 have Telegram.

How do I find the chief strategy officer at a crypto team, and their contact channels?

On NAUT: search chief strategy officer and head of strategy on the People tab, or call GET https://api.naut.so/v1/people?q=chief+strategy+officer, and each person page shows which channels NAUT has on file for the 56 contacts read on 14 November 2026. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial.

Is a head of strategy the same as a chief strategy officer?

Both titles cover a team's strategy seat, and crypto teams use them side by side: of the 56 strategy leads on NAUT on 14 November 2026, 19 hold a CSO title and 37 a head of strategy title. Milind Bansi at Polytrade holds both.

Which channel works best for a crypto chief strategy officer?

In NAUT's data on 14 November 2026, X reaches the most CSOs (12 of 19), while LinkedIn reaches the most heads of strategy (31 of 37). 14 heads of strategy have LinkedIn, X and Telegram all on file, including Wes Levitt at Theta Network.

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