# Special Council Candidate: Julian La Picque (Switzerland) **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [September 14, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://horizen.discourse.group/t/special-council-candidate-julian-la-picque-switzerland/1149 "2026-09-14T13:33:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JulianLP](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/horizen.discourse.group/julianlp/32/598_2.png) [@JulianLP](https://horizen.discourse.group/u/JulianLP)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://horizen.discourse.group/t/special-council-candidate-julian-la-picque-switzerland/1149/1 "2026-09-14T13:33:04Z")
# Special Council Candidate: Julian La Picque Hello Horizen community! I would like to put my name forward for the Horizen DAO Special Council. ## Introduction and background I am a Swiss and French finance executive, board member and investor based in Switzerland. I currently serve as Group CFO of Chiliz, where I oversee finance, digital-asset and fiat treasury, trading and liquidity, capital allocation, investment, risk and regulatory matters across a global blockchain ecosystem comprising approximately 350 people and 15 legal entities. My career has combined finance, technology and governance. I have helped raise more than $100 million, participated in over $150 million of investments and strategic transactions, and overseen digital-asset reserves exceeding $1 billion. I also hold board and advisory roles across blockchain protocols, foundations and technology companies. ## My Web3 and Horizen experience My Web3 experience is primarily practical and institutional: managing digital-asset treasuries, evaluating investments and ecosystem proposals, overseeing token liquidity and market-making, and working through the accounting, regulatory and governance questions that arise when decentralized technology meets real-world operations. My engagement with Horizen is more recent than that of several candidates, and I do not want to suggest otherwise. What interests me is Horizen’s evolution towards a privacy-focused, EVM-compatible ecosystem on Base and its ambition to support compliant on-chain finance. This direction creates meaningful opportunities, but also requires disciplined decisions around treasury deployment, incentives, token utility, regulatory positioning and long-term financial sustainability. These are areas where I believe my experience can complement the Council’s existing technical and community perspectives. ## What I would bring to the Special Council If elected, I would focus on four areas: ### 1. Financial and treasury discipline I would help assess whether proposals have credible budgets, measurable milestones and sustainable economics. Treasury resources should support initiatives that deliver demonstrable value rather than activity without clear outcomes. ### 2. Sustainable ZEN utility I would examine whether proposals create genuine demand and productive uses for ZEN. Token utility should be embedded naturally into products, transactions and ecosystem participation, not added as an afterthought. ### 3. Constructive proposal oversight My approach would be supportive but appropriately challenging. When reviewing ZenIPs and ecosystem initiatives, I would ask: - Is the proposal financially and operationally viable? - Are the expected outcomes and success measures clear? - Are the token incentives sustainable? - Have liquidity, security, regulatory and counterparty risks been considered? - Who remains accountable after funding or launch? - What happens if the original assumptions prove wrong? The objective would be to help strong proposals move forward while identifying material risks early enough to address them. ### 4. Institutional and regulatory perspective As Web3 becomes more closely connected with regulated finance, Horizen will increasingly interact with financial institutions, professional investors and regulated service providers. I would bring experience in financial reporting, audit, risk, governance, cross-border regulation and institutional capital markets to those discussions. I would also work to explain financial and governance decisions clearly. Community members should be able to understand how treasury resources are being used, what risks are being accepted and why a proposal has been supported or challenged. ## Independence and disclosures I currently serve as Group CFO of Chiliz and hold other board and advisory positions within the blockchain ecosystem (dydx). I am disclosing these affiliations openly because the community should be able to assess any potential conflicts. If elected, I would act in the interests of the Horizen DAO, disclose relevant conflicts as they arise and recuse myself from any matter where my independence could reasonably be questioned. I would also seek confirmation before the election that my existing responsibilities are compatible with Horizen’s eligibility requirements. ## Availability and commitment I can attend the Council’s regular meetings, review proposals between meetings and participate when urgent governance or security matters arise. I would approach the role as a genuine stewardship responsibility: listening to the community, applying independent judgment and helping Horizen allocate its resources toward initiatives that strengthen adoption, utility and long-term resilience. ## Country of residence Switzerland. I therefore meet the non-US residency requirement. Horizen has an opportunity to combine privacy, accessible EVM infrastructure and compliance-oriented on-chain finance in a way that is relevant beyond the existing crypto market. I would be pleased to contribute my financial, governance and institutional experience to that next stage. Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to engaging more with the community! Julian La Picque ---
**Author:** ![finpunk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/horizen.discourse.group/finpunk/32/114_2.png) [@finpunk](https://horizen.discourse.group/u/finpunk)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://horizen.discourse.group/t/special-council-candidate-julian-la-picque-switzerland/1149/2 "2026-09-14T15:08:28Z")
Great to see your candidacy. Clearly you have a super relevant background I think the ecosystem could certainly use your background in driving financial sustainability and our push into compliant privacy.