Stephen Kenny currently serves as the Head of Partnerships at Aztec, where responsibilities include developing and executing the infrastructure partnership strategy for the Aztec Network, a Layer 2 with private smart contracts. Prior to this role, Stephen held positions at Avara as the Senior Institutional Business Development Manager, focusing on growth opportunities for the Aave protocol, and as a Regional Sales Manager at First Trust, where the distribution of various investment strategies occurred in the UK, Ireland, and Scandinavia. Stephen's experience also includes serving as an Associate Publisher at Euromoney, where business development and key account management were primary responsibilities. Stephen Kenny holds a Master of Arts with Honours in Business Studies from The University of Edinburgh.