Tagged: new appointments

May 25, 2024 @ 11:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT) announced that Ray Kamrath was appointed as the Chief Commercial Officer of Bakkt’s crypto business. In this newly created position, Kamrath will be reporting directly to Andy Main, Bakkt’s Chief Executive Officer. Main said: “By appointing Ray Kamrath to lead… Read More

May 24, 2024 @ 9:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart Pension, which claims to be one of the UK’s leading workplace pension providers, has appointed Kim Gubler as an independent trustee. Kim was a founding director of the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA) and has been its Chair since 2019. PASA is an industry… Read More

May 19, 2024 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

France Mayer has reportedly been appointed Retail Investor Relations and Protection Director at the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF). France Mayer is currently Market Intermediaries Supervision Director “at the Data and Markets Directorate of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF).” She will take over as… Read More

May 18, 2024 @ 10:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank payment company GoCardless has appointed Jolawn Victor as its Chief Growth Officer. Victor is said to have previously “held C-suite and executive roles at PepsiCo, Headspace and most recently, Intuit, where she was Vice President and Country Manager of Intuit UK with ownership of… Read More

May 16, 2024 @ 6:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nucleus Financial Platforms, one of the UK’s independent, adviser platform groups, has announced the appointment of two new Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) to its board. Cathryn Riley, who started on 1 May, will “chair the remuneration committee, and Clare Bousfield will join on 1 July and… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trulioo, an identity platform with proven global coverage for person and business verification, announced the appointment of David Liu as senior vice president of fraud & risk. Liu will lead the Fraud & Risk team at Trulioo with “the charge of cementing the company’s position… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxos, the regulated blockchain and tokenization infrastructure platform, announced it has added J. Christopher Giancarlo, former Chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to its board of directors. A key figure in the financial services industry, and a passionate blockchain technology advocate,… Read More

May 14, 2024 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fenergo, the provider of digital solutions for know your customer (KYC), transaction monitoring and client lifecycle management (CLM), has bolstered its presence in the EMEA region with the appointment of Ruth Ormsby as Managing Director of EMEA. Ormsby started her role on 29 April. Based… Read More

May 5, 2024 @ 8:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BitGo, the custody and wallet solutions provider for digital assets, hires Brett Reeves for BitGo’s expansion in Europe. Brett brings 20+ years of experience in traditional finance to BitGo, “including work for various global investment banks within their Prime Brokerage and OTC Clearing sales teams.”… Read More

May 5, 2024 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Billtrust, a B2B order-to-cash and digital payments firm, has announced that Brian Daniell has joined the company as Chief Customer Officer. Committed to customer education and enablement, Brian will “oversee global customer operations and strategy and report to CEO Sunil Rajasekar.” He joins Billtrust at… Read More

April 28, 2024 @ 11:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Digital Currency Group (DCG) recently announced the appointment of Aimie Killeen as Chief Legal Officer (CLO). An experienced legal executive with a track record executing legal strategies that drive corporate success and shareholder value, Killeen brings “to DCG 20+ years of deep expertise in… Read More

April 25, 2024 @ 9:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

API infrastructure Fintech Setu has announced the appointment of Anand Raisinghani as its new CEO. Anand is said to vast experience in “building high-performance teams and joins at a time when consent-based structured data sharing via the Account Aggregation model is gaining prominence.” Prior to… Read More

April 25, 2024 @ 9:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Smart Pension, which claims to be one of the UK’s leading workplace pension providers, has appointed Claire Misata as Business Development Director. Claire will lead relationship development for Smart Pension “with trustees and Employee Benefit Consultants (EBCs). Her appointment follows Smart Pension’s recent announcement that… Read More

April 24, 2024 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iLex, the loan distribution platform, announced today the appointment of Sean Tai as Head of Business Development. Sean will lead the development, commercialization and “adoption of the iLex loan distribution platform globally and reinforce the iLex executive team in delivering its ambitious roadmap.” Based in… Read More

April 24, 2024 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Figure Technology Solutions, provider of a scaled technology platform built to enhance efficiency and transparency in financial services, announced the appointment of Michael Tannenbaum as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. In conjunction with the appointment, Mike Cagney,… Read More

April 23, 2024 @ 6:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital says that it made a strong debut to 2024: they launched Porto, their new self-custody wallet for institutions, exceeded an all-time-high of $50 billion in assets under custody, announced partnerships with wealth management platforms, and expanded custody to support tokenized money market funds…. Read More

April 22, 2024 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chris Pacey is said to have more than 20 years’ experience with deep technical knowledge of receivables and ABL products. Prior to joining ThinCats, Chris was working as Head of Relationship Management at ABN AMRO Commercial Finance. Chris will work alongside the ThinCats business development… Read More

April 19, 2024 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MARA), which claims to be one of the world’s largest publicly traded Bitcoin miners and a key player focused on supporting and securing the Bitcoin ecosystem, announced the appointment of Manoj Narender Madnani as Managing Director for the EMEA Region, where… Read More

April 17, 2024 @ 10:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brite Payments, an enabler of instant bank payments, announced that Luke Trayfoot has joined the company as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), leading the Stockholm-headquartered fintech’s commercial efforts. The appointment of the former PayPal and Mangopay executive signifies “a new phase in Brite’s journey as it… Read More

April 15, 2024 @ 7:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

bolt, the insurtech with the country’s largest technology-enabled insurance exchange, announced the appointment of Matt More as CFO for North America. More joins from ThoughtSpot, a leader in enterprise business intelligence SaaS, “where he was VP of Finance and Strategy.” In this role, he built… Read More