Growth and recognition

7 June 2024

Tokenovate hits new growth milestones with key hires, business affiliations and industry recognition

Cambridge & London, June 7 – Tokenovate, a trading lifecycle management platform company, continues to solidify its presence as a financial technology innovator and service provider with a number of significant business milestones including the addition of key talent, new business affiliations, participation in key industry events, and as a finalist in the UK StartUp Awards. 

Growing talent pool

Tokenovate welcomes three industry experts to its team: Chris Beddoe as Head of Professional Services & Delivery, Jose Luis Gonzalez as Product Owner and Ashwini Laxminarayana as Technical Product Owner. Each one of these individuals bring invaluable expertise to Tokenovate’s innovative product development and solution delivery to financial markets institutions and firms.

Expanding horizons with Grow London

Tokenovate has become a member of Grow London, a prominent platform dedicated to fostering growth and facilitating business connections. As part of an impressive group of London-based scale-ups in the Grow London partner network, we look forward to working with this great initiative to pursue our global growth ambitions and expand our business internationally.

Recognition at UK StartUp Awards

Tokenovate has been selected from 800+ businesses in 30 categories in 10 regions as a finalist at the UK StartUp Awards 2024, highlighting its dedication to pioneering change in the financial technology space. This acknowledgement of Tokenovate as among the ‘best of the best’ is a testament to our pursuit of excellence in re-engineering the traditional financial markets transaction lifecycle.

Greater industry visibility

In recent months Tokenovate has been invited to contribute directly to the debate around the role of new digital technologies in traditional financial markets, including a Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) in the European Parliament, thought-contributions to ESMA, and meetings with the CFTC and law-makers on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. Founder and CEO Richard Baker has also given keynote addresses and moderated panels at prestigious industry events, including the London Blockchain Conference and at several ISDA events.

Richard Baker, Tokenovate Founder and CEO, said: “We are excited to welcome Chris, Jose and Ashwini to the Tokenovate team. The addition of top-tier talent, strategic partnerships along with increasing industry recognition and market visibility reflect our growing presence and role in financial markets technology innovation. These milestones reinforce our commitment to driving new efficiencies in traditional transaction lifecycle event management and our vision to engineer a smarter financial world.”

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