Leadership
Meet The Leadership Team
Leadership
More than a hundred years of market relevant expertise from companies such as ISDA, RBS, Morgan Stanley, Citi, Sunguard, TP ICAP, Deutsche Börse, Deutsche Bank, Credit Swiss, and more.
Richard Baker
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
A visionaire with more than 25 years of experience building and leading companies in financial services, telco, media, data and blockchain markets.
Gerard Banaszkiewicz
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Seasoned executive with more than 30 years of legal, commercial and operational experience in multi-billion pound regulated business environments.
Brendan Bradley
Chairman
A 35-year career spanning financial institutions and fintech start-ups, with particular focus on innovation, market structure, regulatory and technology developments, and M&A activity.
Ciarán McGonagle
Chief Legal & Product Officer
Leading financial industry lawyer and expert in digital assets and smart contracts, with more than 15 years of experience in capital markets.
Stephen Ashworth
Chief Commercial Officer
More than 25 years in capital markets with extensive experience in trading and managing derivatives across traditional and digital asset classes.
Steve Haigh
Chief Technology Officer
More than 25 years hands-on commercial technology leadership experience across embedded, IoT, data processing and cloud/SaaS applications.
Gunnar Larsén
Chief Communications & Marketing Officer
Soon three decades of software and B2B platform leadership experience at the intersection of sales, product, communications and marketing.
CAREERS
We are here to build a company that makes a difference, solves hard problems, and our culture reflects that.
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