Distributed ledger technology developer Digital Asset has made a string of new appointments, including RBS’s Carol Mathis as CFO.
Mathis joins from RBS Corporate and Institutional Bank, where she was COO and managing director, and where, previous to this, she held the position of CFO for 12 years.
She brings significant leadership experience in finance, treasury and operations, and will be based in the New York office.
Digital asset has also appointed Gavin Wells as head of Europe, based in the new London office.
Wells previously worked at LCH.Clearnet, where he was involved in delivering the first clearing service for foreign exchange. He was also part of the executive committee at the clearinghouse.
Before this, he spent 15 years as a managing director at Citigroup.
Digital Asset’s previous head of Europe, Justin Amos, has relocated to Sydney to take up the role of head of the Asia Pacific region. Here, Amos will help expand Digital Asset’s Australia office, following the firm’s mandate from the Australian Stock Exchange to build a national post-trade solution using distributed ledger technology.
Kelly Mathieson, Andrew Pisano and Emnet Rios also join Digital Asset in New York.
Mathieson joins as a product manager. Previously, she spent 26 years at J.P. Morgan Chase, where she was most recently head of the J.P. Morgan collateral management and securities clearing business.
She has also worked with the Federal Bank of New York in implementing post-crisis tri-party repo reforms.
Pisano joins as business development director. Previously, he worked within the CME Group’s Digitization Group, where he helped to define the group’s blockchain strategy and to commercialise proof-of-concept.
Rios joins from RBS, where she spent 11 years in roles including director of financial planning and analysis. At Digital Asset, she takes on the position of director of finance and operations.
Finally, Digital Asset has enlisted Martin Korbmacher as a strategic advisor to help scale its accelerated growth.
Korbmacher is founder and managing director of independent advisory and investment boutique Event Horizon Capital & Advisory. He also previously spent seven years at Credit Suisse as head of investment banking for Germany and Austria.
He will be based in Frankfurt.
According to Digital Asset, the new appointments reflect the development of its senior team, and the firm’s commitment to improving client services.
CEO Blythe Masters said: “I am delighted to welcome such talented and experienced individuals to our team. We are privileged to tap into the expertise of these world-class leaders with deep expertise and proven track records in the specific areas that will be critical to accelerating our efforts to the benefit of our customers.”
