Komainu has appointed Sebastian Widmann as head of strategy.
Komainu is the first hybrid custodian for institutional digital asset investors created by the Japanese investment bank, Nomura, digital asset manager, CoinShares and digital asset security company, Ledger.
Based in London, Widmann will be responsible for Komainu through its next stage of growth.
Widmann joins Komainu from Nomura, where he served as vice president of the wholesale digital office and was the first hire of its digital assets division.
Henson Orser, president and acting CEO of Komainu, says: “We are looking forward to Sebastian leveraging his experience from working in Nomura’s wholesale digital office to assist in the expansion of our existing offerings and the development of new ones. I am excited for Sebastian to join and further establish Komainu as the key partner for institutions looking to move into the digital asset industry.”
Widmann comments: “I have closely followed the digital asset space throughout the last three market cycles, and while we are now seeing increased institutional and regulatory participation in the industry, I firmly believe that we are only at the beginning of the most transformative change the financial services industry has ever witnessed.”
