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Montis Announces Advisory Council to Accelerate Digital CSD

London and Luxembourg, 15 January 2024 – Montis Group today announced the Founding Members of its Advisory Council, in response to the rapid pace of digital transformation across global financial markets.


London and Luxembourg, 15 January 2024 – Montis Group today announced the Founding Members of its Advisory Council, in response to the rapid pace of digital transformation across global financial markets. The Advisory Council will help steer Montis on its journey as it launches its revolutionary digital Central Securities Depositary (CSD) service later this year, which provides the market infrastructure that is needed for regulated tokenised assets, in the form of digital securities, to achieve their full potential.

The Advisory Council comprises industry leaders and opinion formers who are perfectly placed to provide strategic advice, guidance, and expertise to the Montis leadership and management, as well as exchange views on legal, technical (DLT), tokenisation and related infrastructure matters.

Professor Monica Singer

CSD, DLT Strategy, Digital Assets

Lawrence Wintermeyer

Policy, dFMI, DLT, Digital Assets

Mark Berman

Legal, US Regulation, Compliance

Martin Bartlam

Legal, UK Regulation, Tokens

Marco Strimer

Post-Trade, Digitalisation

Dr Pinar Emirdag

CSD, Strategy, DLT, Digital Assets

Shareen Qureshi

Fintech, Digital Transformation

Olaf Ransome

Post-Trade Optimised Liquidity

Kathleen Tyson

Post-Trade Strategy, Regulation

Lodewijk van Setten

Legal, Risk, DLT Solutions

Alan Philpot

Post-Trade, DLT, Digital Assets

David Gest

Architecture, DLT, Digital Assets

Andrew Simpson

Post-Trade Structures, Regulation

Dr David Doyle

EU Regulation, Policy, Legislation

Terry Gibson

CSD, Custody, Digital Assets

Padmini Krishnan

CSDR, MiFID Compliance



The Founding Members of the Montis Group Advisory Council bring a wealth of experience from across the industry, including exchanges, investment banking, post-trade, legal, consulting, regulators, blockchain and industry bodies:

Member Experience
Professor Monica Singer
  • First CEO of South Africa's CSD (STRATE)
  • Vice Chair of GLEIF & Consensys senior strategist
Marco Strimer
  • Chair of LME Clear & CEO of SIX x-clear
  • SIX Group, Securities Services Division, Executive Board
Kathleen Tyson
  • Former central banker and markets supervisor
  • Serial global infrastructure innovator, i.e. Triparty Repo
Andrew Simpson
  • Former regulator & Head of Post Trade at Euronext
  • Group Strategy and M&A advisor for BME
Lawrence Wintermeyer
  • Chair of Global Digital Finance & CEO of Innovate Finance UK
  • OECD Blockchain Expert Policy Advisory Board
Dr. Pinar Emirdag
  • Global Head of Digital Services/Product at JP Morgan and State Street
  • Hyperledger and R3 Advisory Boards
Lodewijk van Setten
  • Director and General Counsel at Trilitech (core protocol and layer 2)
  • Senior Counsel, Finance Institutions, Funds, and DLT at Walkers
Dr. David Doyle
  • EU regulatory policy expert
  • Cross-EU parliamentary body, The Kangaroo Group Board Member
Mark Berman
  • Member of the U.S. Supreme Court Bar & the New York State Bar (ret.)
  • Former lawyer with the Division of Market Regulation of the SEC
Olaf Ransome
  • The Bankers' Plumber specialising on liquidity
  • CSD Function Head at SDX & Industry Solutions Advisor at Fnality
Shareen Qureshi
  • Senior partner for Astel Ventures
  • Spearheaded wins for the first FinTech accelerator at Rise London
Alan Philpot
  • Chief Product Officer DLT Solutions at Delta Capita DLS
  • Head of Market Infrastructure and Custody Solutions at SETL
Terry Gibson
  • DEX Executive Lead in UAE & Asia Pacific CSD Association Lead
  • Head of Post Trade solutions at LSEG & SVP, Head of Product at SGX
Martin Bartlam
  • Global Head of Fintech and Blockchain Practice at DLA Piper
  • Advisory Counsel Chair at GDF & FCA Digital Sandbox Mentor
David Gest
  • Investor CSD solutions architect for Clearstream
  • Former Head of Product at Montis
Padmini Krishnan
  • Co-founder at CUVC and crypto/blockchain specialist
  • CSDR and MiFID II Regulations Compliance at Montis and Goldman Sachs

 

Martin Watkins, CEO at Montis Group , comments:

“With our regulation in Luxembourg expected to be received in the first half of this year and the technology build in final testing, we are preparing to launch our digital CSD. Consequently, now is the right time to put in place our Advisory Council to help steer the business over the next phase of evolution as we go live and start to establish our place in the post-trade ecosystem. Montis’s revolutionary blockchain-agnostic solution will be at the heart of the new digitally-native financial markets infrastructure (“dFMI”), and the experience of these council members, working closely with myself, our chairman, David Lester, and our leadership team will mean we can leverage our innovation and firmly establish ourselves in the space.”

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