17th January 2024: Montis, the digital financial market infrastructure (dFMI) group which provides the post-trade services needed for digital securities to reach their full potential, is pleased to announce the expansion of its senior management team with the appointment of Mark Bosquet as Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, based in Luxembourg.
With three decades of experience in Central Securities Depositary (CSD) businesses and the securities industry generally, gained in Europe and Asia, Mark brings a wealth of expertise to his new role and to the DLT-based CSD application submitted by Montis in Luxembourg.
Subject to regulatory approval, Bosquet is expected to take on the role of Conducting Officer at Montis Digital SA. In this role, he will establish and oversee compliance and risk management programs while managing relationships with regulators for matters pertaining to compliance and risk.
An industry veteran, Mark has held senior positions in product development, risk and compliance at Clearstream and Deutsche Börse in Luxembourg and Singapore, having previously gained valuable operational experience at JP Morgan in Brussels and London. More recently, Mark undertook the dual role of Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at ID2S, the DLT-based CSD in Paris.
Martin Watkins, CEO of Montis Group, commented:
"We are thrilled to welcome Mark to the leadership team at Montis. His extensive knowledge and expertise in risk management and compliance in CSDs globally, coupled with his direct experience of dFMIs, will be invaluable.”
Mark Bosquet added:
"I am excited to join Martin and his team as they build such innovative, new financial markets infrastructure. Montis introduces the missing piece essential for the transformation towards full end-to-end digitalization of capital raising and investment. The tokenization of securities is at a pivotal juncture, with the Luxembourg marketplace at the epicenter, and I am excited to help shape the highly efficient and secure digital infrastructure of the future."
About Montis
Montis Group is the digital Financial Markets Infrastructure (dFMI) subsidiary of Archax, the first-ever FCA-regulated digital securities exchange, broker, and custodian.
Montis is building the next generation of natively digital infrastructure for global capital markets that leverages blockchain technology to revolutionize the post-trade space and allow tokenized assets, such as digital security tokens, to realize their full potential.
While part of the Archax group, Montis remains crucially independent from all other trading venues, products, and services offered by Archax. The Montis DLT post-trade infrastructure is designed to be venue, participant, and blockchain agnostic.