Yesterday Citi confirmed that Ryan Rugg had joined the bank as Global Head of Digital Assets in its Treasury and Trade Solutions division. After six and seven-year stints at JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley respectively, she joined enterprise blockchain firm R3 in 2016, where she stayed for almost five years, playing a critical role in developing the business.
At R3, Rugg started with responsibility for insurance and became Global Head of Industry, including for trade finance. Most recently, Rugg spent just shy of two years as head of blockchain services for North America at IBM.
In addition to Rugg’s appointment in New York, Citi has hired Ireland based David Cunningham as Director of Strategic Partnerships for Digital Assets.
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