The founding CEO of Standard Chartered’s Zodia Custody, Maxime de Guillebon, has stepped down as a director of the digital asset custody firm. Julian Sawyer has been confirmed as the new CEO.
For a year and a half, Sawyer was CEO of cryptocurrency exchange BitStamp until May 9, 2022. That followed a brief stint at Gemini Europe and a four-year term at UK challenger bank Starling where he was Chief Operating Officer.
Zodia described it as a planned succession with Sawyer’s experience designed to accelerate the firm’s path from startup to scale up.
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