UAE based Securrency Capital, a full-service regulated Institutional Decentralized Finance (DeFi) brokerage firm that offers both traditional and digital financial services based in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), expands its team with two senior leadership appointments.
The firm has appointed Neale Croutear-Foy as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), and Chris Pugh as Head of Product Delivery. Both will report to Phil Langton, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Securrency Capital.
Neale whose nickname is “The Wizard of DeFi” is a digitally driven, award-winning technology and transformation leader with a broad worldwide background in the banking and financial services industry, spanning from Tier 1 investment banks to digital challenger banks.
During his tenure at JP Morgan, he completed the design, development, and deployment of a digitally native, market-first corporate digital open banking and payments platform before joining Securrency Capital.
Chris is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of new products at Securrency Capital. With over 25 years of technology and business transformation experience across numerous industries, he has primarily focused on the financial vertical with a keen eye on capital markets, treasury, private wealth management, and digital payments.
Commenting on these appointments, Amir Tabch, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chair of the Board at Securrency Capital, said: “I am delighted to welcome Neale and Chris at a pivotal moment for Securrency Capital. These two senior hires reflect our commitment to further build on the success of Securrency Capital and prove that our vision for token issuance and digital trading can attract market experts.” Added Amir Tabch “We have just secured a Financial Services Permission (FSP) from ADGM’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), which has enabled us to provide trading of digital assets to a variety of clients, including retail clients. With these strategic appointments, we are setting clear priorities for the future of the firm.”
US based Securrency, Inc, the parent company of UAE based Securrency Capital, works closely with world-class institutional banking partners and leading asset managers to enable their seamless transition into the digital assets space. Securrency’s deep technology stack, coupled with Securrency Capital’s on-chain identity services, allows for secure, transparent ownership of tokenized assets.
