The Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) and GBBC Digital Finance (GDF) announce the new Global Policy Team. Comprised of a former CFTC commissioner, founding Director of LabCFTC, former Senior Staff in the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government, OECD, and the European Parliament, the Global Policy Team is committed to building the bridges across government institutions for responsible innovation and fostering connections to achieve clear and productive regulatory guardrails for GBBC membership and the community at large.
EMEA:
- Lavan Thasarathakumar, Government and Regulatory Affairs Director – EMEA, GDF
- Dimitris Psarrakis, Board Member, GDF
- Lawrence Wintermeyer, Board Chair, GDF
- Abdul Haseeb Basit, Chief Financial Officer, GBBC
- Emma Joyce, Chief Executive Officer, GDF
APAC:
- Greg Medcraft, Non-Executive Director, GDF
- Steve Vallas, Policy Advisor, GDF
Americas:
- Andrea Tinianow, Head of Policy, Americas, GBBC
- Andrew Smith, Government and Regulatory Affairs Director, Americas, GDF
- Dawn Stump, Board Member, GDF
- Jeff Bandman, Board Member, GDF
- Sandra Ro, CEO, GBBC
- Summer Singh, Director Communications and Policy, Americas, GBBC
- Dina Ellis Rochkind, Policy Advisor, Americas, GDF
Learn More about the Global Policy Team here.
Additionally, GBBC is pleased to welcome the Chief Legal Officer and Head of Policy – Americas, Andrea Tinianow, to the organization. Dubbed the ‘Blockchain Czarina’ for her pioneering effort to bring blockchain technology to Delaware, Andrea started the Delaware Blockchain Initiative, which secured the First State’s imprimatur on the nascent technology and was recruited by Governor Jack Markell to launch the Division of Corporate and International Development for the State of Delaware.
GBBC is the leading global industry association for the blockchain technology ecosystem with nearly 500 institutional members, and 178 Ambassadors from more than 95 jurisdictions and disciplines. GBBC is dedicated to furthering the adoption of blockchain by engaging regulators, business leaders, and global changemakers on how to harness this ground-breaking technology to create more secure, equitable, and functional societies.
GBBC Digital Finance (GDF) is the UK-based financial services division of the GBBC. GDF focuses on the adoption of best practices for cryptoassets and digital finance technologies, through the development of conduct standards in a shared engagement forum with market participants, policymakers, and regulators. Over 350 industry professionals from around the world have worked on developing the GDF codes of conduct: the only global standard in the emerging crypto and digital assets ecosystem. GDF includes existing financial services initiatives within GBBC, such as the Post Trade Distributed Ledger (PTDL) Group.
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