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James Harris is Chief Commercial Officer at Zodia Custody and has worked at Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank.
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Samuel Max Howe
Samuel Max Howe was previously the chief operating officer of Zodia Custody and the head of capital market operations at CoinShares. He holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Finance from the University of Leicester.
Julian Sawyer
Julian Sawyer is the CEO of Zodia Custody, the former CEO at Bitstamp and a co-founder of Starling Bank. He was formerly the Managing Director of the UK and Europe at Gemini and Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Starling, where he led it through periods of hyper growth, including scaling its app which has recently reached one million customers. Starling Bank is one of the largest mobile banks disrupting the retail banking sector in the United Kingdom (UK). Julian also oversaw Starling's business operations, including payment systems, card operations, and customer support. Prior to this, he started Bluerock Consulting, a financial management consultancy which he sold in 2012. Over the past 20 years, he has worked in high-growth financial services organizations, including as a management consultant at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and Ernst & Young, where he specialized in large-scale transformation in the cards and payments industry. Europe is the birthplace of modern financial markets and the UK has been a global financial capital of innovation for hundreds of years. The concept of thoughtful regulation was first developed from the lessons learned in these markets over centuries.
Hervé Francois
Hervé Francois is the Partner at Investcorp. He also is the Board Member at Bit2Me and Zodia Custody.
Sam Hill
Sam Hill is Head of Operations at Zodia Custody, having previously worked at Deloitte. He holds an MSc in Management and a BA in Philosophy and Psychology from the University of Warwick.
Maxime de Guillebon
Maxime de Guillebon is the COO of OpenTrade, having previously held positions at Ripple, Zodia Custody and Bank of New York Mellon. He is a graduate of SKEMA Business School and Coventry University.
Jonathan Hugh
Jonathan is the Chief Financial Officer at Zodia Custody. He has over 25 years of experience in Finance, encompassing energy, commodity trading, and financial services, and is based in the company's London office. Before GSR, he was at ED&F Man Group Ltd, where he served as Managing Director in Agri-Industrials and Business Development. Jonathan has previously been in CFO and Finance Director roles at various energy and commodity trading companies. He holds an MA in Law from the University of Cambridge and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.