Fidelity Digital Assets℠, an institutional provider of custody and trade
execution services for digital assets, today announced the appointment
of Christine Sandler as head of Sales and Marketing.
In this new role, Sandler will direct the efforts to expand Fidelity
Digital Assets into new markets and serve a broader set of institutional
clients. She will be based in New York.
Sandler joins from Coinbase, Inc., a digital assets exchange and
custodian, where she recently served as U.S. Head of Sales. She brings
extensive experience in sales leadership having previously served as
Head of Equity Electronic Sales for the Americas at Barclays Investment
Bank where she led cross-selling efforts and new business generation,
and as Executive Vice President and Global Head of Sales for NYSE
Euronext. She also previously served as Head of Electronic Sales at
Merrill Lynch and has worked as a buy-side trader.
“We’re excited for Christine to join our growing team,” said Tom Jessop,
President of Fidelity Digital Assets. “We look forward to her leadership
in support of the strong interest we’re seeing from investors who are
looking for a trusted provider to take an increasing role in this
market.”
An advocate for women’s leadership, Sandler co-founded the Women’s
Leadership Action Network and was named a Woman Worth Watching by Diversity
Journal in 2014.
Sandler serves as a trustee of two public charter schools serving
autistic students in East Harlem and the Bronx, NY. She holds a Bachelor
of Arts in Economics from the State University of New York at Stony
Brook.
About Fidelity Digital Assets
Fidelity Digital Assets Services, LLC (“Fidelity Digital Assets”), a
Fidelity Investments Company, offers a full-service enterprise-grade
platform for securing, trading and supporting digital assets, such as
bitcoin. Fidelity Digital Assets combines the operational and technical
capabilities of the broader Fidelity organization with dedicated
blockchain expertise to deliver a completely new offering for
institutional investors. Fidelity Investments is one of the world’s
largest and most diversified financial services providers with more than
$7.3 trillion in client assets under administration. Learn more at http://fidelitydigitalassets.com.
Fidelity Digital Assets is a service mark of FMR LLC. Services are
provided by Fidelity Digital Asset Services, LLC.
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