DigitalX Has Recruited Lisa Wade as Its New Chief Executive Officer

DigitalX Has Recruited Lisa Wade as Its New Chief Executive Officer

Wade brings her background in blockchain project development.

Currently, she is serving Change Investment Management as its Managing Director.

DigitalX Limited (ASX:DCC) announced that it has recruited Lisa Wade as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Finance Magnates recently learned from a press release that Lisa Wade, an executive veteran with more than thirty years of experience in financial markets and the finance industry, has been selected by DigitalX Limited, an Australian cryptocurrency company, as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Wade brings her background in blockchain project development. Recently, she led project Atom, a Central Bank Digital Currency project. This was a collaborative research project between the Reserve Bank of Australia, CBA, Perpetual, Project Carbon, a global strategic alliance tokenising voluntary carbon credits with Latu, CIBC, Natwest and NAB. Additionally, she has a strong background in funds management.

Looking over Wades Vocational History

Currently, Wade is serving Change Investment Management as the Managing Director where she has been for more than twelve years. When she joined the organisation in October 2009, she also spent the first two years as an Executive Director, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Earlier in April 2018, she joined NAB Pride as its CO-Chair and fulfilled the role until December 2021.

Additionally, NAB hired Wade as Head of Digital Innovation & Sustainability. Form more than five years, she successfully achieved the requirements of the role.

Before that, she was both the Director and Co-Founder at Impact 2080. Based in Sydney, she discharged her duties until the end of 2018.

In February 2007, she became the owner of Arkx Investment Management. She was in charge of the investment opportunities associated with a transition to a low carbon economy.

Moreover, The ESCOR Group utilised her skills as its Portfolio Manager in 2003. During her four year stint, she managed a global investment portfolio of companies that create the transition to a globally efficient economy.

Her earliest known position was Director at Citigroup where she spent a total of nine years. In that time, she worked in arbitrage trading, derivatives trading, equities trading and hedge fund sales.

Fund Management, Blockchain Ventures and Development of Distributed Ledger Technologies

Commenting on the announcement, Toby Hicks, the Chairman of DigitalX, mentioned: “Following a thorough search and assessment process, we are very proud to confirm the appointment of Lisa Wade as the new Chief Executive Officer of DigitalX. Lisa is a highly experienced and knowledgeable individual who has impressed the Board with her passion and knowledge for both financial markets and Blockchain technologies and opportunities. Out of a pool of outstanding candidates, we are pleased that Lisa has wanted to come on Board and lead DigitalX as it continues to execute its business plan based around our three business units of fund management, Blockchain ventures and development of distributed ledger technologies.”

“I am truly excited to join DigitalX, they have built the foundations and team to lead Australia and the world in the transition to blockchain as a mainstream part of finance, and to be a leader in this new and fast-moving financial future that blockchain creates. I am looking forward to working with the great team and building on this foundation together to grow the Companys opportunities and value for shareholders,” Wade added.