Blockchain.com Appoints Lisa Nelson and Luis Berruga to Board of Directors - PR Newswire
Blockchain.com has appointed former Microsoft executive Lisa Nelson and former Global X ETFs CEO Luis Berruga to its board of directors.
The move is designed to add further diversity of background and expertise in scaling technology, traditional finance, and digital assets growth companies to Blockchain.com's board.
Nelson and Berruga bring experience operating or serving on the boards of publicly traded companies like Microsoft and SOL Strategies.
Their appointments are intended to strengthen the board's expertise in corporate governance, financial oversight, strategic growth, and emerging technologies.
Leadership on the board
Lisa Nelson is a veteran of Microsoft, where she held executive positions in finance, investor relations, and business development for almost 15 years.
She also co-founded Microsoft's first venture fund, M12, and as its managing director, helped deploy hundreds of millions of dollars in funding across more than 80 startups globally.
Nelson currently serves on the boards of Banqer Software, Spark New Zealand, and Brooks Running, and advises several venture funds and early-stage tech startups.
Digital assets are moving from the margins of finance toward its core, and that shift will reward companies that earn trust at scale. Blockchain.com has done that for 15 years, across every market cycle.
Expanding the board's reach
Luis Berruga served as CEO and board chair of Global X ETFs, which he scaled from a startup into a leading ETF platform with assets under management of $85 billion across more than 150 ETFs on four continents.
He also holds several other positions, including as an independent director of SOL Strategies, lead independent trustee and audit committee chairman of the Tidal ETF platform, and an independent trustee of KraneShares ETFs.
Berruga is also an independent director of the VistaOne Fund by Vista Equity Partners.
Sitting at the intersection of traditional finance and decentralized finance for much of my recent work, it's clear that more assets of all types are going to move onchain.
Company's position in the market
Peter Smith, Executive Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Blockchain.com, welcomed the new directors to the team.
He stated that the exceptional caliber and strength of the board already stands out in the digital assets industry and reflects the ambition of Blockchain.com.
The company, which has supported over 95 million wallets and more than $1.1 trillion in crypto transactions since its inception in 2011, operates in more than 70 jurisdictions.
Blockchain.com is connecting the world to the future of finance and helps millions safely access cryptocurrency.
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